Satellite operator ABS won a new contract in the oil and gas arena. The company announced late Wednesday that Seanet Technologies Myanmar (Seanet), a VSAT service provider, will use capacity on its ABS-2 satellite to deliver connectivity to the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea around Myanmar. Seanet provides services to many sectors including…

Telesat performed a Low-Earth Orbit broadband connectivity demonstration with Indian satellite service provider Nelco. The testing campaign in late April used Telesat’s Phase 1 LEO satellite connecting to an 85 centimeter Intellian parabolic antenna at Nelco’s teleport in Mahape in Navi Mumbai.  The demonstration showed 35 millisecond roundtrip latency, and cloud-based applications including video conferencing…

OneWeb plans to bring its high-speed, low-latency broadband satellite connectivity across the Republic of Uzbekistan. The company announced May 17 that it had signed an MoU with Uzbekspace, the Agency of Space Research and Technology under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The MoU paves a path for close collaboration between OneWeb…

Eutelsat has signed a deal which will see satellite used extend corporate networks for government offices and key enterprises of the Tuvalu Islands. Under the terms of this multi-year agreement announced May 10, Tuvalu Telecommunications Corporation (TTC) will use capacity on the Eutelsat 172B satellite to fulfil its commitment to bridge the digital divide in…