Japanese satellite company Synspective has begun a demonstration for a disaster prevention management system in Guatemala. Synspecitve is working with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on this pilot project, announced Thursday.  Synspective provides Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery, which can capture data through cloud and darkness. The company is testing its Land Displacement Monitoring…

Gilat Satellite Networks has won another broadband-related contract in Latin America. It announced on Monday that it has received a $12 million service award for recurring revenues from broadband services in Cusco, Peru. Operation and maintenance for a three-year period will be provided for the regional broadband transport network. This contract of the regional broadband…

SES had awarded Gilat Satellite Networks a multi-million-dollar contract for multiple broadband applications in Latin America, the companies announced Aug. 19. Gilat’s multi-service platform will support SES in cellular backhauling, enterprise and Universal Service Obligation (USO) projects, as SES extends services into Latin America with the deployment on new regional hubs. Gilat’s multi-service single platform,…

Telefónica Global Solutions (TGS) will now distribute Viasat's high-speed satellite internet services to enterprise customers in Brazil after the two companies entered into a new strategic partnership agreement. Viasat announced Thursday that Telefónica will distribute bandwidth from the Telebras SGDC-1 satellite network. The operator added that it plans to eventually augment the SDGC-1 network with…