In one of the biggest deals in U.S. media history, AT&T has been given the go-ahead to acquire Time Warner. Given that AT&T owns DirecTV, one of the largest satellite pay-TV operators, the deal has significant ramifications for the satellite sector given that AT&T now has huge presence across the U.S. media landscape. The deal…

Viasat has signed telecommunications distributor TBI as its latest master agent partner to offer Viasat's business internet services. TBI has a network of 2,500 sales agents that include sales partners, value-added resellers, managed service providers and consultants. As a Viasat master agent, TBI's network will be able to offer Viasat high-speed satellite internet as an option…

Hispasat and telecommunications services provider Eurona have launched a satellite-based broadband service in the Canary Islands archipelago. The digital inclusion project was presented earlier this year and is designed to bring broadband to previously underserved localities in Spain. The partners said some 373,000 people in white areas of the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife…

Intelsat has announced that during the Transform Africa Summit held in Kigali, Rwanda in May, it joined Smart Africa, a 2013-established initiative to accelerate sustainable socio-economic development and usher Africa into the knowledge economy through affordable access to broadband and usage of Information and Communications Technology (ICT). Smart Africa is geared toward connecting, innovating and transforming…