Mark Holmes

Soon after naming new CEO Rick Baldridge, Viasat announced a major move in Europe that the company will  buy the remaining 51% share of Euro Broadband Infrastructure (EBI), a wholesale […]

We are going to do something new with this week’s Thursday Morning Conversation (TMC) with OneWeb and O3B founder, Greg Wyler. We are going to pitch you a slightly surreal […]

At the start of this year, we could not have imagined our last edition of Via Satellite would be the end of such a tumultuous year for all of us […]

Working with telcos in major future communications projects is one of the holy grails for the satellite industry, particularly entering into the 5G era. There are already some interesting case […]

2020 has been one of the most disruptive, if not THE most disruptive year in recent history. The satellite industry has remained resilient in the face of global adversity. What […]

Our Thursday Morning Conversation for this week takes us back to Europe to talk to Alvaro Sanchez, CEO of Integrasys about a plethora of topics. Alvaro had COVID-19 and has […]

While launch executives from Arianespace, Blue Origin, International Launch Services (ILS), Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MIH), SpaceX and United Launch Alliance (ULA) differ on their views of how many Geostationary (GEO) […]

Viasat‘s new CEO Rick Baldridge joined executives from major satellite operators SES, Intelsat, Hughes Networks Systems, and Eutelsat on a virtual executive panel just days after he was named the […]

SES’s results were a mixed bag on Thursday with good news in terms of overall revenues, but profits seeing a significant fall. In the nine months to the end of […]

For this week’s Thursday Morning Conversation (TMC), Via Satellite goes back to the Middle East to talk to Thuraya CEO Ali Al Hashemi about a variety of topics. Ali has […]

ST Engineering iDirect and Gilat have been selected as SES technology partners for the development of its O3b mPOWER system. SES announced Tuesday that the companies will developing the core […]

In this week’s Thursday Morning Conversation, we talk with Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president of Government Strategy and Policy at Inmarsat Government. Rebecca shares her myriad of interests when she […]

Inmarsat and Hughes first started to talking about a potential In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) collaboration in North America over a year ago. This week, the companies announced a deal that Inmarsat […]

In this edition of Via Satellite we want to take you on a journey across the globe as we look at the impact of satellite communications in a number of […]

September 2020 could be looked at as a pivotal month in regards to the relationship between the U.S. government and cybersecurity in space. In September, the National Space Council (NSC) […]

Last week, the movers and shakers within the Russian space industry gathered virtually at SatComRus to talk about the future for satellite in Russia, and what the impact of the […]

Via Satellite’s Thursday Morning Conversation (TMC) goes in a slightly different direction this week. We talk to a doctor on the frontline of the COVID-19 crisis. Dr. Beth Healey of […]

This week’s Thursday Morning Conversation (TMC) goes back to France to talk one of the most exciting new companies in the European space sector. We talk to ThrustMe CEO and […]

SES’s relationship with Microsoft continues to deepen. Last year, the operator reached a deal with Microsoft to become an ExpressRoute partner and to offer cloud-enabled video playout services. Now, SES is becoming […]

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is ushering in a new age of information and the applications for the satellite industry are vast. AI can generate efficiencies throughout the satellite life cycle, from […]

  One of the world’s most important and thought provoking satellite events returns in October, Next week CyberSatGov, a satellite event that examines the relationship between the satellite and cybersecurity […]

For this week’s Thursday Morning Conversation, we return to France to talk to one the biggest names in the French space industry, Jean-Yves Le Gall, CEO of the French Space […]

  The satellite industry is hoping that the maritime sector will see a rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, not just in the cruise sector, but also in commercial […]

It is mid-September, and summer turns to fall, we are all adjusting to the new normal. Those of us with kids are dealing with back-to-school, which looks different this year. […]

CyberSatGov this year will further explore the relationship between the US government and the commercial satellite industry. Here, we talk to a number of key players in the satellite industry […]

If last week’s Thursday Morning Conversation (TMC) was a blast from the past, this week’s is definitely much more a nod to the future. Last year at CyberSat, which admittedly […]

Two major investment bank analysts’ put out reports Monday looking at the future prospects for SES, with some interesting comparisons to its European rival, Eutelsat. Berenberg has placed a ‘hold’ […]

This week’s Thursday Morning Conversation (TMC) has decided to take the satellite community a little bit down memory lane. One of the most charismatic speakers we have seen at the […]

Eutelsat CEO Rodolphe Belmer, who leads one of the world’s largest global satellite operator businesses, says he expects meaningful consolidation among satellite communications companies to happen soon — and that […]

Sometimes timing is everything. Yesterday, Swarm Technologies saw its first 12 satellites successfully launched. So, naturally, Via Satellite’s Thursday Morning Conversation goes to California and we talk to Swarm Technologies […]