Connectivity

[Satellite News 01-10-12] Pay-TV operator Dish Network has kicked off 2012 with a slew of service enhancements, offerings and hardware. The company announced Jan. 9 that it signed new contract […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 01-10-12] Private equity investment firm Thoma Bravo has completed its acquisition of Telestream, a video transcoding and digital media software solutions, marking Thoma Bravo’s 19th acquisition in […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-10-12] MTN Satellite Communications’ (MTN) board of directors has promoted President and COO Errol Olivier to President and CEO.    Prior to joining MTN, Olivier served as president […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-10-12] Machine-to-machine (M2M) solutions provider Numerex added approximately 85,000 M2M subscriptions to its customer base to reach more than 1.43 million at the end of its 2011 fourth […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-10-12] Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) has appointed former SES Senior Vice President of Global Sales Scott Sprague as its new COO, the regional operator announced Jan. 9.              […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-10-12] Indian broadcast network Raj Television has entered into an agreement with Asia Satellite Telecommunications (AsiaSat) to lease C-band capacity on the AsiaSat 5 satellite, the operator announced […]

[Satellite News 01-10-12] African telecom Intersat Africa announced Jan. 10 that it has entered into a partnership agreement with teleport company Belgium Satellite Services (BSS) to expand their operations and […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 01-09-12] LightSquared has entered into a strategic wholesale partnership with the ISP Store, an Internet service aggregator and reseller to small- and medium-sized providers, the 4G LTE […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-09-12] GlobeCast has relocated a group of premium Arabic channels from the Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU) to the Arabsat 5C satellite located over Africa, the companies confirmed […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-09-12] Skycasters has reached a milestone in the company’s teleport expansion project with the completion of a new 8.1-meter uplink antenna, the broadband satellite solutions provider announced Jan. […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 01-06-12] Arianespace carried out nine successful launches in 2011 between its Ariane 5 and revamped Soyuz rocket, and hopes for 12 more in 2012, the company announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-06-12] ViaSat has entered into a five-year wholesale distribution agreement with the National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC) to provide next-generation satellite broadband service similar to retail offerings through […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-06-12] SiriusXM Radio ended 2011 with nearly 21.9 million subscribers after adding approximately 540,000 net new subscribers in its 2011 fiscal fourth quarter and 1.7 million new customers […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-06-12] United Cargo has agreed to accept new asset-tracking technology from machine-to-machine (M2M) wireless solutions provider OnAsset Intelligence, the companies confirmed Jan. 5.     United Cargo said it […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-06-12] Arqiva has won a contract to distribute the France 24 news channel in the United Kingdom. The company announced Jan. 5 that the five-year deal also includes […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-05-12] Hughes Network Systems has unveiled the latest version of its satellite Internet service, HughesNet Gen4, which will launch in the first half of 2012, the company announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-05-12] Communications infrastructure and media service company Arqiva has secured a contract renewal to deliver Electronic Program Guide (EPG) data to the Freesat platform, the company announced Jan. […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-05-12] U.S. pay-TV operator DirecTV will raise its rates by an average of 4 percent beginning in February, the company confirmed Jan. 4.    In a statement, DirecTV […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 01-04-12] New Inmarsat CEO Rupert Pearce spent his week on the job detailing a company reorganization process that will include its subsidiary companies within a new structure. […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-04-12] Gilat Satellite Networks won a $16 million, nine-month extension of a Colombian government contract to provide rural communications satellite communications services in the country, Gilat announced Jan. […]

[Satellite News 01-04-12] Greek telco Forthnet made a significant strategic move last November in launching its new Forthnet Satellite Broadband service on Eutelsat’s Ka-Sat satellite. Forthnet Chief Commercial Officer Yiannis […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-03-12] UAE telecoms operator Etisalat has entered into an agreement to establish uplink services on YahLive’s Y1A satellite for HD broadcasts across the Middle East and North Africa, […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-03-12] LightSquared has hired telecommunications industry veteran Marc Montagner to serve at its new CFO, the 4G LTE wholesale network operator announced Jan. 3.    Montagner will report […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-03-12] SiriusXM Radio has introduced the SiriusXM Lynx Portable Radio – the first to support the operator’s 2.0 radio platform with new features and an expanded channel lineup […]

[Satellite News 12-03-12] In late December, Pole Star, Absolute Software and Absolute Maritime Tracking Services completed a three-company merge into a London-based entity providing a combination of monitoring and security […]

CTC Media is one of Russia’s largest broadcasters and a key player in the country’s evolving broadcast landscape. As Russian satellite operators, Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) and Gazprom Satellite […]

Africa is a double-edged sword for satellite players. The continent has a population of more than one billion people, a majority of which are still not connected to high-speed services. […]

Gulf Air, based out of Bahrain and one of the largest airlines in the Middle East, aims to be one of the most progressive in terms of providing in-flight entertainment […]

Early next year, the West Africa Cable System (WACS), an ultra-high capacity fiber optic submarine cable system that will link countries in Southern Africa, Western Africa and Europe, will be […]

MSS players have come a long way in recent years. Savvy operators like Inmarsat, Iridium and Globalstar are looking beyond niche markets for growth. The question is, can MSS technology […]