Connectivity

[Satellite TODAY 01-06-12] United Cargo has agreed to accept new asset-tracking technology from machine-to-machine (M2M) wireless solutions provider OnAsset Intelligence, the companies confirmed Jan. 5.     United Cargo said it...

[Satellite TODAY 01-06-12] Arqiva has won a contract to distribute the France 24 news channel in the United Kingdom. The company announced Jan. 5 that the five-year deal also includes...

[Satellite TODAY 01-05-12] Hughes Network Systems has unveiled the latest version of its satellite Internet service, HughesNet Gen4, which will launch in the first half of 2012, the company announced...

[Satellite TODAY 01-05-12] Communications infrastructure and media service company Arqiva has secured a contract renewal to deliver Electronic Program Guide (EPG) data to the Freesat platform, the company announced Jan....

[Satellite TODAY 01-05-12] U.S. pay-TV operator DirecTV will raise its rates by an average of 4 percent beginning in February, the company confirmed Jan. 4.    In a statement, DirecTV...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 01-04-12] New Inmarsat CEO Rupert Pearce spent his week on the job detailing a company reorganization process that will include its subsidiary companies within a new structure....

[Satellite TODAY 01-04-12] Gilat Satellite Networks won a $16 million, nine-month extension of a Colombian government contract to provide rural communications satellite communications services in the country, Gilat announced Jan....

[Satellite News 01-04-12] Greek telco Forthnet made a significant strategic move last November in launching its new Forthnet Satellite Broadband service on Eutelsat’s Ka-Sat satellite. Forthnet Chief Commercial Officer Yiannis...

[Satellite News 12-03-12] In late December, Pole Star, Absolute Software and Absolute Maritime Tracking Services completed a three-company merge into a London-based entity providing a combination of monitoring and security...

[Satellite TODAY 01-03-12] UAE telecoms operator Etisalat has entered into an agreement to establish uplink services on YahLive’s Y1A satellite for HD broadcasts across the Middle East and North Africa,...