E-letter: Briefs

Benin’s government signed a contract with SES to receive 15 new Free-to-Air (FTA) channels from satellite. As part of the agreement, a number of High Definition (HD) channels will be broadcast...

A major European Navy placed an order with Orbit Communications Systems for maritime Television Receive-Only (TVRO) satcom systems spares and support, for approximately $3 million. Delivery of the spares for Orbit’s...

Lockheed Martin is working with Sequans Communications to develop new 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) for satellite technologies, for worldwide deployment. According to the release, the two companies are enabling LTE end...

China successfully launched the ChinaSat 6C broadcast satellite on a Long March-3B carrier rocket on Sunday, from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China. According to the release, the satellite will...

Eutelsat Communications secured Mondo Globo as the first customer for its recently launched Eutelsat Cirrus delivery solution. This offer has been confirmed by the luxury hotel brand Edwardian Hotels London. Telearabia PRO, Mondo...

LeoSat Enterprises entered into an agreement with Skyband, a member of the Inteltec Group and a communications provider of satellite and networking solutions in Saudi Arabia. Skyband will use LeoSat to upgrade...

KeyW Holding chose Spire Global‘s hosted payload service to validate several of KeyW’s next-generation technologies. Spire’s hosted payload service will also enable KeyW to rapidly deploy larger constellations, as appropriate....

FirstNet added its first embedded Long Term Evolution (LTE) Band 14 Internet of Things (IOT) modules in Long Term Evolution (LTE) Categories 1 and 4 to its lineup: the Telit...

IDirect Government received Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) certification for the company’s 9-Series Defense portfolio of satellite routers and line cards operating on Evolution 3.4 software. The 9-Series Defense products underwent evaluation...

Orbcomm launched its next generation solar-powered GT 1200 series of devices as part of a telematics solution that includes multiple sensor options, and cellular and optional satellite connectivity for trailer...