Finance
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Finance
Viasat Exec on Cyber Threat to Satellite: We Must Take Action
At CyberSat 2018, a number of speakers discussed the growing threat to satellites from nation states and other actors — and they believe that satellites will continue to be targeted. […]
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Connectivity
Speedcast Introduces Cybersecurity as a Service
Speedcast International revealed its new Cybersecurity as a Service solution, a combination of applications and services to help protect customers against growing cyber threats. The solution aims to protect customers […]
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Government/Military
Satcom 2020: Strategic Federal Budget Planning is Key
We enter the new year with 2020 closely in sight — a period which could mark a profound turning point for U.S. government satellite communication acquisition and implementation. Riding the […]
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Finance
Kymeta Receives Approval for Sale of Terminal Devices in South Africa
Kymeta and its partner, ELB Engineering, received approval the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) for selling and distributing Kymeta KyWay u7 terminal devices in South Africa, according to a report […]
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Finance
AT&T Lowers 2019 Capex, Aggressively Invests in 5G
AT&T will be lowering its Capital Expenditure (Capex) for 2019 — and gross capital investment will be within the range of $23 billion. AT&T provided an update on its strategy at a […]
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Finance
Avanti Communications Sees Revenue Growth in Q3, Remains Optimistic for Q4
Avanti Communications Group issued an update for the quarter ended Sept. 30 and post quarter to date, in which it saw strong revenue growth in Q3 2018. Revenue for the 3 […]
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Finance
Dish Appoints Colorado State CIO as Chief Digital Officer
Dish appointed Suma Nallapati to Senior Vice President (SVP) and Chief Digital Officer (CDO), reporting to Dish Chief Information Officer (CIO) Atilla Tinic. Nallapati currently serves on Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper’s cabinet as Secretary of Technology and State […]
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Finance
Lockheed Martin Contributes $1.5 Million to New UCF Cyber Innovation Lab
Lockheed Martin is contributing $1.5 million to the University of Central Florida (UCF) for the development of a new cyber innovation lab that aims to foster the next generation of […]
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Finance
CropIn Raises $8 Million to Develop New Agriculture Technology
CropIn Technology Solutions, an agriculture technology startup, has raised $8 million (INR 58 crores) in a Series B financing from Chiratae Ventures and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Strategic […]
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Finance
CenturyLink Exec Joins Dish as Chief Information Officer
Dish has appointed Atilla Tinic to the role of Senior Vice President (SVP) and Chief Information Officer (CIO). Tinic joins Dish from CenturyLink where he had served as SVP of […]
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Finance
Rocket Lab Receives $140 Million in New Funding
Rocket Lab has closed a Series E financing round of $140 million. The Series E round close brings total Rocket Lab funding to date to more than $288 million , […]
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Finance
NorthStar Earth and Space Receives New Funding, Reveals Partnerships
NorthStar Earth and Space (NorthStar E&S) received $39.3 million (CA$52 million) in additional financing from strategic partners for the development of NorthStar, a global environment information platform aiming to help society’s […]
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Finance
SpaceChain’s SPC Token Now Tradable on Bittrex
Singapore-based SpaceChain has announced that its SPC token is now tradable on Bittrex, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the United States. SpaceChain is a community-based space platform that […]
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Finance
Recent Financial Results Offer Pointers for the Future of Broadcast
Video isn’t going away. We love to watch the likes of dramas, movies, sports, and that is unlikely to change. But, what is changing for satellite operators is that they […]
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Finance
Former SpaceX, Virgin Galactic Leader Joins Relativity Space
Relativity Space, a 3D printing rocket startup, recently made a notable executive hire. Brandon Pearse, who previously held roles at Virgin Galactic and SpaceX, is now Relativity Space’s Vice President […]
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Finance
Gilat Q3 Profitability Remains Strong, Despite Small Revenue Dip
Gilat Satellite Networks reported its results for the third quarter (Q3) ended Sept. 30. Revenues took a slight dip, as they were $62.8 million for Q3 2018, compared with $69.9 million in Q3 2017. Yet, […]
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Finance
Pay TV Sees Largest Quarterly Loss of 1 Million Customers
A report in USA Today, cable and satellite TV providers lost about 1.1 million subscribers during the July to September period, the largest quarterly loss ever. It is also the first […]
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Finance
EchoStar Q3 Revenues Increase, Yet Profits Severely Drop
EchoStar reported its financial results for both the three and nine months ended Sept. 30. Total revenue for Q3 2018 was $533 million, an increase of $51.7 million from the […]
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Finance
Inmarsat Sees Q3 Growth in Aviation, but Decrease in Maritime
Inmarsat released its results for third quarter (Q3) 2018, and nine months ending Sept. 30 2018. During Q3 2018, overall group revenue (ex. Ligado) was $336.4 million, an increase of […]
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Finance
Dish Network Sees Small Q3 Revenue Fall, with Loss of Subscribers
Dish Network saw a small fall in its revenue for Q3, the quarter ending Sept. 30. The company reported revenue totaling $3.4 billion, compared with $3.58 billion for the corresponding period […]
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Finance
Gogo Sees Big Increases in Q3 Revenue
Gogo generated revenues of $217.3 million in the three months to the end of September, an increase of 26 percent compared to the same quarter last year. Service revenue also increased to […]
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Finance
Telesat’s Revenues Remain Stable, but Profitability a Concern
Telesat reported its latest set of results, in which it saw total revenue remain relatively stable – with an increase in consolidated revenue, but a major dip in net income. […]
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Finance
Viasat Makes Significant Revenue Gains in Latest Results
Viasat achieved revenues of $517.5 million in the three months to the end of September. This represents a year-on-year increase of 31.6 percent, compared to $393.1 million in the same quarter […]
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Finance
Eutelsat’s Revenues See Small Fall, but Mobile Connectivity gets Stronger
Eutelsat released its Q1 2018-2019 results, in which the operator lowered its full-year outlook. Total revenues for the three months until the end of September reached $380.7 million (335.1 million […]
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Finance
Astroscale Secures $50 Million of New Funding
Astroscale, a Singapore-based company developing a space debris removal service, secured $50 million of new Series D round funding to clean Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The group of investors was […]
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Finance
Orbcomm Q3 Service Revenue Spike Offset by Sales Lag
Orbcomm, a global provider of Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IOT) solutions, saw mixed results in its reporting of Q3 2018. The company saw revenues increase from $69.4 million […]
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Finance
Intelsat Reports Stable Q3 Results, but Dip in Intelsat SA
Intelsat revealed its latest set of results today, which saw revenues stabilize, but its net losses saw a fairly dramatic increase. This was one of the highlights of its third […]
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Finance
SES Q3 Results are not Surprising, but What About Video?
SES saw a significant fall in its net profits for the first nine months of 2018. This was one of the highlights of the company’s results announced Oct. 26. Net […]
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Connectivity
RBC Capital Supports C-Band Alliance’s New FCC Proposal
Toronto-based financial services firm RBC Capital raised its price targets on the satellite operator members of the C-Band Alliance after the organization sent an updated proposal to the U.S. Federal […]
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Finance
Iridium Sees Decrease in Net Income, Increase in OEBITDA in Q3 2018
Iridium revealed its financial results for the third quarter of 2018 and updated its full-year 2018 outlook. Net loss was $12.9 million, or $0.13 per diluted share, for the third […]




























