Focus: Telecom

[Via Satellite 03-09-2016] O3b Networks and SpeedCast International have announced an agreement to provide connectivity over the O3b satellite network to residents of the Republic of Kiribati. AmalgamatedTelecom Holdings (Kiribati)...

[Via Satellite 03-09-2016] Stargroup, the parent company of StarTV, Mexico’s new Direct-to-Home (DTH) platform, announced a multi-year agreement with Eutelsat Americas, a subsidiary of Eutelsat Communications, for Ka-band capacity on...

[Via Satellite 03-09-2016] Marlink and Intelsat announced that their strategic agreement —initiated in 2014 to introduce improved maritime offerings to the marketplace —continues to pay dividends for the companies and...

[Via Satellite 03-09-2016] DataPath has partnered with four satellite fleet operators to significantly expand its capability to deliver end-to-end solutions to government and commercial markets. The company already sells Inmarsat Global...

[Via Satellite 03-08-2016] ABS announced it has been granted landing rights from the Brazilian National Telecommunications Agency (ANATEL) in Dec. 2015 to operate its first satellite in Brazil, the new...

[Via Satellite 03-07-2016] Gogo announced it is partnering with Intelsat to leverage the first shared Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO)/Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite network for In-Flight Connectivity (IFC). Under a...

[Via Satellite 03-07-2016] Emerging Markets Communications (EMC) announced the majority of its remote communications and content customers around the world are ready to fill the High-Throughput Satellite (HTS) capacity coming...

[Via Satellite 03-07-2016] Commercial Trailer Leasing (CTL), a N.J.-based lessor of trailers, has selected ORBCOMM to provide its solution for select customers on their dry van trailers. ORBCOMM’s GT 1100...

[Via Satellite 03-04-2016] Off the coast of sub-Saharan Africa there is a hospital ship where volunteers have conducted thousands of life-changing, often life-saving surgeries and medical procedures. Operated by Mercy...

[Via Satellite 03-03-2016] Australia’s National Broadband Network Company (NBN Co) is gearing up for the initiation of commercial service from the first of two twin Ka-band High Throughput Satellites (HTS)...