Focus: Telecom

[Via Satellite 08-06-2015] OneWeb has joined the Satellite Industry Association (SIA), a U.S.-based trade organization that represents commercial satellite companies on policy, regulatory, and legislative issues affecting the industry. OneWeb...

[Via Satellite 08-06-2015] Télécoms Sans Frontières, an Inmarsat-supported nongovernmental organization (NGO) providing disaster response and humanitarian support, is continuing to provide post-emergency mHealth support in Nepal roughly three months after...

[Via Satellite 08-04-2015] Global private equity fund manager Northgate Capital has acquired a majority stake in Elara Comunicaciones through a transaction in which Northgate will invest up to $38 million...

[Via Satellite 08-04-2015] Yahsat and mobile backhaul technology developer Sevis Systems have successfully created an optimized cellular backhaul solution that facilitates the expansion of mobile networks across the Yahsat Ka-band...

[Via Satellite 07-29-2015] Airtel Ghana and Thuraya Telecommunications have partnered to provide 100 percent coverage for Ghanaians through a combination of terrestrial and mobile satellite connectivity. Thuraya’s satellite-based solutions will...

[Via Satellite 07-28-2015] Red 52, a growing Mexico-based satellite communications company, anticipates Latin America will remain a hotbed for satcom demand in the years to come. The company has grown...

[Via Satellite 07-28-2015] SpeedCast has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Sait Communications, a fast-growing maritime communications service provider in southern Europe. Sait Communications has been active in the maritime communications business...

[Via Satellite 07-28-2015] FSM Telecommunications Corporation (FSMTC) has reached a multi-year, multi-transponder agreement with Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) for C-band capacity on its ABS 6 satellite. The capacity agreement will...

[Via Satellite 07-27-2015] Yahsat has signed an agreement with new service partner Clicksat, one of the fastest growing satellite solution companies in Southern Asia, to distribute its Internet broadband service,...

[Via Satellite 07-24-2015] Middle East satellite service provider SkyStream is diversifying its business to include new verticals and a new role as a systems integrator. Services such as managing military...