Connectivity

[Via Satellite 05-19-2014] On Sunday May 18, 2014, AT&T announced its entrance into a definitive agreement to purchase DirecTV. Rumors of the potential purchase came on the heels of, and...

[Via Satellite 05-19-2014] Telenor Group changed the organizational structure of its Group Executive Management (GEM), adding three new members on Friday, May 16. The company appointed Henrik Clausen, Katja Christina...

[Via Satellite 05-19-2014] O3b Networks and FSM Telecom (FSMTC) forged a long-term agreement for O3b to provide its O3bTrunk service to Chuuk, the most populous of the four states of...

[Via Satellite 05-19-2014] Technicolor signed an agreement with Tata Sky, a Direct-to-Home (DTH) service provider in India, to provide 4K Set-Top Boxes (STBs) in a mass-volume order starting in early...

[Via Satellite 05-16-2014] Hispasat will collaborate with NEC Colombia to install the first of 648 digital kiosks in Colombia, as part of an award by the Colombian Ministry of Information...

[Via Satellite 05-15-2014] NextG-Com, an embedded software company, will be opening its first Asian sales and business development liaison office in Shanghai, China.  The company also has plans to later...

[Via Satellite 05-16-2014] Garmin reached an agreement with Fusion Electronics, a provider of integrated marine audio equipment, to acquire all of the company’s assets and those of its subsidiaries. The...

[Via Satellite 05-16-2014] Valleypoint Telecoms, an African telecommunications operator based in Nairobi, Kenya, entered into a contract with Avanti Communications to extend its broadband coverage across Western Kenya. This new...

[Via Satellite 05-16-2014] On-Waves Ehf, a maritime mobile operator and a subsidiary of Síminn, chose the IMSWorkX call-back broker application for satellite telephone voice service. The IMSWorkX is a fully...

[Via Satellite 05-15-2014] MTN Communications has released a new maritime solution aimed at the yachting industry. The solution, called Maestro, improves bandwidth efficiency by approximately 40 percent, according to a...