Mark Holmes

Rocket Lab plans to develop a U.S. launch site for its Electron rocket at one of four U.S. spaceports — Cape Canaveral, Wallops Flight Facility, Pacific Spaceport Complex, and Vandenberg […]

Ericsson has rebranded its media solutions business in a major strategic move, the company announced July 10.  The new busines, MediaKind, will be the new identity for Ericsson’s Media Solutions […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) are joining forces to boost the European space sector in Europe. Ambroise Fayolle, vice president of the EIB, and […]

U.K. satellite operator Avanti Communications is set to receive more than $20 million from the Indonesia government in August as the result of a legal action it brought against the […]

The combination of Hispasat and SkyPerfect JSAT as strategic investors could be “a marriage made in heaven” for LeoSat, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Mark Rigolle said during an exclusive talk […]

The Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia’s (CASBAA) Satellite Industry Forum today inSingapore started with a bang with Intelsat being slayed by a number of operators for its moves […]

AT&T is stepping up its efforts in the connected transportation area after recently signing a deal with Honeyell, which will see Honeywell deploy AT&T Internet of Things (IOT) technology to […]

It has certainly been an interesting few weeks on the interview front. Following on from our interview with Jeff Bezos, we got the opportunity to talk with another of world’s […]

EasyJet is one of the biggest airlines in Europe, and flies around 90 million passengers throughout the continent each year. Consequently, what it does in terms of In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) […]

It is early afternoon and I am about to speak with Richard Branson, another of the world’s iconic business people who is looking more and more to space for exciting […]

Inmarsat has rejected an initial acquisition approach from EchoStar, Inmarsat confirmed in a statement issued late last week saying the “highly preliminary” proposal “significantly undervalued” the company. Inmarsat is one […]

Iceye has taken a huge step forward with another $34 million of funding secured in the last two weeks. This means the company is on track to have 18 satellites […]

It is not often in this day and age, that someone leads for over 20 years, but David Hartshorn can say he did exactly this. He has led the Global […]

It is not every day you get to interview one of the world’s most recognized and admired business people, but that is what happened at the SATELLITE 2018 Conference & […]

Silversea Cruises CIO Fabio Agostini says the cruise ship operator has ambitious plans to bring passengers better internet services on board. The company has really stepped up its plans and […]

Lisa Forte, founder of Red Goat Cybersecurity, and who has previously worked for U.K. Police in its cybercrime units, spoke to Via Satellite about how she perceives the cyber threat […]

It is not every day you get to interview one of the world’s most celebrated entrepreneurs and businessmen but I got the opportunity last March during the SATELLITE 2018 Conference […]

During Eutelsat’s third quarter results, issued May 14, the main subject of conversation was the revenues in the “other” category — usually a footnote in many results. Eutelsast’s revenues are […]

Maxar Technologies, one of the flag bearers of the NewSpace era, has released its latest set of results which are broadly in line with analyst’s outlooks. The company enjoyed revenues […]

At the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance Summit in London last week satellite should have been front and center but it was only mentioned a handful of times, even though the event focused on bringing connectivity to rural and underserved communities across the globe...

It has been a big week on the financial results front with a number of the industry’s largest operators reporting on their first quarter. In particular, Intelsat’s results always act […]

Inmarsat’s first quarter results issued today were very much a mixed bag with encouraging performances in mobility areas, such as maritime and aviation, but perhaps less so in government. For […]

They say timing is everything and, just as Steve Collar begins his term as CEO of SES, the operator appears ready to turn things around. SES, which announced its first […]

Luxembourg is one of the smallest countries in Europe, yet it has long been at the centre of the space industry. In some ways, this is a quite remarkable fact. […]

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has suddenly become a key talking point in our industry over the last few months. It will be interesting to see what impact AI will have on […]

On a late Friday evening, I was literally just about to switch my MacBook off for the day when I receive an email from SES inviting me to witness the […]

The recent World Cybersecurity Congress in London painted a picture of a world that could be entering into a new era of cyber attacks and warfare. While describing it as […]

David Hartshorn, secretary general of the Global VSAT Forum (GVF) for two decades, has surprisingly decided to step down. The GVF announced Hartshorn’s shock resignation on April 19. The GVF […]

RigNet aims to strengthen its position in the oil and gas market with two major new acquisitions in the United States: Automation Communications Engineering (Auto-Comm), a diversified telecommunications services company, […]

Comtech Systems, a subsidiary of Comtech Telecommunications, has announced some key new business in Asia. The company, which is part of Comtech’s Government Solutions segment, has received orders of approximately […]