Mark Holmes

Australian satellite operator NewSat has secured financing to the tune of $611 million for its Jabiru 1 satellite project. The company worked with the Export-Import Bank of the United States and

SES Broadband Services signed a new deal with pan-European satellite broadband Internet Service Provider (ISP) EuropaSat. Also, SES signed a comprehensive collaboration agreement with Space Systems International Monaco S.A.M. (SSI-Monaco).

ST Engineering, the Singapore based company, has released an update on its satellite and communications business in the second quarter.

We are barely halfway into 2013 and already Hughes and ViaSat have both ordered huge new satellites and placing bets that the industry will become more mainstream than ever going […]

Maju Nusa, a Malaysian satellite service provider, has put its faith behind O3b Networks, by signing a key contract only days before O3b successfully launched its first four satellites.

Star One is major presence on the Latin American satellite landscape. The company launched its Star One C3 satellite late last year and is planning to add new capacity next […]

Owned by Central European Media Enterprises (CME), a major media company in Eastern Europe, TV Nova is one of the largest commercial broadcasters in the Czech Republic, a vibrant digital […]

In this special FSS Engineering roundtable, we talk to five leading CTOs of regional FSS operators about the technology challenges facing their companies. Taking part are Antonio Abad, CTO, Hispasat; […]

Singapore – Mediascape, the largest DTH platform operator in the Philippines, expects to become the number one player in the market this year, reaching approximately 600,000 subscribers.

The role of High Throughput Satellites (HTS) in Asia is still to be determined. While the demand for broadband services based on satellite is there, rainfade and the regulatory environment […]

Earlier this month, SpeedCast announced it was launching a new Ka-band service to serve key North Africa and Middle East markets. The company, which used to be owned by AsiaSat, […]

Arianespace has signed a more comprehensive MOU with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) as the two companies look to increase their work together

Regional FSS operators are becoming more ambitious as they look to keep pace with the big global players such as Intelsat, SES and Eutelsat. In the July edition of Via Satellite, we talk to a number of regional FSS CTOs about how they are investing in new technology to keep their satellite plans on track.

Telespazio Brasil is one of the main satellite players in Brazil looking to take advantage of the many opportunities in the market. Marzio Laurenti, the company’s CEO says he expects the Telespazio Brasil’s growth to come from three specific market segments

Show season is in full swing and after SATELLITE 2013 and NAB, we look forward to CommunicAsia, the biggest event of its kind in its region. Given the size of […]

RSC Energia is one of Russia’s main space companies. It plays a key role in the development of space technologies, as it bids to keep Russia at the forefront of […]

In March this year, the South African National Space Agency (SANSA) and the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) signed an agreement that will see the RadioAstron satellite mission collaborating with […]

India has a population of more than a billion people, multiple languages and a developing economy. At the start of the last decade, DishTV had the DTH market pretty much […]

Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) is one of the most talked about operators on the planet, and has been on an aggressive growth curve. The company sees Africa as an important part of the equation as it looks to diversify its revenue base. In April this year, ABS appointed Felix Damiba, as its new managing director for Africa.

[Satellite TODAY 05-21-13] Astrium Services has won a contract to provide Belgium’s emergency and security services with Blue Light Mobile, their first secure mobile 3G network. The five-year contract has […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-21-13] DISH Network is ready to take the next step as it bids to acquire U.S. wireless giant Sprint Nextel. Sprint announced May 20, that it had received […]

[Satellite TODAY [05-21-13] In the June edition, we took an in-depth look at the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India China, South Africa) markets for satellite. We also looked at DTH in […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-16-13] Thaicom’s momentum continues to move forward as the company’s latest financial results demonstrate. The company had net profits in the first quarter of 2013 of 330 million […]

Inmarsat has completed its acquisition of Australian company TC Communications, a satellite communications provider. Inmarsat will now integrate the company into its existing operations with a particular focus on supporting its expanding global government and enterprise business units.

I always thought PowerPoint presentations were fairly innocuous and really just a way of stimulating debate, but it seems a presentation that Kay Sears gave in 2007 was a key […]

A PowerPoint presentation given by Intelsat General’s President, Kay Sears proved to be the catalyst that sparked GeoMetWatch (GMW) to pursue a hosted payload deal. GMW is a commercial technology […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-08-13] In one of the highlights of its most recent financial results, Eutelsat announced strong revenue performance for the nine months to March 31, with revenues of €956.5 […]

[Satellite OTDAY 05-08-13] In one of the highlights of its most recent financial results, Eutelsat announced strong revenue performance for the nine months to March 31, with revenues of €956.5 […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-07-13] Sky Deutschland now has reached more than 3.4 million customers in Germany and Austria. This was one of the highlights of its first quarter results issued late […]

Thales Alenia Space is one of the top satellite manufacturers competing in an uber-competitive marketplace with the likes of Space Systems Loral (SSL), Astrium, Boeing, and Orbital Sciences among others. […]