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 FSS satellite operator Intelsat has received multiple contracts from oil and gas managed communications provider RigNet to acquire new satellite capacity and renew its existing leases, Intelsat announced.    RigNet will take up new...

Eutelsat is opening a new orbital position at 3 degrees East and commissioning Astrium to build a tri-band satellite for launch in early 2014.     The new satellite will be named Eutelsat 3B...

Spanish DTH provider Digital Plus has signed a strategic partnership with Cisco Systems, the companies announced.    The alliance between the two companies will enable Digital Plus to provide 3-D and HD content...

The past 18 months have been eventful for Mexican operator Satélites Mexicanos (Satmex). EchoStar Satellite Services made an unsuccessful attempt to acquire Satmex in the early part of 2010. Satmex...

The satellite capacity situation in Latin America is becoming much more difficult to manage for both satellite operators and capacity buyers. Werner Schuler, CEO of Media Networks Latin America (MNLA), a company...

Last year was a particularly important year for FSS operators as a number of important strategic Ka-band investments were made. Over the past 18 months, 17 FSS operators invested in Ka-band,...

Manufacturer Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has delivered SES’ QuetzSat-1 satellite to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to prepare for its launch onboard an ILS Proton Breeze M booster in September, SES announced Aug. 8.   ...

 Vizada has launched a range of global maritime broadband packages integrating Ku-band VSAT and mobile satellite services (MSS), the company announced.    The service package aims to enable customers to select...

 Blue Sky Network’s (BSN) sister company in Latin America, BSN Brazil, has obtained a non-geostationary Satellite Global Mobile Service (SMGS) license, which authorizes the company to provide Iridium-based satellite services in Brazil,...

On May 26, Venezuelan Science, Technology and Intermediate Industries Minister Ricardo Menendez announced that the Venezuelan government had reached an agreement with the Chinese government to build a second geostationary...