Connectivity

[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 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 07-03-12] 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 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

[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 […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 06-28-12] Canadian provider of essential information solutions MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) has signed an agreement to acquire satellite manufacturer Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) for $875 million in […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-28-12] Serbia Broadband (SBB) has signed a contract with Eutelsat Communications’ Skylogic affiliate to distribute the operator’s Tooway satellite broadband service in six Balkan countries, Eutelsat announced June […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-28-12]  MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) has acquired Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) for $875 million in an immediately accretive transaction, MDA announced June 27.    The acquisition transforms MDA into a […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-28-12] U.S. satellite pay-TV providers DirecTV and Dish Network have received requests from the U.S. Justice Department about pricing contracts with broadcasters, according to a Bloomberg report published […]

[Satellite News 06-28-12] Eutelsat has certainly been in the news with announcements late last week that China Investment Corp. (CIC) had reached agreement to buy a 7 percent stake in […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-28-12] Thailand’s national regulatory board has awarded Thaicom a license that will allow the private satellite operator to start selling bandwidth for its Thaicom 7 satellite after it […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-28-12] U.K.-based satellite data communications services provider Avanti Communications will launch its second satellite, Hylas 2, on Aug. 2, the company announced June 27.    Arianespace will send […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-28-12] Harris CapRock has signed a four-year renewal contract with drilling contractor Brasdril to continue providing turnkey, VSAT communications to 13 of its semisubmersibles and drill ships, located […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-27-12] The south solar array on the Intelsat-19 satellite has deployed after nearly a month of delay following its May 31 launch on a Sea Launch Zenit rocket. […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-27-12] Pendrell Corp. subsidiary ICO Global Communications has withdrawn its petition for review to the California Supreme Court in connection with its litigation against Boeing and its subsidiaries, […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-27-12] Hughes Network Systems was selected by Ecuadorian service provider Telconet to provide an HX System and broadband satellite terminals for the Ministry of Telecommunication and Information Society […]