Focus: Telecom

[Via Satellite 06-24-2014] ViaSat’s Exede high-speed satellite Internet service ranked first in the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) “2014 Measuring Broadband America” report for the second consecutive year. The report evaluates...

[Via Satellite 06-23-2014] On June 18, 2014, roughly a year since the company’s Initial Public Offering (IPO), Gogo held its first analyst day near its Itasca, Minn. headquarters outside of...

[Via Satellite 06-23-2014] Intelsat and Gilat Satellite Networks signed a multi-year, multi-transponder contract for Gilat Colombia to leverage capacity on Intelsat’s Ku-band satellite at 332.5 degrees east to support the...

[Via Satellite 06-23-2014] Non-profit organization Network, Engineering and Telecoms Relief for Disaster Recovery (NETRelief) is donating Inmarsat Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) terminals and IsatPhone Pro satellite phones to several...

[Via Satellite 06-19-2014] Nok Air, a leading Thai low-cost airline, hopes to have its first plane ready to fly with Wi-Fi connectivity in the next two months. Patee Sarasin, CEO,...

[Via Satellite 06-20-2014] The Inmarsat-sponsored organization Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF) arrived in the Kurdistan province of Iraq to help citizens contact family and friends during this time of developing unrest....

[Via Satellite 06-20-2014] Avanti Communications released a proprietary application for Android smartphones or tablets to help with Ka-band satellite field installations. This Avanti Mobile Assist platform will help with job...

[Via Satellite 06-20-2014] DigitalGlobe has begun offering new oil and gas industry products from the recently acquired Spatial Energy. The new DigitalGlobe Energy Suite has online, subscription-based offerings for enterprise...

[Via Satellite 06-19-2014] Testifying to the market opportunity in Asia, Eutelsat announced plans for an early follow-on to its Eutelsat 172A satellite. A new triple-payload satellite designated Eutelsat 172B is...

[Via Satellite 06-19-2014] Gilat Satellite Networks completed testing for its SkyEdge 2C Capricorn LTE backhauling solution on Thaicom’s Ipstar satellite. Capricorn is a Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) Very-Small Aperture...