Connectivity

[Via Satellite 05-23-2014] Globalstar is working with the government of Ecuador on a first-time pilot project to equip 4,000 small fishing boats with satellite tracking devices. Through its Value Added […]

Satellite and broadcast industry professionals convened in Las Vegas, Nev. on April 8, 2014 for the 4K Technology Breakfast hosted by Via Satellite, Intelsat and Ericsson Television. During the session, the

There was more urgency than usual among the more than 600 executives that attended Asia’s leading event for television and broadband industries last month in Bali. Top players taking part […]

[Via Satellite 05-22-2014] Despite showing continued increase in revenue, ViaSat struggled to overcome a high churn rate in its core consumer broadband business during its most recent quarter. For fiscal […]

[Via Satellite 05-22-2014] In a move to better serve customers in emerging markets, ITC Global is concentrating on building up its presence in the Asia Pacific region. The company has […]

[Via Satellite 05-22-2014] RRsat has expanded its broadcast solutions for Taiwanese cable TV network Eastern Broadcasting Company’s (ETTV) subsidiary ETTV America in a new three-year contract. Under the original contact, […]

[Via Satellite 05-22-2014] Eutelsat has sold Eutelsat visAvision GmbH to M7A Group, trading under the name of M7 Deutschland. Eutelsat visAvision GmbH is the operator of the KabelKiosk platform of […]

[Via Satellite 05-21-2014] Rockwell Collins has developed a new satellite reception technology to increase the reliability of the company’s Tailwind 550 Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) TV system for private jets […]

[Via Satellite 05-21-2014] Inverto Digital Labs has chosen Entropic’s EN5520 digital Channel Stacking Switch (dCSS) to power its Unicable 2 Multi-switch and Low Noise Block (LNB) products. The dCSS solution […]

[Via Satellite 05-21-2014] HeliosNet selected Newtec to provide Business-to-Consumer (B2C) and Business-to-Business (B2B) Very-Small-Aperture Terminal (VSAT) services across Eastern Russia. This new service will use Russian Satellite Communications Company’s (RSCC) […]

[Via Satellite 05-20-2014] O3b Networks and Timor Telecom (TT), a subsidiary of Portugal Telecom, signed an agreement allowing O3b to provide high throughput, capacity for the telecom company’s services in […]

[Via Satellite 05-20-2014] Eutelsat Communications announced its financial results for the third quarter and nine months ending on March 31, 2014. Revenue for the first nine months increased by 2.5 […]

[Via Satellite 05-20-2014] Thuraya and ViaSat signed an agreement to jointly develop and launch a Machine-to-Machine (M2M) platform, with combined features of M2M-specific products and commercial packages. This joint solution […]

[Via Satellite 05-19-2014] On Sunday May 18, 2014, AT&T announced its entrance into a definitive agreement to purchase DirecTV. Rumors of the potential purchase came on the heels of, and […]

[Via Satellite 05-19-2014] Telenor Group changed the organizational structure of its Group Executive Management (GEM), adding three new members on Friday, May 16. The company appointed Henrik Clausen, Katja Christina […]

[Via Satellite 05-19-2014] O3b Networks and FSM Telecom (FSMTC) forged a long-term agreement for O3b to provide its O3bTrunk service to Chuuk, the most populous of the four states of […]

[Via Satellite 05-19-2014] Technicolor signed an agreement with Tata Sky, a Direct-to-Home (DTH) service provider in India, to provide 4K Set-Top Boxes (STBs) in a mass-volume order starting in early […]

[Via Satellite 05-16-2014] Hispasat will collaborate with NEC Colombia to install the first of 648 digital kiosks in Colombia, as part of an award by the Colombian Ministry of Information […]

[Via Satellite 05-15-2014] NextG-Com, an embedded software company, will be opening its first Asian sales and business development liaison office in Shanghai, China.  The company also has plans to later […]

[Via Satellite 05-16-2014] Garmin reached an agreement with Fusion Electronics, a provider of integrated marine audio equipment, to acquire all of the company’s assets and those of its subsidiaries. The […]

[Via Satellite 05-16-2014] Valleypoint Telecoms, an African telecommunications operator based in Nairobi, Kenya, entered into a contract with Avanti Communications to extend its broadband coverage across Western Kenya. This new […]

[Via Satellite 05-16-2014] On-Waves Ehf, a maritime mobile operator and a subsidiary of Síminn, chose the IMSWorkX call-back broker application for satellite telephone voice service. The IMSWorkX is a fully […]

[Via Satellite 05-15-2014] MTN Communications has released a new maritime solution aimed at the yachting industry. The solution, called Maestro, improves bandwidth efficiency by approximately 40 percent, according to a […]

[Via Satellite 05-15-2014] Via Sat Brasil entered into a multi-year contract with Eutelsat do Brasil, the Brazilian subsidiary of Eutelsat, for the complete high throughput payload on the Eutelsat 3B […]

[Via Satellite 05-15-2014] KVH Industries’ new Internet Protocol (IP) MobileCast content delivery service for its mini-Very-Small-Aperture Terminal (VSAT) broadband satellite network is now live. This solution will allow maritime customers […]

[Via Satellite 05-14-2014] Inmarsat, the satellite company that helped track the location of the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, has proposed a free aircraft tracking service over its network. The […]

[Via Satellite 05-14-2014] Xplornet Communications, Canada’s largest rural broadband provider, has committed to lifetime satellite broadband capacity with Hughes on the EchoStar 19 satellite, which is scheduled to launch in […]

[Via Satellite 05-14-2014] Hispasat signed an agreement with Intelsat to co-locate its Amazonas 1 satellite at the same position as Intelsat’s Galaxy 11, at 55.5 degrees west. Both companies will […]

[Via Satellite 05-14-2014] Elemental Technologies began providing Stofa, a Danish pay-TV operator and Internet Service Provider (ISP), with video processing solutions to package and manage live linear channels in real-time. […]

[Via Satellite 05-13-2014] After recording more than $30 million in new high-end satellite network deployments, ITC Global is confident that the oil and gas sector is on a long-term upswing […]