Hispasat extended its European and American maritime market partnership with solutions provider Syntelix for another two years, the Spanish telecommunications satellite operator announced July 2. Syntelix said it would use more Hispasat capacity from the H30W-6 satellite, located in the 30 degrees West orbital position, in order to expand its connectivity offering to the European…

Intellian successfully completed sea trials for its v85NX antenna and received type approval from Telenor to provide Ka-band service from the operator's Thor 7 satellite, both companies confirmed. The Intellian v85NX is a 85cm antenna and the first of its size to be certified on the Thor 7 network. Intellian said that the v85NX's form…

Eutelsat Communications has secured a multi-year contract with Telenor Maritime to provide Ku-band coverage for sailing areas in Europe, Trans-Atlantic crossings, the Caribbean, and South East Asia, the company announced Wednesday.  Eutelsat will leverage several of its satellites in order to deliver targeted capacity with guaranteed levels of throughput to specific sailing areas under a…

Crowley Maritime has contracted to install Inmarsat's Fleet Xpress on a majority of its vessels. Crowley Maritime owns, operates, and manages a fleet of close to 200 vessels including conventional and dual fuel container ships, tankers and articulated tug-barges, and ship assist and offshore services tugboats, and various other types of barges. The deal was…