Connectivity

SES Networks’ high-throughput and fiber-like satellite connectivity service, along with Alphabet’s Project Loon stratospheric balloons and local telecommunications expertise, is playing a key role in restoring 4G/LTE connectivity in disaster-affected...

Inmarsat and Deutsche Telekom have successfully completed the first flight trials to test both the satellite and complementary ground network for their European Aviation Network (EAN) service. EAN is a...

Publicly owned telecommunications specialist Teledata is using Newtec’s Dialog multiservice platform for hundreds of mobile backhaul (2G, 3G) and banking application sites across Mozambique. The Newtec Dialog platform, with a...

The helicopter industry can now take advantage of higher-speed onboard Wi-Fi, video transmission and telemedicine capability in Europe and North America using Honeywell’s Connected Aircraft solution, the Aspire 200 system,...

Government services firm Serco announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire BTP Systems, a defense engineering company based in Ludlow, Massachusetts. The acquisition, subject to required...

QVC is launching its Ultra-High Definition (HD) channel in Germany, the seventh channel in Ultra-HD in the country, via SES’ orbital slot at 19.2 degrees east. Under the 10-year agreement...

The Japanese government has awarded AstroTerrace and BridgeSat a contract to support the development of the optical communications system on its Engineering Test Satellite 9 (ETS 9). The National Institute...

The Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) celebrates its 50-year anniversary this year in a key landmark for one of the oldest companies in our sector. Via Satellite recently sat down...

When Telecom Satellites TV (TSTV) announced it would be introducing a new Direct-to-Home (DTH) broadcast service in Nigeria, local consumers seemed to breathe a collective sigh of relief. After all,...

In 2007, Intelsat, Inmarsat and SES crafted a unified message that helped preserve C-band spectrum access for the industry. Ten years later, Intelsat and Intel have made waves with a joint FCC proposition that opens the door to sharing C-band spectrum with mobile operators. Looking back to our 2007 SEOTY award winners explains some of the history behind the strong response to the proposal...