Author: Jeffrey Hill

[Satellite TODAY 01-17-13]Nordic digital pay-TV services provider Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSBc) has selected the Thomson Video Networks’ ViBE VS7000 multi-screen video platform to deliver streaming services for its key broadcast...

[Satellite TODAY 01-17-13]Essential information solutions provider MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) has signed a multi-million dollar contract amendment with the Commonwealth of Australia, the company announced Jan. 17.    MDA...

[Satellite TODAY 01-17-13] Pactel has signed a multi-year, multi-transponder deal with SES for capacity on the NSS-9 at 183 degrees East to ramp up its voice and data service offerings...

[Satellite TODAY 01-16-13] United Airlines has become the first international carrier in the United States to introduce onboard satellite-based Wi-Fi Internet connectivity after launching Panasonic Avionics’ Ku-band service on a...

[Satellite TODAY 01-17-13] Lockheed Martin has delivered the second Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO-2) Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) spacecraft to the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, where it...

[Satellite TODAY 01-17-13] Gilat Satellite Networks has signed an agreement with Huawei for the delivery of its SkyAbis cellular backhaul solution to an unnamed Southeast Asian Mobile Network Operator (MNO),...

[Satellite TODAY 01-17-13] Emerging markets will continue to be the driver of growth in the converged global communications, media and technology industries, which will reach the 7 billion mobile subscription...

[Satellite TODAY 01-17-13] Nevion and T-VIPS have completed a merger of the two companies, which will now operate under a single entity named Nevion.    In a Jan. 16 announcement,...

CHICAGO, Jan. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — United Airlines has introduced onboard satellite-based Wi-Fi internet connectivity on the first of its international widebody aircraft, becoming the first U.S.-based international carrier to...

[Satellite TODAY 01-15-13] Eutelsat Communications will deploy a new generation of advanced functions developed by the satellite’s prime contractor Thales Alenia Space on its upcoming Eutelsat 8 West B satellite...