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Gilat Satellite Networks won a $16 million, nine-month extension of a Colombian government contract to provide rural communications satellite communications services in the country, Gilat announced.    Gilat currently provides telephony...

Hughes Network Systems has completed installation of its latest technology HN NOC-XT for Pegaso Banda Ancha (Pegaso Broadband) at Pegaso’s new teleport in Toluca, Mexico, Hughes announced.    The installation...

The fourth-quarter fiscal reports that pay-TV satellite operator DirecTV Group issued last month revealed a continuing trend that has finally gotten the attention of market analysts. For several quarters, DirecTV...

SES may see its most energetic year for Latin America expansion in 2012. The company recently launched its much-awaited SES-4 20-kilowatt satellite with full coverage of the Americas and a...

Brazilian telecom regulator Anatel’s board of directors has approved the potential framework to auction radio frequency spectrum that will be used to expand access to fourth-generation (4G), mobile broadband technologies...

Brazilian broadcaster Rede Novo Tempo de Comunicação has renewed and expanded its long-term capacity agreement with SES for the distribution of its video and radio channels to audiences throughout Latin America, the Caribbean, North...

DirecTV satellite TV provider subsidiary Sky Brazil is set to launch an over-the-top (OTT) Internet TV service called Sky Online, the company announced.    The new venture is the first Internet video streaming...

Comtech EF Data has received a $1 million order for satellite communications equipment from an unnamed Latin American mobile operator, the Comtech Telecommunications Corp. subsidiary confirmed.    The Latin America customer will use...

Telemar and Orbit Communications Group have joined forces to launch iCGlobal, a new maritime satellite communications offering. The new solution aims to combine the benefits of robust, all-weather global coverage of C-Band and...

Gilat Satellite Networks is introducing a new Satcom-On-The-Move (SOTM) solution for airborne applications, the company announced Nov. 30. The SOTM solution will feature a very small Ku-band broadband antenna customized for...