Focus: Maritime

Telenor Satellite’s Ka-band maritime business is seeing strong growth as the benefits of having Ka-band capacity have started to kick in. Telenor Director of Datacomms Products and Services Jan Hetland...

Inmarsat released its results for third quarter (Q3) 2018, and nine months ending Sept. 30 2018. During Q3 2018, overall group revenue (ex. Ligado) was $336.4 million, an increase of...

Hughes Network Systems was selected by the U.S. Naval Air Systems (NAVAIR) to provide satcom systems integration for the U.S. Coast Guard. Under the agreement, Hughes, supporting through its partner,...

Fleet and mobile asset management technology company MiX Telematics has entered into a contract to provide telematics solutions to Algeria’s leading oil & gas producer, Sonatrach. MiX’s channel partner in...

China launched twin BeiDou-3 navigation satellites on a Long March-3B carrier rocket from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province at 12:23 p.m. today. The satellites entered their planned orbit after...

Intelsat is extending its maritime solution offerings in China. APT Mobile Satcom (APSATCOM) will become Intelsat‘s first maritime solution partner to offer, in China, IntelsatOne Flex for Maritime services. This...

Orbcomm is making its satellite services and solutions available in China, targeted the heavy equipment, transportation and logistics, and maritime industries. A Chinese telecommunications operator recently received the authorization for...

Blue Sky Network (BSN) — a provider of satellite tracking, data, and communication solutions— acquired Applied Satellite Engineering (ASE), a designer and manufacturer of advanced satellite communication equipment. “Our combined offerings will now...

A consortium of three Luxembourg-based companies lead by OQ Technology will develop, build, and perform a demonstration in-orbit of an innovative approach for satellite-based Internet-of-Things (IOT). Based on the in-orbit...

Marlink has contracted SES Networks to provide fiber-like connectivity via the O3b medium-Earth orbit (MEO) constellation in order to support “big data” services for its enterprise customers. Marlink said the...