Focus: Latin America

Hispasat has teamed up with internet service provider GlobalSat to roll out satellite connectivity hotspots in 500 remote towns in Mexico, including Durango, San Luis Potosí, Guerrero, Coahuila, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas,...

The satellite industry is going through a period of consolidation down the value chain. At SATELLITE 2022, two such deals were announced, with SES acquiring the Global Enterprise Solutions (GES)...

Intelsat is establishing a new satellite video neighborhood in Brazil by “seeding” antennas at more than 200 cable headends in Brazil. The satellite operator is working in cooperation with local...

Spanish satellite operator Hispasat has reached an agreement to acquire AXESS Networks, a teleport operator and satellite services provider with a presence in Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and...

Hispasat, the Spanish satellite operator, is piloting a new tele-education project in Panama for the Panamanian government. The company said March 11 that it is bringing tele-education services to the...

Hispasat has joined forces with streaming and content protection company Nagra, to develop a wholesale OTT (over-the-top) television solution targeted at customers in Latin America. The solution, announced March 9,...

Intelsat has been working with one of Brazil’s biggest telcos to expand 4G coverage through satellite to the northern parts of Brazil, the company announced March 2. TIM Brasil is...

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and the Brazilian Space Agency (AEB) have signed an agreement to support the economic development of Brazil’s space industry. AWS said this agreement is the first...

Hughes Network Systems said Tuesday that it successfully completed a three-month pilot program for a new “Community LTE” service that provided broadband connectivity to five villages in Brazil. To provide...

LATAM Airlines Group plans to bring Intelsat’s in-flight connectivity (IFC) services to its Airbus fleet of up to 160 narrow body aircraft. This includes the A320ceo and A320neo variants, based...