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[Via Satellite 08-29-13] Intelsat and Japan-based SoftBank Mobile Corp. carried out a successful trial of a cost-effective, rural 3G mobile phone service in Kenya. Intelsat supported the demonstration through capacity...

As a teaser to the newly redesigned and freshly restructured Via Satellite, we bring you the 10 best quotes from top industry executives interviewed in our September issue. From a behind-the-scenes...

[Via Satellite 08-28-13] Raytheon awarded $10,000 scholarships to three military veterans who are pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering or math (STEM) and have also demonstrated leadership in their local...

[Via Satellite 08-27-13] iDirect, a company of VT Systems, will bring together operators and service providers across the Russian satellite market on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, at the Balschug Kempinski...

[Via Satellite 08-26-13] iDirect Government Technologies (iGT), a wholly owned subsidiary of VT iDirect (iDirect), announced the availability of its Bandwidth Timeslot Correlator (BTC), an add-on module to its SatManage...

[Satellite TODAY 8-26-13] Emirates will be one of the airlines to watch when providing in-flight connectivity and entertainment services. The airline has long been a pioneer here and could be...

[Via Satellite 08-26-13] Artel has been awarded a CTC COMSATCOM Transponded Capacity (CTC 0149) task order by the Defense Information Systems Agency Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization (DISA-DITCO), under the...

[Via Satellite 08-26-13] Hispasat will provide telecommunications services for the Vuelta a España cycling race, which started in Vilanova de Arousa, Pontevedra, and ends in Madrid in mid-September. Two high-performance mobile...

[Via Satellite 08-23-13] The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) has authorized a $105.4 million loan to Space Communication (Spacecom) to finance the Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) launch...

In recent days we have found that, despite costing 9 billion pounds ($13.68 billion), the London 2012 Olympics led to 10 billion pounds ($15.20 billion) in direct benefit to the...