Connectivity

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.

Hermes Datacommunications International, a provider of Wide Area Network communications to the upstream oil and gas industry, has won a significant contract to support Tullow Oil with their operations in Africa.

DISH has announced enhancements to its DISH Anywhere mobile app, including access to On Demand programming on Android (4.0 and higher) and Apple iOS (5.0 and higher) mobile devices.

Advantech Wireless has announced the release of the New Sapphire Series 2,500W Ku-Band UltraLinear GaN SSPA/BUC, modular design with built-in redundancy.

Satellite service provider atrexx Ltd. & Co. KG has added a new service platform to its product portfolio, specifically targeted at meeting the broadband demand in Libya and Afghanistan.

[Satellite TODAY 05-21-13] Astrium Services has won a contract to provide Belgium’s emergency and security services with Blue Light Mobile, their first secure mobile 3G network. The five-year contract has...

[Satellite TODAY 05-21-13] Cobham SATCOM’s Aviator 300 SwiftBroadband solution has received a European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for its use aboard a range of Cessna aircraft....