Connectivity

[Satellite TODAY 06-02-11] MTN Satellite Communications (MTN) and Spanish VSAT maritime communications provider Erzia have jointly installed MTN’s Rapid Deployment System (RDS) on the Spanish research vessel Bio Hesperides, MTN...

[Satellite TODAY 06-02-11] Globecast America CEO David Justin has stepped down from his role to pursue other projects, the company confirmed June 1.     Lisa Coelho, vice president of GlobeCast...

[Satellite News 06-02-11] Eutelsat Communications has activated the long-awaited broadband services on its Ka-Sat high-throughput satellite, the company announced June 2. Launched in December 2010, the EADS Astrium-built spot beam...

The concept has been around for a while under the names “secondary payloads” or “piggybacking,” but the first mention of the phrase “hosted payload” in our publications occurred in April...

Arabsat, one of the main players on the satellite landscape in the Middle East and Africa, is looking into hosted payloads while also continuing rollouts of new capacity. Arabsat CEO...

Market forces alone might not be enough to attain universal service in the broadband era. The satellite sector should endeavor to find its place in the array of technologies supported...

We all are familiar with the VSAT (Very Small Aperture Terminal) network, which encompasses a hub and multiple, identical remote stations. VSAT licenses in Ku-band have been used for a...

The world of satellite broadband is about to see the results of a revolution in satellite capacity. In Europe, Ka-Sat is getting ready to enter service. In North America, ViaSat-1...

Internet Protocol (IP) is far from perfect, but it has become the central rallying point for global entities, setting in motion the early homogenization of the electronics, telecommunication, electric utility...

  Trace TV, an urban and tropical music channel provider, is distributed to more than 17 million households in 130 countries around the globe. Trace TV CEO Olivier Laouchez discusses...