Focus: Middle East

YahClick is teaming up with the Universal Satcom Group to offer high-speed broadband across the Middle East and Africa (MEA), the company announced Oct. 3. YahClick and its partner Hughes […]

Egypt’s state-owned National Company for Telecommunications Services (NCTS) has contracted Hughes Network Systems to develop the ground systems that will support the operation of the government’s TIBA-1 Ka-band satellite. TIBA-1’s […]

Yahsat has selected Cobham Satcom to deliver a mobile broadband system, including ground infrastructure and products, to operate as part of Yahsat’s next-generation Thuraya 4-NGS system. Under the contract announced […]

Khalid bin Ahmed Balkheyour has resigned as CEO of Arabsat, and the company’s board of directors has assigned Dr. Badr bin Nasser Al-Suwaidan to head the organization. The Arabsat board […]

The Israel Space Agency awarded a contract to space computing systems company Ramon.Space to provide a space computing payload for a mission scheduled to launch in early 2022. Under the […]

Gilat Satellite Networks grew its revenue by nearly half in the second quarter of 2021 compared to last year. The Israeli satellite networking tech company reported $56.9 million in revenues […]

Spacecom has signed an extension deal worth $14 million with D.B.S. Satellite Services, which operates Yes DTH in Israel. Yes will continue to lease capacity from the AMOS-7 and AMOS-3 […]

Airbus has shipped Eutelsat’s QUANTUM satellite to French Guiana ahead of its July launch. The QUANTUM launch has been pushed back multiple times, and is now set for Arianespace launch […]

AXESS Networks has deployed two new ST Engineering iDirect hubs into operation, the company announced June 24. This will aim to support increased demand of several clients in the Americas and EMEA. […]

Russia is preparing to supply Iran with an advanced satellite system that will give Tehran an unprecedented ability to track potential military targets across the Middle East and beyond, according […]

Yahsat and Airbus have completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) of the Thuraya 4-NGS next generation mobile telecommunications system, Yahsat announced  June 9. This step provided a comprehensive review, validating […]

UAE-based mobile satellite service provider Thuraya has launched a new web-based maritime tracking and monitoring service called SatTrack. SatTrack is a turnkey subscription-based service that Thuraya developed in partnership with […]

Yahsat has announced a new deal to help disadvantaged students in refugee camps. The company announced March 25 that it is teaming up with Emirates Red Crescent Authority, which will […]

Isaac Angel is the new chairman of the board of Gilat Satellite Networks, the company announced March 9. Angel takes over from Dov Baharav who has stepped down and retired […]

Planet has entered into a satellite imagery data supply agreement with Manna Irrigation, an Israeli smart agriculture company that provides growers around the world with irrigation recommendations, crop monitoring maps, […]

Masood Mahmood’s nine-year tenure as CEO of Yahsat will end in April, the operator confirmed in a surprising announcement on Tuesday. Ali Al Hashemi, current CEO of Thuraya Telecommunications Company […]

ABS is partnering with Telemedia, a broadcasting and teleport service provider in South Africa, to improve its service offerings to customers in the Middle East and Africa region (MEA). ABS […]

Satellite pay-TV subscription numbers in the Middle East countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are experiencing a sharp drop-off over the past few years, according to a new report […]

SpaceX successfully launched the TURKSAT 5A satellite on Thursday evening in its first launch of 2021. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the satellite took off from Space Launch Complex 40 […]

A division of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has received an $11 million development contract related to a planned next-generation satellite program, the company announced Monday.  The award was given […]

Integrasys revealed Dec. 17 that local telecom and satcom provider MSTelcom has successfully deployed a large network across Angola, with connectivity supported by ST Engineering iDirect‘s Evolution platform. Integrasys’ Very […]

Arianespace launched an Earth Observation (EO) satellite for the United Arab Emirates on Dec. 1. An Arianespace Soyuz rocket took off from the Spaceport in French Guiana at 10:33 p.m. […]

SES revealed Wednesday that it extended its distribution partnership with Germany’s Televisionsklub for a five-year term. Additionally, Televisionsklub will upgrade to a full transponder on SES’ ASTRA 4A satellite to […]

Marlink will provide Inmarsat FleetXpress service on eight vessels for Turkish shipping service provider Manta Shipping. The agreement, announced Tuesday, was signed through Marlink’s local partner Ozsay Satellite to support […]

Gilat Satellite Networks has named Adi Sfadia as new CEO, the company announced Monday. Sfadia has served as interim CEO since July and has been CFO for the past five […]

Nanoracks is building an AgTech research program in Abu Dhabi as part of an United Arab Emirates initiative to invest in its AgTech ecosystem. The StarLab Space Farming Center will […]

Talia has acquired an additional Ka-band spot beam with coverage across the Levant region from Arabsat, the communications provider announced Thursday. The new agreement adds an additional Ka-band spot beam […]

Eutelsat Communications has launched Sat.tv, its enhanced electronic program guide for Free-to-Air (FTA) channels. The service is operating at the 7/8 degrees West position, serving over 56 million homes across […]

Canal+ signed new, long-term satellite capacity agreements with SES, the companies revealed Thursday. These agreements span three orbital positions, serve more than 10 million subscribers, and add more than $268 million […]

Space Communication Technologies Company (SCT) signed a multi-year contract with Oman Broadband (OB) to provide communications and internet services to approximately 598 remote villages and residential areas in Oman. This […]