Connectivity

[Via Satellite 09-05-13] Intelsat is optimistic that it can play a key role in the growing aeronautical market, a major focus for the company. James Collett, director of mobility services, Intelsat,...

[Via Satellite 09-06-13] DSAT Cinema, a Eutelsat and dcinex joint venture company specializing in satellite delivery of films and live events, has committed to ordering over 1,000 of International Datacasting’s...

[Via Satellite 09-06-13] Eutelsat Communications has appointed Jean-Hubert Lenotte as the group’s director of strategy. He succeeds Yohann Leroy who has been appointed deputy chief technical officer and director of...

[Via Satellite 09-05-13] AsiaSat is getting ready for a busy 2014. Its AsiaSat 6 and AsiaSat 8 satellites are likely to be launched in the first half of next year,...

SAT Corporation, a subsidiary of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, has received an order from Eutelsat to upgrade multiple satID geolocation systems. In addition to the system upgrades, Eutelsat has...

[Via Satellite 09-05-13] Alfanews, a satellite transmission and TV production service provider based in Arezzo, Italy, has adopted Ateme’s Kyrion CM5000 contribution encoder. The extended feature set of the encoder...

[Via Satellite 09-05-13] Frequency coordination negotiations have succeeded in setting up the mechanism to deploy digital television in 47 Sub-Saharan African countries. The consolidation of national plans to implement the...

[Via Satellite 09-04-13] RRsat Global Communications Networks (RRsat) is aiming to have a more global presence over the next year. The company, which announced the acquisition of JCA (a London-based...

[Via Satellite 09-04-13] Brazil’s National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) has awarded O3b Networks the rights to use its foreign satellite system in the country by conferring “landing rights” on the company....

[Via Satellite 09-04-13] Inmarsat, a provider of global mobile satellite communications services, and Telespazio, a satellite services company, are teaming up to develop joint offerings for energy and machine-to-machine (M2M) customers in the...