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Brazilian telecom regulator Anatel’s board of directors has approved the potential framework to auction radio frequency spectrum that will be used to expand access to fourth-generation (4G), mobile broadband technologies...

Brazilian broadcaster Rede Novo Tempo de Comunicação has renewed and expanded its long-term capacity agreement with SES for the distribution of its video and radio channels to audiences throughout Latin America, the Caribbean, North...

DirecTV satellite TV provider subsidiary Sky Brazil is set to launch an over-the-top (OTT) Internet TV service called Sky Online, the company announced.    The new venture is the first Internet video streaming...

Comtech EF Data has received a $1 million order for satellite communications equipment from an unnamed Latin American mobile operator, the Comtech Telecommunications Corp. subsidiary confirmed.    The Latin America customer will use...

Inmarsat has rolled out its global BGAN M2M end-to-end IP data service as a low-cost solution to support M2M applications that would typically transmit between 1Mb and 50Mb per terminal per month,...

Siem Offshore has contracted Harris CapRock Communications to deliver its SeaAccess turnkey VSAT communications to five of its supply vessels located off the coast Brazil, Harris CapRock announced.    Siem Offshore is an...

The SES-4 satellite successfully performed post-launch maneuvers and deployed its solar arrays yesterday following its launch on Tuesday aboard an International Launch Services (ILS) Proton Breeze M rocket, the satellite’s manufacturer Space Systems/Loral...

Gilat Satellite Networks won a $16 million, nine-month extension of a Colombian government contract to provide rural communications satellite communications services in the country, Gilat announced.    Gilat currently provides telephony...

O3b Networks has raised $137 million for the construction of four additional satellites that will aim to double capacity and boost redundancy over its targeted emerging markets, the broadband operator and...

Vizada signed a distribution agreement with Ottawa-based SkyWave Mobile Communications to provide distribution of Inmarsat’s IsatData Pro (IDP) satellite service and machine-to-machine (M2M) solution, the MSS reseller announced.    Vizada will distribute SkyWave’s IDP terminals,...