Telecom
June 24, 2019
One of the largest telcos in the United Kingdom, O2, has partnered with Spanish satellite operator Hispasat, the Universities of Oxford and Glasgow, the European Space Agency (ESA), and a consortium of startup companies for a major project to test satellite and 5G technologies to support connected and autonomous vehicles. The four-year trail program will…
June 1, 2019
Satellite backhaul makes it feasible to offer cellular services in areas that are impossible or prohibitively expensive to reach using traditional terrestrial means, such as fiber, cable or microwave. Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) in countries from India to South Africa to Peru count on Hughes to backhaul cellular traffic for their most difficult-to-reach service…
May 31, 2019
Russia successfully launched the Proton M/Breeze M integrated launch vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on May 30 at 8:42 p.m. (Moscow time), and injected the Yamal-601 telecommunication satellite into orbit. The Yamal-601 project is part of the Targeted Federal Program for the Development of Television and Radio Broadcasting in the Russian Federation. According to the…
May 28, 2019
David Tolley will join Intelsat as its new Executive Vice President and CFO, effective June 3. He most recently served as the CFO of OneWeb and served on the operator’s executive committee. Prior to OneWeb, Tolley served as a Senior Managing Director in the Private Equity Group at Blackstone, where he led satellite services strategy…