Mark Holmes

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 […]

Eutelsat has sold its stake in Spanish satellite operator Hispasat for just more than 300 million euros ($371.24 million). Eutelsat had held a 33.69 percent stake the Spanish operator. The […]

Globalstar is bringing a new product, the Sat-Fi2, to the United States and Canada, which it hopes will prove a hit to enterprises across the region. Particularly, the company is […]

iDirect Government has unveiled a key new software release, Evolution 4.2, as it looks to take advantage of opportunities in the defense market. Evolution 4.2 brings the full capabilities of […]

The world of In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) is entering a new era as airlines and suppliers prepare to grapple with new customer demands. David Bartlett, Chief Technical Officer (CTO) of Panasonic […]