Connectivity

[Satellite News 07-09-12] Boeing Satellite Systems International (BSSI) created a stir this past March at SATELLITE 2012 when it announced that it had sold 702SP electric propulsion satellites to Asia […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 07-09-12] Arianespace has successfully launched the EchoStar 17 satellite into geostationary transfer on an Ariane 5 rocket for Hughes Network Systems, kicking off the company’s Ka-band-powered fourth-generation […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-09-12] Com Dev has been awarded contracts from Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) worth more than $10 million to deliver Ka-band microwave components and assemblies to the satellite manufacturer, Com […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-09-12] Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) will launch the ExactView-1 Automatic Identification System (AIS) satellite July 22 on a Soyuz launch vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-09-12] Greek satellite operator HellasSat has reached an agreement with the government of Cyprus to acquire rights to the 39 degrees East orbital slot for an additional 20 […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 07-06-12] Vietnam’s second telecommunications satellite, Vinasat-2, has completed on-orbit deployment and checkout of all spacecraft systems and is ready to commence service, the satellite’s state-owned operator Vietnam […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-06-12] Eutelsat Communications has unveiled improvements to its Ka-band Tooway satellite service that aim to enhance the speed and affordability of its consumer satellite broadband across Europe and […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-06-12] Arqiva will increase its fiber connectivity into Italy after signing an agreement with Telecom Italia Media Broadcasting (TIMB) to extend its presence into TIMB’s national broadcast network, […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-06-12] A jump in Asia-Pacific cable and satellite set-top box shipments is being driven by cable digitization in India and China, as well as China’s rollout of digital […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-06-12] Beam Communications has received a $170,000 order from a China based satellite communications company for maritime hardware, the company announced July 5.    Beam said the initial […]

[Satellite News 07-06-12] Boeing Satellite Systems International (BSSI) created a stir this past March at SATELLITE 2012 when it announced that it had sold 702SP electric propulsion satellites to Asia […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-04-12] Ericsson has completed its acquisition of Technicolor’s Broadcast Services Division based in France, the companies confirmed July 3.    The acquisition was initially announced March 13.   […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-04-12] Eutelsat Communications confirmed in a July 3 statement that two members of its board of directors have resigned.    Francisco Reynes Massanet and Marta Casas Caba, representing […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-03-12] Arqiva, the U.K. media infrastructure company, has agreed to a deal which will make it one of the U.K.’s largest Wi-Fi hotspot providers, the company announced July […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-03-12]  GlobeCast has launched its new IPTV offering, MyGlobeTV, in the United States, the company confirmed July 1. The launch began with 16 premium Romanian-language channels being made […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-03-12]  Harris Broadcast Communications has gained ISO 9001 certification for its television transmitter manufacturing facility in Campinas, Brazil, the company announced July 2. The ISO 9001 technical standard […]

[Satellite News 07-03-12] Stocks in both Canadian essential information solutions provider MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) and satellite manufacturer Space Systems/Loral’s (SS/L) former parent company, Loral, have risen sharply since […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 07-03-12] Yahsat, the Middle East satellite operator, which signed a deal with Astrium in May to gain the technology solutions it needs to support the United Arab […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-03-12]  Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has won a new deal in Asia, the company announced July 2. Its Integral Systems Europe (ISE) subsidiary has been selected by […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 07-02-12] Satellite communications, VSAT and BGAN service providers may want to look into opportunities with smart grid utility end-users who are increasingly searching for applications that satellite […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-02-12] Broadcast and media services provider Xytech has promoted Executive Vice President Greg Dolan to the position of COO, the company announced June 29.    He had served […]

Satmex is one of Latin America’s largest regional operators, and earlier this year, was one of the first operator’s to sign up to buy an “all electric” satellite from Boeing, […]

One of the more interesting resolutions to come out of the ITU’s 2012 World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-12) was initially called the “Common Heritage” resolution. What will be the impact of […]

When Internet telephony came on the scene in the 1990s, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) did not give it a regulatory classification. Today that is still the case. From […]

With a population of more than 1 billion people, India is one of the world’s biggest and most dynamic broadcast markets. The country continues to expand the size of its […]

Bandwidth management has become a key issue for operators and customers alike. The question is just how far can the technology go in improving efficiency, and are we about to […]

In April, we reported on the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) suspension of the conditional waiver of license conditions it had granted in 2011 to ancillary terrestrial component (ATC) operator LightSquared […]

Finding its next generation of engineers has long been a critical issue for the aerospace industry. Via Satellite investigates efforts to expand aerospace employment opportunities in the United States, and […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-29-12] Hughes Network Systems has successfully demonstrated wireless 4G-LTE transmissions over satellite backhaul at download speeds of over 10 Mbps and upload speeds of 786 Kbps, including video […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-29-12] Shaw Communications reported a $248 million profit in its 2012 fiscal third quarter – a 22 percent increase compared to the same period last year, the Canadian […]