E-letter: News Feed

[Via Satellite 10-02-2013] Windmill International has formed two wholly-owned subsidiaries, AQYR Technologies and AQYR International. The new entities operating out of Hollis, N.H. formerly conducted business as Windmill Tactical SATCOM […]

[Via Satellite 10-01-13] EchoStar Technologies and GVT, a subsidiary of Vivendi, have entered into negotiations to form a joint venture for pay TV services in Brazil. GVT and EchoStar aim […]

[Via Satellite 10-01-13] Q-KON Africa now offers service providers across the continent the opportunity to acquire and rollout a StarLight connectivity solution – complete with a new billing system. StarLight […]

[Via Satellite 10-01-2013] Harris Corporation has delivered a system that will help prepare National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellite operators for the new Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite – R […]

[Via Satellite 10-01-2013] Brazilian independent network affiliate of TV Globo, Rede Paranaense de Comunicações (RPC TV), has deployed their HD Video Head End system using Ateme’s Kyrion product line. This […]

[Via Satellite 10-01-13] Bharti Airtel, a telecommunications company with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, has launched its Africa Connect network aimed at enhancing Africa’s connectivity with the […]

[Via Satellite 10-01-13] Last week Optus confirmed the availability of the Thuraya SatSleeve through Optus Business in a key new deal. Optus Vice President of Satellite Paul Sheridan told Via […]

[Via Satellite 09-30-2013] Idate Research believes the TV industry evolution is at a tipping point and predicts changes in viewer behavior and evolving business models as the new industry player […]

[Via Satellite 09-30-13] International Launch Services (ILS) has successfully placed the Astra 2E satellite into a geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO) for SES. The satellite, which was manufactured by Astrium, was […]

[Via Satellite 09-30-13] Eutelsat Communications and Satellite Broadband Service Network Montenegro (SBS Net) have completed an ultra-fast, secure satellite network connecting Montenegro’s police headquarters with the country’s six border control […]

[Via Satellite 09-30-13] Huawei and O3b have enabled full 3G voice, data and video over satellite. This follows rigorous testing of O3b’s system in the Huawei Interoperability Lab in Shanghai, […]

[Via Satellite 09-30-13] Media Networks has signed an agreement to provide its wholesale satellite Internet service in Ku-band, ISAT-KU, to Ensatel, a satellite Internet provider in the Peruvian Amazon. This […]

[Via Satellite 09-30-13] Norsat International, a provider of communication solutions that enable the transmission of data, audio and video for remote and challenging applications, has launched the 1.2m Ku-band all-in-one […]

[Via Satellite 09-27-13] SES’ Astra 2E satellite is scheduled for launch on board an ILS Proton launch vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Sept. 30, 2013. Astra 2E […]

[Via Satellite 09-27-13] Singapore Airlines (SIA) has taken to the skies with its first eight new Boeing 777-300ERs equipped with Panasonic Avionics Corporation’s true broadband Wi-Fi, mobile phone service and […]

[Via Satellite 09-27-13] Hermes Datacomms has opened a new office in Nairobi, Kenya to support East African operations and to improve in-country support in Kenya. The company foresees that the […]

[Via Satellite 09-27-13] DigiGone’s video communications system and software platform has been approved for use with Thuraya’s IP terminals. Thuraya is actively rolling out the DigiGone satellite communications solution across […]

[Via Satellite 09-27-13] L-3 TRL Technology is working with Avanti Communications to provide secure, high-speed Ka-Band satellite services to government and military agencies that use L-3 TRL’s CATAPAN encryption devices […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-27-13] Morgan Stanley has released a new report citing “three highly experienced professionals in the FSS sector” on how they think the sector will develop over the next […]

[Via Satellite 09-26-13] Pakistan’s LEO Television Network has commenced distributing three television channels on Asia Satellite Telecommunications’s AsiaSat 3S. The services include multilingual Pakistani film channel, Filmazia; Urdu language, South […]

[Via Satellite 09-26-13] Exelis has been awarded a foreign military sale contract valued at $115 million to provide an existing international customer with additional communications equipment, spare parts, ancillary devices […]

[Via Satellite 09-26-13] iDirect Government Technologies’ (iGT) Evolution TRANSEC has met the Department of Defense’s (DoD) transmission security (TRANSEC) requirements. A National Security Agency (NSA) evaluation report titled “iDirect TRANSEC […]

[Via Satellite 09-26-13] Advantech Wireless, a manufacturer of satellite, radio frequency equipment and microwave systems, has been selected by a military organization in North America to supply its Transcend 800 […]

[Via Satellite 09-26-13] Raytheon Company has delivered its 2,000th Miniaturized Airborne GPS Receiver (MAGR) 2000. Three variants of the MAGR 2000 family of products are currently in service aboard 20 […]

In our October issue of Via Satellite magazine we offer you an exclusive interview with Thaicom’s CEO, Suphajee Suthumpun, exploring the challenges and opportunities she faced when taking over the […]

[Via Satellite 09-25-13] Lockheed Martin submitted its competitive proposal for the U.S. Air Force’s Hosted Payload Solutions (HoPS) initiative aimed at leveraging commercial satellites for some government missions. According to […]

[Via Satellite 09-24-2013] Global Eagle Entertainment, a global provider of satellite-based In-Flight Entertainment and Connectivity (IFEC) for airlines, and Thaicom, a satellite communications provider in Asia-Pacific, recently signed a memorandum […]

[Via Satellite 09-25-13]  Global analysis firm Ovum estimates that telco IT spending will reach $60 billion in 2017, growing at a CAGR of 0.6 percent between 2013 and 2017, as […]

[Via Satellite 09-25-13] Macom Technology Solutions (Macom) has released its new X-Band Core Chip (MAMF-011015), product of a joint investment between Macom and FIRST RF Corporation. The integrated core chip […]

[Via Satellite 09-25-13] XCOR Aerospace and United Launch Alliance (ULA) have made notable progress in the XCOR/ULA liquid hydrogen (LH2) engine development program. Conceived as a lower-cost, risk-managed program, the […]