Connectivity

Avanti Rolls Out Pay-As-You-Go Hylas-1 Internet Service Avanti Communications has launched its new Pay-As-You-Go high-speed Internet connection service across Europe with no monthly subscription fees. Avanti will offer a high-bandwidth...

The evolution toward more advanced video compression codecs is creating new opportunities and challenges for content providers. The transition from MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 has helped to shrink the bandwidth required...

MSS operator and service provider Globalstar has spent the last two years financing and launching 24 new satellites that it hopes will bring the company’s Duplex service back into full...

Broadband via satellite has long been touted as the best solution for isolated areas that have no terrestrial connection, but it is also a big business for the satellite and...

[Satellite TODAY 08-31-12] MultiChoice will migrate its DStv services from its current transponder space on the Intelsat 10 and Intelsat 7 satellites to capacity on the new Intelsat 20 satellite...

[Satellite TODAY 08-31-12] Satélites Mexicanos (Satmex) has hired Erik Hansen as its director of North American sales, the operator announced Aug. 31.    Hansen has more than 12 years of...

[Satellite TODAY 08-31-12] Thomson Video Networks (TVN) has embedded HE-AAC multi-channel audio codec software with full metadata support technology from development firm Fraunhofer in its flagship ViBE EM4000 encoder, TVN...

[Satellite TODAY 08-30-12] Thaicom has informed Thailand’s Information and Communications Technology Ministry (ICT) that it had made plans for an interim satellite to be positioned at the 50.5 degrees East...

[Satellite TODAY 08-30-12] Work Microwave has unveiled a new digital filter with a roll-off factor of 5 percent as part of its DVB-S2 modem and modulator portfolio, the company announced...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 08-29-12] Enterprise satellite communication services provider ITC Global has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Spidersat Communications, a privately held integrator in Africa that provides mission...