Focus: Middle East

Nigerian Communications Satellite (NigComSat) has upgraded its iDirect network to the latest Evolution 4.1 software to achieve gains in bandwidth efficiency and enhance customer experience. With the upgrade of its...

Intelsat has announced that during the Transform Africa Summit held in Kigali, Rwanda in May, it joined Smart Africa, a 2013-established initiative to accelerate sustainable socio-economic development and usher Africa...

SES has announced that SES-12 has been successfully launched today onboard a flight-proven SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) in Cape Canaveral in Florida. Liftoff occurred...

Yahsat has announced that its third satellite Al Yah 3, located at 20 degrees West, has successfully completed its in-orbit testing and is ready for commercial services. The satellite will...

Israeli aerospace startup NSLComm has achieved what it considers to be an industry first. It has developed a flexible and expandable pattern-shaping spacecraft antenna that self-corrects on deployment to enable small...

Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) services provider SatADSL and Camtel, Cameroon’s national telecommunications provider, have announced a new partnership to provide satellite connectivity across Cameroon. The formal agreement follows a pilot launch...

Gilat Satellite Networks has reported its results for the first quarter ended March 31, with revenue of $67.4 million, up 5.4 percent from 2017. Fixed networks segment revenues were up 40 percent...

Thaicom has announced an agreement with Mediavision, a European-based content delivery specialist providing end-to-end solutions to the broadcast and media industry, for the expansion of its broadcast platform in Africa....

The first Kenya University Nano Satellite Precursor Flight (1KUNS-PF), Kenya’s first satellite, was successfully deployed from the Japan Space Agency (JAXA) KIBO deployment module aboard the International Space Station (ISS). 1KUNS-PF...

Professional Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) services provider SatADSL, Global Telesat, a provider of telecommunication services in rural and challenging locations, and satellite operator RascomStar have announced a new partnership to...