Connectivity

[Via Satellite 06-05-2014] The burgeoning success of Air to Ground (ATG) in North America has caught the eye of British Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) operator Inmarsat. The company announced intentions […]

[Via Satellite 06-05-2014] Slovak Telekom selected Intelsat’s video neighborhood at 1 degree west for its Direct-to-Home (DTH) services in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Intelsat’s terrestrial network, IntelsatOne, will provide […]

[Via Satellite 06-05-2014] Comtech EF Data appointed Steve Good to vice president of marketing. Good has worked for more than 20 years in the satellite industry, with experience in implementing […]

[Via Satellite 06-04-2014] KVH Industries will deliver high resolution ocean and weather data from Applied Weather Technology (AWT) to ships at sea over the company’s Internet Protocol (IP)-MobileCast content delivery […]

[Via Satellite 06-03-2014] BT secured a six-year, $37 million contract with the De Beers Group to provide a range of IT services to 70 De Beers sites, including various exploration […]

[Via Satellite 06-03-2014] SES’ Astra 5B satellite went live on Monday, June 2 from its orbital position over Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), as well as Russia and the Commonwealth […]

[Via Satellite 06-02-2014] Signalhorn has released version 1.0 of its new customer gateway to a small group of clients to get feedback on the development process. The project, which started […]

[Via Satellite 06-02-2014] ViaSat is set to launch a new worldwide network service for the Machine-to-Machine (M2M) market, following agreements made earlier in May with Thuraya and LightSquared. The L-band […]

[Via Satellite 06-02-2014] Skycorp and a group of citizen scientists have successfully established two-way communication with an inactive NASA spacecraft, the International Sun-Earth Explorer 3 (ISEE 3) as part of […]

[Via Satellite 06-02-2014] Many TV channels broadcasted using Arabsat’s fleet of satellites have been the subject of intentional jamming for the week prior to, and leading up to, Thursday, May […]

[Via Satellite 05-30-2014] Wireless Innovation chose Eutelsat’s Ka-Sat satellite for its contract with Thales Alenia Space to help protect EDF Energy’s infrastructure in the United Kingdom. This protection consists of […]

[Via Satellite 05-30-2014] East African mobile operator Smart chose Avanti Communications to deliver Internet Protocol (IP) backhaul services to networks in Burundi, Tanzania and Uganda. Smart is owned by the […]

[Via Satellite 05-30-2014] KVH Industries introduced a new TracVision RV1 stabilized antenna for providing satellite TV programming to RVs, charter buses, emergency vehicles and other vehicles to provide access to […]

[Via Satellite 05-30-2014] General Dynamics UK awarded two five-year contracts to Exelis to support communications modernization and logistics, supply and support for tactical radios for the U.K Ministry of Defence […]

[Via Satellite 05-30-2014] Globalstar, for a limited time, will offer a free satellite phone with the purchase of a Globalstar Unlimited service plan for coastal residents as part of National […]

[Via Satellite 05-29-2014] Dauria Aerospace is preparing for the launch of its experimental satellite DX1. The company has already handed over the satellite to Roscosmos’ upper stage and payload adaptor […]

[Via Satellite 05-29-2014] SES will partner with the government of Luxembourg and five Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) to develop SATMED, an electronic health platform designed by SES TechCom and supported by […]

[Via Satellite 05-29-2014] Freesat partnered with Curzon Home Cinema to launch the company’s Video On Demand (VOD) service through Freetime, the connected TV service. The new player will give viewers […]

[Via Satellite 05-29-2014] Iridium Communications extended its agreement with SkyBitz to provide satellite connectivity for the company’s new SkyBitz as a Service (SBS). Solutions offered in this SBS service include […]

[Via Satellite 05-28-2014] Ball Aerospace and Technologies completed thermal vacuum environmental tests on components of its Membrane Optic Imager Real-Time Exploitation (MOIRE) telescope for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency […]

[Via Satellite 05-28-2014] The Brazilian Space Agency’s (AEB) first CubeSat, C Br1, was transported to the Yasny launch base in Orenburg Oblast, Russia from the Dutch facility in Delft, Netherlands […]

[Via Satellite 05-28-2014] French broadcaster TDF will use Envivio’s ultra-HD (4K) compression technology for its live streaming of the French Open 2014 tennis championship to compatible TV sets in France. […]

[Via Satellite 05-28-2014] ] PT Digital Media Asia is set to deploy the new Viva+ Indonesian Direct-to-Home (DTH) service, which will broadcast all 64 main World Cup games using Newtec’s […]

[Via Satellite 05-28-2014] Eutelsat launched a demonstration channel for Europe’s first High Efficiency Video Encoding (HEVC) ultra-HD broadcasting channel with a frame rate of 50 frames per second and a […]

[Via Satellite 05-27-2014] Syntelix, a Spanish telecommunication operator, signed a contract with Avanti Communications for capacity to run a series of public and private connectivity programs in Spain. The first […]

[Via Satellite 05-27-2014] SES launched a new video distribution neighborhood for the Latin American market and a new antenna seeding program for the NSS 806 satellite. The new neighborhood will […]

[Via Satellite 05-27-2014] Teledyne Brown Engineering (TBE), a subsidiary of Teledyne Technologies in Huntsville, Ala., officially formalized its commercial space imaging partnership with the German Aerospace Center (DLR) for use […]

[Via Satellite 05-27-2014] Sharp, a Japanese consumer electronics company, has chosen the ViXS XCode 6400 System on Chip (SoC) to power the company’s Ultra High Definition (Ultra-HD) 4K Recorder TU-UD1000 […]

[Via Satellite 5-23-2014] United States telco giant AT&T has been making waves in recent months. Its deal to acquire DirecTV is a huge statement of intent, and a gateway into the […]

[Via Satellite 05-23-2014] Millicom has signed a multi-year contract with Eutelsat Americas, formerly Satmex, to expand the reach of its pay-TV services across Latin America. The deal provides capacity for […]