Connectivity

[Satellite TODAY 10-07-11] The gross merchandise transaction value of mobile payments for physical goods will exceed $170 billion worldwide by 2015 — nearly tripling the market’s $60 billion forecasts for...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-06-11] Independent global investment banking firm Greenhill & Co. (GHL) will sell all 9.8 million of its stock shares in mobile satellite operator Iridium Communications during a...

[Satellite TODAY 10-06-11] Satellite operator SES has secured an additional long-term contract with U.K. broadcaster Channel 4 to provide additional capacity on SES’ recently launched Astra 1N spacecraft, SES announced...

[Satellite TODAY 10-06-11] Signal quality and video delivery solutions provider Sencore has deployed two SMD 989 DVB-S/S2 satellite modulators to NES Communications, which has installed the new hardware in its...

[Satellite TODAY 10-06-11] Newtec’s new business partner program “bePart” has reaped more than 15 new strategic partnerships in Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America, the company announced Oct 5.  ...

[Satellite TODAY 10-06-11] Gulf Air Senior Manager of IFE and Communications Mohamad El Assaad will speak as a panelist on Via Satellite’s Oct. 25 webinar, “Satellite Broadband on Airplanes: A...

[Satellite News 10-06-11] U.K. operator Avanti Communications will announce the commission of its Hylas-3 satellite in the near-term thanks to encouraging pre-sales on the future satellite, Avanti CEO David Williams...

[Satellite News 10-05-11] After signing a new strategic contract with SES to bring more capacity to the Russian market, Gazprom Space Systems (GSS) could announce details of a new satellite...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-04-11] Satellite operator Globalstar has placed an order with Thales Alenia Space for an additional six satellites to its 2006 second-generation constellation contract with the manufacturer, under...

[Satellite TODAY 10-04-11] U.K. satellite operator Avanti Communications signed three more clients for its broadband satellite Hylas 1, as well as one client for Hylas 2, which is scheduled to...