Connectivity

Boeing has received the first on-orbit signals from the fifth Wideband Global SATCOM satellite (WGS-5) it is delivering to the U.S. Air Force.

Airlines are set to spend $900 million on in-flight entertainment (IFE) content by 2018, up from $660 million in 2012, according to a newly released report from IMS Research.

By 2017, pay-TV households across the globe are expected to reach over one billion — a sharp increase over the 850 million projected before the end of 2013, said Michelle Abraham

Intelsat has announced that its subsidiary, Intelsat Jackson Holdings has received the requisite consent to amend terms of the indenture governing its 8.5 percent senior notes due in 2019, in connection with its previously announced consent solicitation.

Hermes Datacommunications and MEASAT Satellite have reached an agreement for the provision of VSAT satellite communication services across Malaysia’s offshore oilfields via the MEASAT-3 satellite.

ViaSat is adding two premium classes of Yonder high-speed Internet service for business aviation: Yonder Premium and Yonder VIP, which will provide higher data rates, new quality of service assurances, enhanced network operations and field engineering customer support.

Intelsat has announced that its subsidiary, Intelsat Jackson Holdingsplans to offer $2 billion aggregate principal amount of senior notes due in 2023.

As several industry leaders including Intelsat, Hughes and O3b Networks are in the process of launching new High Throughput Satellites (HTS), a specialized roundtable discussion on HTS began May 21 in Washington, D.C., with several panelists who indicated HTS might have far reaching implications for the global market place.