Focus: Telecom

At a ceremony attended by Mongolian Prime Minister Erdenebat Jargaltulga and Parliament Chairman Enkhbold Miyegombo on April 19, Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) announced it will co-brand its 12 by 27 […]

Globecomm has deployed Ciena’s converged packet-optical and packet networking solutions to meet growing content distribution requirements for a variety of critical applications, including video for breaking news stories, disaster recovery […]

Satellite operators believe 5G will be a huge opportunity, but for wireless players the opportunity will undoubtedly be even bigger. Ericsson, a major player in the 5G arena, publishes a […]

SES announced that its board of directors approved a restructuring of SES’ go-to-market organization model with the creation of two new business units, SES Video and SES Networks, focusing on […]

Norsat International announced it has recently received an unsolicited, conditional, non-binding proposal from Privet Fund Management to acquire the company for cash consideration of $11 per share. According to Norsat, […]

Globalstar announced that the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science will deploy 550 Spot Trace satellite trackers in its continued research expedition with the Consortium […]

Inmarsat has granted type approval for Paradigm’s flat panel Swarm45 terminal, as it enhances portability and ease of use of the Inmarsat Global Express (GX) service by offering fast setup […]

KVH Industries announced the immediate availability of AgilePlans by KVH, its all-inclusive Connectivity as a Service (CaaS) offering for the maritime industry. The subscription fee is $499 per month for […]

Thuraya Telecommunications and Swiss NewSpace startup Else announced they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) paving the way for a strategic alliance between the two organizations. The agreement will […]

Comtech Telecommunications announced that during its third quarter of fiscal 2017, its Orlando, Florida-based subsidiary Comtech Systems received a follow-on order for its shipboard troposcatter system to meet the U.S. […]

Qantas, working with ViaSat and nbn, Australia’s broadband network service provider, turned on free, gate-to-gate in-flight Wi-Fi on its ViaSat-equipped Boeing 737-800 aircraft. For weeks, Qantas, ViaSat and nbn have […]

Communications & Power Industries (CPI) recently combined the operations of its communications and medical products division and satcom division, which share the company’s Georgetown, Ontario, Canada facilities.  The newly consolidated division, operating […]

The Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) and BridgeSat announced a long-term partnership under which BridgeSat will install satellite optical communications equipment at a number of SSC’s established Radio Frequency (RF) ground […]

Russian fishing fleet operator Dobroflot has chosen a fully managed maritime satellite solution from Orange Business Services to connect its 14 vessels and onshore operations. According to Dobroflot, the solution […]

Orbcomm announced that Kevadiya has selected Orbcomm to provide satellite communications and hardware in support of the vehicle tracking program within the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), which is a […]

Astronics, through its subsidiary Astronics AeroSat, announced its latest aircraft antenna system, the FliteStream F-310. It provides Ku-band High-Throughput Satellite (HTS) connectivity with new technology that minimizes service interruptions when […]

Honeywell announced a new satellite-based connected solution to help governments, companies and other organizations monitor the location and safety of workers in remote locations. The Personal Tracker uses Iridium’s Low […]

ViaSat unveiled its latest generation (Gen-2) in-flight internet equipment for its ViaSat 2 and ViaSat 3 satellites. The Gen-2 equipment is optimized to take advantage of the capacity increases from […]

Airbus has selected Gogo as a lead supplier for its High Bandwidth Connectivity (HBC) program. The designation officially enables factory line-fit installation of Gogo’s 2Ku global satellite solution on the […]

SES announced new satellite capacity deals with Gogo to meet the growing demand for high-speed In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) services on travel routes over the United States and Canada. The new […]

Honeywell has released its latest global satellite communications system, the Aspire 300, delivering International Civil Aviation Association (ICAO)-approved cockpit voice and safety services that improve the overall safety of airline […]

The plot has thickened yet again in Iridium and Ligado’s dispute over spectrum, with Iridium slamming Ligado’s most recent analysis as “divorced from the legal reality that Ligado exists in […]

Aerial & Maritime (A&M) has entered into a mutual data service agreement with Spanish company Aistech. Both parties will gain access to Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) data for monitoring commercial […]

Intelsat announced that eProcess International, an affiliate of pan-African banking conglomerate Ecobank Group, has signed an agreement to use the Intelsat Epic platform to expand and strengthen its corporate banking […]

Thuraya Telecommunications announced that Chief Technology Officer Ahmed Al Shamsi has been appointed as temporary acting chief executive officer of the company, after the resignation of previous CEO Samer Halawi. […]

Aireon announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with Spanish Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP) Enaire. Through this agreement, Enaire will begin investigating the safety, efficiency and environmental […]

Comtech Telecommunications announced that its command and control technologies group, which is part of its government solutions segment, received orders totaling approximately $24 million by an unnamed international space agency […]

VT iDirect announced another successful Over-the-Air (OTA) test of its Digital Video Broadcasting-Satellite Second Generation Extension (DVB-S2X) technology. The company conducted the test on the SES 4 satellite over C-band […]

RBC Signals announced that it successfully raised $1.5 million in its most recent seed round. The venture capital-led round included investor participants from around the world, including the United States, […]

Cloud Constellation announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded the company a patent for a global communications platform operating in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO). Users of SpaceBelt will be […]