Connectivity

[Via Satellite 12-07-2015] The Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) has signed a new contract on its latest satellite, Express AM8, from European service provider Castor Networks. The company plans to...

[Via Satellite 12-04-2015] When the April 2015 earthquake rattled Nepal, it destroyed sobering amounts of infrastructure, took lives, and displaced millions. Everyone affected was forced to adapt to the new...

[Via Satellite 12-04-2015] ViaSat has partnered with The University of California, San Diego (UCSD) to live stream a wide variety of the university’s athletics programs through the company’s Exede satellite network. To broadcast sports...

[Via Satellite 12-03-2015] Inmarsat’s third Global Xpress satellite, Inmarsat 5 F3, successfully completed all in-orbit testing and reached Full Operational Capability (FOC) on Dec. 1, 2015 for government customers. The...

[Via Satellite 12-02-2015] Roughly half a year after a massive earthquake struck at the heart of Nepal, the country is still trying to recover. The magnitude 7.8 earthquake caused substantial...

[Via Satellite 12-01-2015] Eutelsat, Afrique Telecom and Wikimedia France have teamed up to kick-start a large-scale initiative to extend free access to French-language Wikipedia in Sub-Saharan Africa via Wi-Fi hotspots....

[Via Satellite 12-01-2015] Michael Schwartz, Telesat’s vice president of marketing, corporate development and regulatory from 2007 to 2012, has rejoined the company from mobile operator Sprint Corp. Schwartz resigned in...

[Via Satellite 11-30-2015] OmniAccess CEO Bertrand Hartman sees the need for satellite technology to increase in capability in order to keep pace with the runaway demand for connectivity on the...

[Via Satellite 11-30-2015] The Lebanese Red Cross, the sole provider of emergency medical services in Lebanon, is deploying 125 handheld Spot Gen3 safety devices from Globalstar subsidiary Globalstar Europe Satellite...

[Via Satellite 11-30-2015] SkyVision Global Networks, in partnership with ABS, is launching two new video platforms on the ABS 3A satellite to enable Direct-to-Home (DTH) services across Sub-Saharan Africa, including...