Connectivity

[Via Satellite 07-08-2014] Iridium, using one of its phones, has completed the first end-to-end call using Iridium NEXT hardware. The call was the first step in validating the service capability...

[Via Satellite 07-08-2014] Technip, an engineering, construction and project management company serving the oil and gas industry, signed a new contract with MTN Communications to boost coverage for its global...

[Via Satellite 07-07-2014] Tour de France organizers have decided to use Globalstar’s GSP-1700 satellite phone for the United Kingdom Stage 3 of the race — a recent addition to the...

[Via Satellite 07-07-2014] Inmarsat and Orbit Communication Systems have entered a Memorandum of Arrangement (MOA) tasking Orbit with building Global Xpress (GX) aviation terminals for the government market. As part...

[Via Satellite 07-07-2014] German telecommunications provider StarDSL AG has entered into a multi-million dollar contract with Avanti to use the Hylas 1 and Hylas 2 satellites. The new contract expands...

[Via Satellite 07-03-2014] KVH Industries has acquired Videotel, a company that specializes in training films and e-learning services for the commercial maritime industry. Videotel had annual combined revenues of approximately...

[Via Satellite 07-03-2014] Global Invacom has released a new range of programmable FibreIRS Mark 3 Gateway Termination Units (GTUs) and SwitchBlade fibre-multi-switch products. The new products are based on the...

  [Via Satellite 07-02-2014] Sagemcom has chosen Broadcom’s BCM7445 video decoder and BCM7252 System-on-a-Chip (SoCs) to broadcast select 2014 World Cup events live in Ultra High Definition (Ultra-HD). According to...

[Via Satellite 07-02-2014] Inmarsat has signed an agreement with Airbus Defence and Space for high throughput terminals designed for airborne Global Xpress (GX) customers. Inmarsat 5, the first GX satellite...

[Via Satellite 07-02-2014] Com Dev International subsidiary exactEarth has entered a strategic alliance with Genscape. Citing “extremely complementary backgrounds and capabilities,” exactEarth will make its satellite Automatic Identification System (AIS)...