Focus: Broadband

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...