Focus: Middle East

Defense contractor Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) will develop and build the State of Israel’s national communications satellite, “Dror 1,” the company announced on Thursday. Dror 1 built by the state-owned […]

El Al Israel Airlines and Viasat expanded their relationship by adding the Boeing 777 widebody fleet to the mix of El Al aircraft with Viasat’s equipment for In-Flight Connectivity (IFC). […]

Agreements between SES, the Association of Ethiopian Broadcasters (AEB), and the Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC) helped enable the recent launch of Ethiosat – the first-ever dedicated Ethiopian TV platform to […]

NanoRacks is opening and staffing its first office in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in Abu Dhabi’s Hub71, a global tech ecosystem driven by Mubadala Investment Company, backed by the […]

Intelsat formed an agreement with Stratosat Datacom that provides for the delivery of high-speed broadband services to sites across Central Africa by integrating managed connectivity from Intelsat’s high throughput global […]

Spaceflight purchased the first commercial launch of the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) from NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), scheduled for launch […]

Speedcast International was awarded a new multi-year contract to provide communications and onsite IT support services at four operations camps for Sasol‘s oil and gas exploration and well delivery camps […]

A military spy satellite has come crashing down to earth after the failure of its launch rocket, sending the expensive payload into the Atlantic. The European Vega rocket had been launched from French […]

SES signed two agreements with Association of Ethiopian Broadcasters (AEB) and the Ethiopian Broadcasting Cooperation (EBC) that aims to result in the creation of a dedicated Ethiopian TV environment. In […]

Gazprom Space Systems’ Yamal 601 satellite has moved a step closer to operation. It was announced today that the Launch Early Operation Phase (LEOP) has been successfully completed and the […]

Globalstar received Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) and terrestrial authorizations in South Africa, Mozambique, Gabon, and Rwanda. These countries join Botswana in representing over 1.1 million square miles of territory, a population […]

African Communications Satellite Company NigComSat has officially rolled out a new Direct-to-Home (DTH) satellite TV platform in Nigeria called NextTV, which will be operated as a joint-venture with Nigus International and […]

Kymeta formed a partnership with Turksat at SATELLITE 2019. The partnership will bring connectivity solutions to Turksat customers for voice, data, internet, TV, and radio broadcasting, and will expand land and […]

The Arabsat-6A satellite is on its way to its intended orbit at 30.5 degrees East after its successful launch on SpaceX‘s Falcon Heavy rocket, the Saudi operator confirmed. Built by […]

As SpaceX sends Arabsat‘s massive 14,000-pound Lockheed Martin-built Arabsat 6A communications satellite to orbit on its massive Falcon Heavy rocket, we reflect on the remarkable 15-year journey this “new” heavy-lift […]

Eutelsat expects to announce other customers soon for its high profile Over the Top (OTT) pay-TV solution CIRRUS, which it launched with much fanfare at the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) […]

Benin’s government signed a contract with SES to receive 15 new Free-to-Air (FTA) channels from satellite. As part of the agreement, a number of High Definition (HD) channels will be broadcast […]

Eutelsat Communications secured Mondo Globo as the first customer for its recently launched Eutelsat Cirrus delivery solution. This offer has been confirmed by the luxury hotel brand Edwardian Hotels London. Telearabia PRO, Mondo […]

LeoSat Enterprises entered into an agreement with Skyband, a member of the Inteltec Group and a communications provider of satellite and networking solutions in Saudi Arabia. Skyband will use LeoSat to upgrade […]

Es’hailSat‘s recently launched satellite, Es’hail-2, entered commercial service to serve government, broadcast, and telecommunications sectors in the Middle East and North Africa. The satellite was built by Mitsubishi Electric Company […]

SES’ newest satellite, SES-12, is now ready to serve its video, fixed data, mobility, and government customers across Asia-Pacific and the Middle East. The satellite is designed with both wide […]

The Reuben Brothers (David Reuben and Simon Reuben) have invested in HiSky, an Israeli company developing a satellite network of terminals based on electronically steered antenna, hub base station, and […]

Viasat revealed that El Al Israel Airlines launched the Viasat in-flight Wi-Fi service on transatlantic flights. The in-flight Wi-Fi service will leverage the ViaSat-2 satellite to bring internet to El Al […]

Es’hailSat, Qatar Satellite, and BridgeSat established a strategic relationship to help provide businesses and governments across the Middle East with more affordable access to laser-based satellite broadband services. This supports […]

Yahsat is growing its satellite presence around the world. From targeting markets in Africa and Latin America to investing in Thuraya and widening its product portfolio, the company is not standing still. […]

Eutelsat signed simultaneous multi-year contracts with the Ethiopian Broadcasting Service (EBS) and the Association of Ethiopian Broadcasters (AEB) for video capacity on its Eutelsat 8 West B satellite. The aggregate of these […]

Avanti Communications and MainOne, a connectivity and data center solutions company in West Africa, have signed an agreement to jointly improve broadband penetration across Nigeria by providing the latest Ka-band […]

Spaceflight revealed that it will launch two payloads on its first rideshare mission to Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO). The mission is scheduled for no earlier than mid-February 2019 aboard a SpaceX […]

Teleste will continue the deliveries of optical headend products to Türksat, a satellite and cable operator in Turkey. Extending the headend optics deployments last year, the new deliveries will again […]

The Agency for the Safety of Air Navigation in Africa and Madagascar (ASECNA) signed a contract with Thales Alenia Space on Feb. 8 in Dakar, Senegal to conduct a preliminary design […]