Connectivity

As a spectrum manager in the commercial communications satellite industry, one issue that of daily concern is spectrum interference. With the advent of what I call a new dawn for...

Newtec provided a Newtec Dialog hub system to Satsol, a teleport and Internet Service Provider (ISP) on the Solomon Islands. As one of the Solomon Islands’ three ISPs, Satsol currently provides approximately...

Community-based space platform SpaceChain successfully tested its second blockchain node in space, launched into orbit on Oct. 25, 2018, by a CZ-4B Y34 rocket from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre, Xinzhou, China. The...

Blockstream, a blockchain technology company, launched Blockstream Satellite Application Programming Interface (API) Beta, according to an official announcement from the company on Jan. 16. Blockstream’s Satellite API aims to help developers use...

Iridium launched its Iridium Certus broadband service for commercial customers, the first new capability activated from the company’s $3 billion Iridium Next satellite replacement program. Iridium Certus is a platform designed...

Konnect Africa, an initiative from Eutelsat dedicated to satellite broadband on the African continent, revealed that it is launching internet access offers in Côte d’Ivoire. According to the Telecommunications Sector Observatory...

While most of the major satellite operators are seeing a slowdown in their revenues generated from video services, some interesting deals are still being done For example, at the end...

Asian pay TV provider TrueVisions signed a long term transponder capacity contract with Asian satellite operator Thaicom, for continuing its pay TV service to audiences in Thailand. The company has retained several...

Kacific selected Newtec‘s Dialog Very Small Aperature Terminal (VSAT) multiservice platform for Kacific 1, its new High Throughput Satellite (HTS). This is expected to significantly expand broadband service delivery in underserved...

Providing broadband services in Africa has always been a key focus for the satellite industry, given the lack of terrestrial infrastructure and the opportunity to bridge the digital divide in...