Connectivity

AsiaSat has entered into a strategic partnership with Thai broadcast company Next Step t0 work on the distribution and launch of a new lifestyle HD channel, Thainess. AsiaSat announced the...

Intersat has purchased all of the available capacity over Gambia, Guinea Bissau and Senegal from Eutelsat’s Konnect satellite. This multi-year deal represents several hundred megabytes and will address the connectivity...

Hughes Network Systems announced Tuesday that it signed an eight-year service contract with Network Services Solutions (NSS) to upgrade, expand and manage a satellite monitoring network for one of NSS’...

Satellite operators and service providers Speedcast, Intelsat, and SES worked to restore emergency communications in Tonga after the recent volcanic eruption and tsunami.  The undersea volcano Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai erupted on Jan....

OneWeb has signed new distribution deals in Australia and India as it ramps up activity in 2022. Field Solutions Holdings (FSG), an Australian rural and regional telecoms carrier, has signed...

SES has a busy year ahead in 2022. The global operator has multiple new satellites scheduled for launch during the next 12 months and its success depends on balancing new...

This special report by Space in Africa, commissioned by Via Satellite, explores the connectivity landscape in Africa, and how Low-Earth Orbit providers may change it in the future. The internet...

One of the deals of 2021 saw AT&T partner with OneWeb to bring satellite-based connectivity to AT&T’s business customers who need connectivity in remote and challenging locations. This is a vote of...

Kacific Broadband Satellites (Kacific) has signed a new deal to bring satellite broadband services across the Philippines, one of Asia’s largest markets. It announced Jan. 17 that it had teamed...

German space company OHB and its subsidiary LuxSpace entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with OQ Technology (OQ) to collaborate on a satellite-based IoT upstream and downstream service for...