Connectivity

[Via Satellite 06-24-2016] Eutelsat Communications is ramping up activities on its Broadband in Africa initiative, which it set up in 2015 to provide satellite broadband services in Africa. The operator...

[Via Satellite 06-24-2016] ViaSat is supporting comments made earlier this week by Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler in an address titled, “The Future of U.S. Leadership in a...

[Via Satellite 06-23-2016] Analysts have been in Luxembourg this week as SES held an Investor Day to explain various aspects of its growth strategy going forward. The reaction has been...

[Via Satellite 06-23-2016] Hispasat’s General Shareholders’ Meeting unanimously approved the annual accounts corresponding to the 2015 business year, which include the distribution of a 12.5 million euro dividend among shareholders....

[Via Satellite 06-15-2016] Gustavo Silbert, president of Brazillian satellite operator Embratel Star One, says the company is looking to the launch of its Star One D1 satellite to expand capacity...

[Via Satellite 06-22-2016] SES announced the results of its first Satellite Monitor study on the Nigerian market, which provides insight on the country’s satellite television penetration. The study highlights that...

[Via Satellite 06-21-2016] Eutelsat Communications and InfraMed have entered into an agreement whereby InfraMed becomes a c.21 percent shareholder in Broadband for Africa, the venture set up by Eutelsat to...

[Via Satellite 06-21-2016] Vocality and RSA Engineering have completed a replacement of the obsolete satellite-based communications system used for Air Traffic Control (ATC) voice and data services throughout Brazilian airspace....

[Via Satellite 06-20-2016] Globalstar Europe Satellite Services announced that global oil giant Shell has deployed a satellite-based asset management solution in the Netherlands to securely manage its movable assets on...