Connectivity

[Satellite Today 04-07-09] Satlynx has purchased a “significant volume” of capacity on the Arabsat-5A satellite from Arabsat, Satlynx announced April 6.     The capacity deal covers the entire African and […]

[Satellite Today 04-07-09] Carrier to Carrier (C2C), an independent Dutch telecom provider to European enterprise markets, has uplinked on the Telstar 11N satellite, C2C announced April 6.     C2C said […]

[Satellite Today 04-07-09] NewWave Broadband has ordered $2 million in satellite communications products from iDirect to expand maritime VSAT service and land-based market, NewWave announced April 6.     Under the […]

[Satellite Today 04-06-09] Antenna Technology Communications Inc. (ATCi) and SES New Skies have installed an advanced cellular and Internet communications satellite system for Ninetel Telecommunications, a broadband telephone services provider, […]

[Satellite Today 04-06-09] Australian telco Optus made new appointments to its management team, the company said April 3.     Optus, a subsidiary of SingTel with significant satellite presence in Australia, […]

[Satellite Today 04-06-09] SES Americom-New Skies signed a three-year capacity deal with German broadcaster Deutsche Welle for capacity aboard SES Americom’s Digital C platform, SES announced April 3.     Deutsche […]

[Satellite Today 04-06-09] GeoEye Inc.’s 2008 revenues fell by 20 percent, or $36.3 million, compared to 2007, according to its full year and fourth quarter financial results released April 3. […]

[Satellite Today 04-03-09] Hughes Network Systems signed an agreement to develop and implement software that will power the satellite capability in SkyTerra‘s and TerreStar Network‘s next-generation integrated device chipsets, Hughes […]

[Satellite Today 04-03-09] Inmarsat has acquired a 19 percent stake in the Canadian-based SkyWave Mobile Communications, Inmarsat announced April 2.     The investment includes a long-term global distribution agreement and […]

[Satellite News 04-02-09] With many telcos now established as TV providers in their home markets, the question as to what impact this will have on the satellite sector was a […]

[Satellite Today 04-02-09] Infineon Technologies, SkyTerra, and TerreStar have unveiled a multi-standard mobile platform based on Infineon’s software-defined-radio (SDR) technology, the companies announced April 1.     The SDR technology, the […]

[Satellite Today 04-02-09] German pay-TV operator Premiere signed a deal with SES Astra to lease one-and-a-half additional transponders at Astra’s orbital position 19.2 degrees East in an effort to increase […]

[Satellite Today 04-02-09] Advanced Digital Broadcast (ADB) won a set-top box contract with Israeli DTH operator, Yes, to provide the company with ADB’s 7820SX high-definition (HD) digital video recorder, ADB […]

[Satellite Today 04-02-09] Gulfcom signed a five-year distribution agreement with SES New Skies to leverage a full transponder of capacity aboard SES’ AMC-3 satellite, which will service the Caribbean region […]

[Satellite Today 04-02-09] BB Sat officially launched its satellite broadband service in Japan, the company announced April 1.     BB Sat’s broadband service, operated with ViaSat’s SurfBeam system, will provide […]

[Satellite Today 04-02-09] Rockwell Collins Inc., a government and commercial communications solution provider, will acquire DataPath Inc. for about $130 million, DataPath announced April 1.     DataPath and its subsidiary, […]

[Satellite Today 04-01-09] NSSL was named as an Inmarsat Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) and Fleet Broadband distribution partner effective April 15, NSSL announced March 31.     Having a direct […]

[Satellite Today 04-01-09] Net Insight has won a transport solution deal with Italian satellite operator Telespazio, Net Insight announced March 30.     Telespazio, a provider of technologies for the broadcasting, […]

[Satellite Today 04-01-09] GlobeCast renewed its lease with Eutelsat to use five Hot Bird transponders for broadcasting in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, GlobeCast announced March 30.     […]

Members of the Via Satellite editorial team attended CABSAT MENA and Satellite MENA 2009, the first trip to this Middle East communications show for many of us. This trip was […]

In February, two leading satellite operators struggling with their debt loads in an unforgiving market did very tough deals to put off maturity on their debt. Notwithstanding good brands, incumbent […]

[Satellite Today 04-01-09] ViaSat received an $18 million contract award from Skylogic, the broadband subsidiary of Eutelsat, for broadband gateway earth stations for the Ka-Sat Ka-band satellite system, ViaSat announced […]

Tandberg Television’s operations are based on the progress of multimedia technology delivery methods. In the last year, the company has made notable steps in advanced compression systems, on-demand and content […]

Satellite communication licensing fees are a normal part of the cost of doing business in this industry. There are times, however, when governments lose sight of the financial structure of […]

With the continuing economic collapse, people in every industry are wondering how their particular sector will perform. In the satellite sector, there has been considerable opinion that satellite would do […]

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently has shown some flexibility in allowing a combination of satellite and terrestrial services to be offered on the same allocated bandwidth. During the […]

DTH service providers, cable television companies and telephone companies are firing the first salvos in what will become an all out battle to become your personal portal into all things […]

The combination of increased demand for video, data and Internet services on a large land mass with many rural communities means satellite could be at the forefront of the new […]

After a multi-year fight to retain untarnished use of C-band, the satellite industry continues to face challenges on that front as well as other spectrum bands. Why are other communications […]

[Satellite Today 03-31-09] SES Astra signed a deal with CME Group for the launch of the first Croatian TV channel on an Astra satellite, the company announced March. 30.     […]