Focus: Broadband

Viasat has upgraded the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) Ultra High Frequency (UHF) satellite communications (SATCOM) control stations to comply with the new Integrated Waveform (IW) baseline, the company announced […]

Hughes Network Systems (Hughes) has won a key new contract in Latin America, the company announced Aug. 27. Axesat, one of the main broadband service providers in the region, has […]

Avanti Communications has issued a very brief update on numbers for the six months to the end of June. The company announced that its half year EBITDA was in line […]

Astranis, the San Francisco-based remote satellite connectivity startup, has concluded its first major launch deal as it looks to make its business plan a commercial reality and success. The company […]

In a public demonstration, Viasat and Jamaican operator ReadyNet successfully showed how Viasat’s high-speed satellite internet service could help connect communities and businesses across Jamaica. The demonstration took place in Portland, Jamaica, […]

Intelsat formed an agreement with Stratosat Datacom that provides for the delivery of high-speed broadband services to sites across Central Africa by integrating managed connectivity from Intelsat’s high throughput global […]

Speedcast International was awarded a new multi-year contract to provide communications and onsite IT support services at four operations camps for Sasol‘s oil and gas exploration and well delivery camps […]

PHSAT Telecom Solutions chose the Hughes Network Systems‘ Jupiter System to enable internet services for its Small-to-Medium Enterprise (SME) customers. PHSAT, providing domestic and international telecommunication services to businesses throughout […]

Telesat and the Canadian government partnered to help ensure access to affordable, high-speed internet connectivity across rural and remote areas of Canada through the development of Telesat’s LEO Satellite Constellation. […]

Hughes Network Systems was awarded a National Association of State Procurement Officials (NASPO) ValuePoint contract to deliver HughesNet for Business to state agencies and eligible political subdivisions. Under the agreement, Hughes […]

Amazon is seeking government permission to launch 3,236 broadband satellites that would cover nearly all of the United States and much of the rest of the world. Amazon subsidiary Kuiper […]

The Colombian Ministry of Telecommunications (Mintic) selected local services provider INRED to install, operate, and maintain 1,000 Wi-Fi hotspots in rural areas around the country as part of the Sustainable […]

Inmarsat will introduce two new satellite payloads dedicated to the Arctic region in a partnership with Space Norway and its subsidiary, Space Norway HEOSAT. The new Global Xpress (GX) payloads […]

Indonesia’s Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (Kominfo) selected a consortium led by the domestic satellite operator Pasifik Satelit Nusantara (PSN) to deploy and operate a broadband telecommunication satellite. This consortium […]

Starlink satellites were launched in a large stack on a Falcon 9 rocket. Photo: SpaceX/Forbes says that three of its 60 controversial Starlink satellites have failed in orbit, as the […]

Intelsat was selected by Lintasarta, a data communication, internet service, and IT services provider, to support the deployment and expansion of Indonesia’s broadband and wireless communications infrastructure, bringing reliable, consistent, […]

Globecast has revealed its new Globecast Virtual Networking (GCVN) service, which aims to brings two-way, high bandwidth, IP-over-satellite connectivity to the enterprise market. It aims to provide fast, reliable IP connectivity […]

Gazprom Space Systems’ Yamal 601 satellite has moved a step closer to operation. It was announced today that the Launch Early Operation Phase (LEOP) has been successfully completed and the […]

The telecommunications sector is at an inflection point between the peak of the 4G LTE market and the on-ramp for next-gen 5G wireless services. Does the roll out of 5G […]

Hughes Network Systems’  JUPITER System platform was selected by five service providers to help bridge the digital divide across Indonesia. The service providers – including Lintasarta, Pasifik Satelit Nusantara (PSN), […]

As Chair of the SATELLITE conference, I am privileged to get an exciting behind-the-scenes view into the planning process that happens in the months leading to the event. The following […]

The U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is seeking information on services capable of conducting coordinated collection planning across multiple commercial satellite constellations, and advanced analytics on large volumes of commercial […]

Blackline Safety, which provides local ambulance, police and firefighter response services throughout North America, has partnered with GEOS Response, to expand its dispatch capability on a global scale. When Blackline’s Safety Operations […]

Viasat and Visiontec, a Brazilian-based satellite products distribution company, partnered to bring high-speed satellite internet to Brazil. Through this relationship, Visiontec serves as Viasat’s fulfillment partner, and is currently installing Viasat’s […]

Inmarsat, selected Airbus Defense and Space (Airbus) as its satellite manufacturing partner as part of a development of its Global Xpress (GX) network. The partnership aims to provide a step-change […]

On Thursday night, SpaceX launched a batch of 60 internet communications satellites from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. More than one hour later, some 270 miles above Earth, […]

Telebras, a Brazilian state-controlled public telecommunications company, and Viasat revealed the final approval of their contract by The Tribunal de Contas da União (TCU), also known as the Brazilian Federal […]

SpaceX delayed the launch of 60 satellites as part of its ambitious Starlink internet project for the second time in a week, saying that the launch will now take place […]

Speedcast International is providing the Western Highlands Provincial Health Authority, in Papua New Guinea, with a custom private C-band Very Small Aperature Terminal (VSAT) network for more reliable, cost-effective connectivity for several […]

1045pm ET Update: About 15 minutes before the Falcon 9 rocket was due to liftoff on Wednesday evening from Florida, the launch was scrubbed. The culprit? Unfavorable upper-level winds. Fortunately, […]