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I first met Ryan Wallace, Facebook’s technical program manager within Connectivity Deployments, at VSAT Global in London last year. In fact, I interviewed him on stage. Typically, he was on […]

Not long ago, you could define “satellite” pay-TV operators, “cable” TV operators and “Internet Protocol Television” (IPTV) operators as distinct entities. Nowadays those classifications are much more difficult, as even […]

Since bandwidth is a finite resource, making the most of it and using it efficiently is undeniably critical to the telecommunications industry. However, user needs are changing, and bandwidth usage […]

Talk is nice, but as we all know too well, action is what really matters. For example, there have been a lot of good words spoken over the years about […]

When Betty Ntlhe saw a rocket thundering into the sky carrying a satellite into space on TV, it was more than just a cool event. The sight inspired her to […]

SoftBank Planning LTE Services with Gilat Satellite-Based Cellular Backhaul Technology Japanese telco SoftBank intends to provide high-speed LTE services using Gilat’s satellite-based cellular backhaul technology following a successful field trial. […]

The connected car is no longer a vision of the future. It is here today, and one of the most exciting connected transportation markets out there. But is this market more hype than reality? We spoke to a number of car manufacturers to find out.

Government projects to reduce the digital divide are increasing the demand for satellite services. Will HTS have an even stronger impact than originally forecast?

Government and defense agencies share a critical mission – to protect lives. Whether that's on the battlefield or across the homeland, it demands failsafe communication. And today, government defense agencies around the globe are pushing communications further to give them every advantage to get the mission done.

In a robust move to encourage investment and support commercial activities for the mining of space resources by U.S. citizens and companies, President Obama signed the Space Resource Exploration and Utilization Act of 2015 in November 2015.

SSPI has launched a campaign to tell the human side of the satellite story. We call it "Better Satellite World."

Via Satellite interviews the new blood coming into the satellite industry to get a glimpse of their aspirations and impressions for satellite

Top satellite industry news from around the world

Editor's note for the March edition of Via Satellite

Interview with Michel de Rosen, winner of Via Satellite's Satellite Executive of the Year award.

High Throughput Satellites (HTS) have ushered in a major overhaul of ground infrastructure. Addressing the new principles of satellite design and the requirements that go with it, ground segment players have created tools that are as cutting-edge as they are crucial to delivering HTS' promise.

Editor's note for the February edition of Via Satellite

Though some spectrum traded hands, the final WRC-15 outcome was much better than expected, and viewed largely with optimism by both sides.

The Middle East is an ever-changing market with one constant: growth. With unprecedented developments taking place, the region will continue to drive Earth observation, exploration and mobile connectivity while shaping a unique space industry.

With a feel-good factor emanating around the industry, the process to decide nominees for our Satellite Executive of the Year was far from easy. However, we have managed to whittle it down to six candidates that are in the running for the award.

Once again, the satellite industry can breathe a sigh of relief at having apparently dodged a bullet at the most recently concluded World Radiocommunication Conference. While some minor incursions were […]

The FIFA World Cup is the planet’s most widely viewed sporting event. The 2010 World Cup held in South Africa was broadcast to 204 countries on 245 different channels. The […]

Via Satellite interviews the new blood coming into the satellite industry to get a glimpse of their aspirations and impressions for satellite

Via Satellite looks to recognize the technology company that has raised the bar in 2015 providing the best solutions to the industry.

While cord cutting is one risk for pay-TV providers, the most acute problem could be the progressive emergence of a new demographic segment that has never paid for TV content.

When is an Astronaut not an Astronaut? - Via Satellite

Via Satellite interviews the new blood coming into the satellite industry to get a glimpse of their aspirations and impressions for satellite

Technology advances are enabling communications companies to embrace satellite as part of their core network like never before

In 1988, a meeting of the World Health Assembly set a mind-boggling goal: to eradicate the ancient scourge of polio. At the time the goal was set, the polio virus […]

Editor's note for the January edition of Via Satellite