Author: Jeffrey Hill

Telefonica Global Solutions will utilize Eutelsat’s high-performance KA-SAT satellite to provide high quality satellite broadband services to carriers from all over Europe.    Telefonica aims to use the KA-SAT capacity...

ViaSat will provide a U.S. government customer with broadband airborne satcom services under a valued $52 million one year contract.    This is renewal for services established in 2009 using...

SES is now the first satellite operator to offer the satellite broadband service Internet Satellite JET with download speeds of up to 20 Mbit/s for consumers in France, effective immediately...

Thales Alenia Space and Astrium will collaborate for the European Space Agency’s (ESA) BepiColombo spacecraft utilizing X- and Ka-band transponders designed to communicate data from an exploration mission of Mercury.    BepiColombo is...

Hughes Network Systems has released new high-performance broadband plans for government agencies, offering speeds up to 15Mbps and designed to reach remote locations across the United States, the broadband satellite...

Abu Dhabi-based satellite operator Yahsat is gearing up to launch its YahClick “broadband everyone” satellite service in South Sudan.    The service aims to provide wide reaching, high performance, satellite...

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is potentially exploring the idea of importing or building a six-ton high-throughput Ka-band satellite that would feature 100 beams compared to a standard 40...

Gilat Satellite Network CEO Erez Antebi expects the company will grow its financial strength considerably in 2013, as Gilat continues to invest back into its business segments and its Ka-band...

[Satellite TODAY 01-09-13] Global satellite and cellular data communications solutions provider Orbcomm has signed a $45 million, five-year loan agreement with AIG Asset Management that could mitigate lingering concerns regarding...

[Satellite TODAY 01-09-13] Robert Bednarek, former CEO of SES World Skies and member of the SES Executive Committee, has passed away at the age of 55 after a long and...