Author: Rachel Scharmann

[Via Satellite 05-19-2014] Technicolor signed an agreement with Tata Sky, a Direct-to-Home (DTH) service provider in India, to provide 4K Set-Top Boxes (STBs) in a mass-volume order starting in early...

[Via Satellite 05-16-2014] The Russian Proton M rocket suffered an unspecified failure during the third stage of the launch for Airbus Defence and Space’s Express AM4R satellite. The failure occurred...

[Via Satellite 05-16-2014] Hispasat will collaborate with NEC Colombia to install the first of 648 digital kiosks in Colombia, as part of an award by the Colombian Ministry of Information...

[Via Satellite 05-15-2014] NextG-Com, an embedded software company, will be opening its first Asian sales and business development liaison office in Shanghai, China.  The company also has plans to later...

[Via Satellite 05-16-2014] Garmin reached an agreement with Fusion Electronics, a provider of integrated marine audio equipment, to acquire all of the company’s assets and those of its subsidiaries. The...

[Via Satellite 05-16-2014] Valleypoint Telecoms, an African telecommunications operator based in Nairobi, Kenya, entered into a contract with Avanti Communications to extend its broadband coverage across Western Kenya. This new...

[Via Satellite 05-16-2014] General Dynamics C4 Systems delivered the 4,000th Sectera vIPer Universal Secure Phone to the United States Department of State. These phones have been replacing older models of...

[Via Satellite 05-16-2014] On-Waves Ehf, a maritime mobile operator and a subsidiary of Síminn, chose the IMSWorkX call-back broker application for satellite telephone voice service. The IMSWorkX is a fully...

[Via Satellite 05-15-2014] Via Sat Brasil entered into a multi-year contract with Eutelsat do Brasil, the Brazilian subsidiary of Eutelsat, for the complete high throughput payload on the Eutelsat 3B...

[Via Satellite 05-15-2014] Gogo received a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and certification from the Japanese Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB) to install its Ku-band satellite...