Author: Caleb Henry

[Via Satellite 08-13-2014] Colombia has approved the sale of Inmarsat’s IsatPhone. Globalsat Colombia, the local arm of the Latin American Globalsat Group will distribute the IsatPhone 2 and IsatPhone Pro...

[Via Satellite 08-12-2014] By 2017, Globalstar hopes half of its subscriber base will be made of non-North American customers. During the company’s second quarter earnings call, Tim Taylor, VP of...

[Via Satellite 08-12-2014] GenCom, the communications arm of Genco Energy Services (GES) signed an additional contract with SCS Networks to use iDirect technology for a private satellite network. Under the...

[Via Satellite 08-12-2014] The Space Data Association, an international consortium of commercial satellite operators dedicated to safe conduct in space, has reached an agreement with the United States Department of...

[Via Satellite 08-12-2014] Inmarsat-supported aid agency Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF) has been required to leave an Iraqi camp where volunteers were providing education for refugee children. Kurdish police forces evacuated...

[Via Satellite 08-12-2014] NovelSat conducted a successful trial of its “free bandwidth” product, NovelSat Freeband at the Rede Novo Tempo de Comunicação broadcast center in Brazil. The trial was conducted with...

[Via Satellite 08-12-2014] Kratos’ Defense & Rocket Support Services (DRSS) Division has been selected to provide satellite communications, radio frequency and navigation systems support services as a member of the...

[Via Satellite 08-11-2014] The United States District Court for the Southern District of California has vacated the $283 million in damages originally awarded to ViaSat in its dispute with Loral...

[Via Satellite 08-11-2014] Avanti has awarded contracts for the manufacture and launch of the Hylas 4 High Throughput Satellite (HTS). Orbital Sciences was selected to build the spacecraft on a...

[Via Satellite 08-11-2014] O3b Networks has selected Telecommunications Systems (TCS) as a channel partner for providing satellite services to government and commercial customers. TCS will use its contract vehicles for...