Focus: Telecom

[Via Satellite 06-11-2014] Media Networks’ iSAT Ka-band platform is now powering a new satellite home Internet service for Chile’s Movistar, which will cover the central region of the country, including...

[Via Satellite 06-10-2014] Months of rumored interest have proven true: Internet giant Google has officially entered into an agreement to purchase Skybox Imaging. The $500 million price tag falls shy...

[Via Satellite 06-10-2014] ViaSat has acquired NetNearU, a company that provides public Internet network management services, to expand its Wi-Fi capabilities. NetNearU’s network management system for Wi-Fi and other networks...

[Via Satellite 06-10-2014] SES Broadband Services’ (SBBS) Astra Connect high-speed Internet solution was selected for the Connected Schools project by the French government. The project aims to connect and subsidize...

[Via Satellite 06-09-2014] On April 27, 2014 an EF2 tornado etched an eight-mile path of destruction across the center of Baxter Springs, Kan. The widespread damage severed fiber and cable...

[Via Satellite 06-09-2014] Boeing released its annual environmental report, which provides an update on the company’s environmental targets and its progress in sustainable growth and environmental preservation efforts. Boeing achieved...

[Via Satellite 06-09-2014] Comtech Telecommunications reported operating results for the three-month and nine-month periods ending on April 30, 2014. Net sales for the third quarter of Fiscal Year 2014 (FY14)...

[Via Satellite 06-06-2014] Aeromexico chose Panasonic to provide in-flight broadband connectivity to nine of the airline’s new Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner fleet. The connected aircraft will offer Panasonic’s In-Flight Entertainment (IFE)...

[Via Satellite 06-06-2014] Airbus Defence and Space shipped its 1,000th XChange communications system since its introduction to the market in the summer of 2011. XChange is designed for voice and...

[Via Satellite 06-05-2014] The burgeoning success of Air to Ground (ATG) in North America has caught the eye of British Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) operator Inmarsat. The company announced intentions...