Author: Tai Nichols

Due to lower-than-expected bids for the business, Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) is contemplating an initial public offering (IPO) of Optus Satellite, its Australian satellite unit.

Platco Digial, a low-cost direct-to-home (DTH) company that supports a multi-channel strategy offering content carriage to local broadcasters, will bring South Africa free satellite TV through OpenView HD, a free-to-view satellite TV offering with an initial 15 channels.

The 702 Small Platform (702SP), Boeing’s first electric-powered satellite, has passed its critical design review, allowing the new program to move two satellites into assembly, integration and testing.

Blue Sky Network, a supplier of satellite tracking and communication solutions for aviation, land and marine, has entered a partnership with Avionics Services, a company that develops, installs and certifies avionics equipment for the civilian and military aviation markets.

A Lockheed Martin team has successfully completed electrical, mechanical and thermal environmental tests for the Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI) instrument, which will make crucial solar measurements when it flies on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) next-generation Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) satellite mission, known as GOES R.

AmpliTech, a provider of radio frequency/microwave, microelectronic, Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits (MMIC), and low-noise amplifiers for critical and high-reliability, wireless and commercial applications, has received more than $500,000 worth of orders during the second quarter for its amplifier solutions.

Agogo, a new mobile audio service, aims to collect the span of online audio offerings such as Spotify, Rdio, and NPR and connect them, in a single interface.

A combination of satellite image analysis and field visits to Aleppo, the largest city in Syria, show widespread damage to residential areas, civilian organization and cultural heritage, according to Amnesty International.

Level 3 Communications has signed an agreement to provide a North American satellite gateway for O3b Networks.

Inmarsat announced that Alphasat, a technically advanced telecommunications satellite, has successfully reached its temporary post in geostationary orbit.