Focus: Telecom

SES has contracted Boeing to build seven Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) satellites for its new network system, O3b mPower. According to SES, O3b mPower will deliver fully managed services in […]

Globe Telecom has awarded Gilat Satellite Services a five-year, multi-million dollar managed service contract to enable accelerated deployment for the mobile operator’s rapid network expansion throughout the Philippines. Per the […]

Recent studies have presented higher probabilities of in-orbit spacecraft collision risk compared to previous models, according to Space Data Association (SDA) Chairman Mark Dickinson. In light of these findings, Via […]

Kymeta and e3 Systems revealed that the White Rose of Drachs yacht successfully performed the first-ever motor yacht sea trials with Kymeta communications solutions over the last several months. Kymeta […]

Timor Telecom (TT) is expanding its service uptake with SES Networks by nearly 30 percent over the O3b Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) satellite fleet to roll out its new 4G/LTE […]

EchoStar and Lockheed Martin announced that the EchoStar 3 satellite has been successfully recovered and retired per Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations following an anomaly that occurred in late July. […]

EchoStar’s Senior Vice President of Regulatory Affairs Jennifer Manner is a 5G maverick, and has penned a number of articles for Via Satellite discussing the major policy issues surrounding the […]

Airlines are increasingly looking at technology, social media and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to improve their customers’ experience. These were some of the key takeaways Via Satellite’s Editorial Director Mark Holmes […]

ETL Systems has announced the creation of Stingray, a new Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) Radio Frequency (RF) over fiber solution. According to the company, VSAT Fiber provides fiber connectivity […]

Norwegian shipping company Grieg Star has chosen Marlink’s Sealink VSAT Premium for its entire general cargo open hatch fleet of 33 vessels. Operating on multiple routes worldwide, Grieg Star’s ships […]

Intelsat and Lamhas announced a multi-year agreement for satellite services supporting media distribution in India via the Intelsat 20 satellite. Lamhas is using a C-band, multiple channels per carrier broadcast […]

Bluesky Cook Islands, the sole provider of fixed phone, mobile and broadband services to the Cook Islands, has increased the amount of satellite capacity it is using from SES Networks […]

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and its British counterpart Ofcom have granted Kymeta approvals to commercially distribute its electronically steered satellite antennas and terminals. According to Kymeta, the blanket license […]

The technology group Wartsila has successfully tested the remote control of ship operations. Wartsila carried out the testing, which involved driving the vessel through a sequence of maneuvers using a […]

Hurricane Harvey has dumped record-breaking amounts of rain over Texas this week, and the storm continues to hit other areas of the continental U.S. Then in South Asia, monsoon rains across India, Bangladesh, and Nepal have killed hundreds and displaced millions. In this article from 2013, we go over satellite’s critical role for emergency response and disaster recovery as...

General Dynamics Canada has selected Universal Switching Corporation to support the Canadian Mercury Global project. The Mercury Global project is the name given to Canada’s participation in, and leverage of, […]

Spire Global has unveiled two new machine learning and analytics products backed by data from its constellation of ship-tracking satellites. According to Spire, both products make finding vessels and information […]

The AsiaSat 9 satellite for Asia Satellite Telecommunications (AsiaSat) of Hong Kong arrived at the Baikonur Cosmdrome in Kazakhstan on Aug. 27 in preparation for mission integration and launch aboard […]

ViaSat has opened its new Asia-Pacific (APAC) headquarters, located in Melbourne, Australia. According to ViaSat, the new office is a signal of growth for the company and represents the need […]

Although Hurricane Harvey surprised everyone — including meteorologists — with unprecedented rainfall, the disaster has exemplified a marked improvement in the resiliency of emergency communications. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), […]

With 5G set to arrive within the next five years, accounting for as many as 1.1 billion connections by 2025, the telecoms industry has a lot of work to do […]

Speedcast International and Danaos Peripherals announced a strategic alliance agreement under which the two companies will combine maritime communications with advanced application management developed by Danaos. Within 2017, the two […]

EchoStar has successfully completed the in-orbit testing of the recently launched EchoStar 21 satellite. The company has also completed the handover of the satellite from manufacturer Space Systems Loral (SSL) […]

SES has announced a change of launch vehicles and launch slots for its SES 12 and SES 14 satellites. Originally, SES had tasked SpaceX to launch SES 14 on an […]

For the first time, researchers have sent a quantum-secured message containing more than one bit of information per photon through the air above a city. The demonstration showed that it […]

Intelsat announced that the company’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Stephen Spengler, has been named a commissioner of the United Nations Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development. The Broadband Commission, jointly managed […]

President Trump announced this week that additional American troops will join the more than 8,000 already stationed in Afghanistan, further extending the longest war in U.S. history at nearly 16 […]

Globecomm has installed a complete communications solution on MV Baltic, the latest newbuild to join the Global Seatrade fleet. Globecomm delivered its Ku-band Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) solution with […]

As part of its new program Google Station, which first debuted in India in 2016, Google has begun offering free connectivity at railway stations and other public locations in Indonesia. […]

ViaLight Communications has signed a design and manufacturing agreement with California-based Airborne Wireless Network (AWN), an important step toward integrating VLC’s series of airborne laser communication terminals into the Inifinitus […]