Italy's Telespazio will purchase Ku-band satellite capacity from French operator Eutelsat under the terms of a multi-year contract the two companies announced Wednesday. Telespazio will use capacity from Eutelsat's 117 West B satellite to provide rural backhaul services to the Peruvian government in support of its Programa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (Pronatel) national telecommunications program. Telespazio said…

OneWeb is about to get more involved in the broadband space in the United Kingdom. The operator signed an MoU with BT, to explore the provision of improved digital communication services to some of the hardest to reach parts of the UK. This is a very innovative deal between one of the world’s biggest telcos…

ST Engineering iDirect and AXESS Networks are joining forces to bring better connectivity to remote parts of Mexico. The two companies announced a new deal June 15, in which ST Engineering iDirect will provide AXESS Networks with the first Newtec Dialog XIF hub deployed in Mexico to connect remote communities and businesses. The hub will…

Telesat and Brazilian telco TIM Brasil jointly tested Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) backhaul, reporting successful 4G mobile data traffic performance.  The tests, announced Thursday, were conducted over five days in Rio de Janeiro, with an 85 cm Intellian parabolic antenna to uplink and downlink to a Phase 1 Telesat LEO satellite. The companies report that they…