Author: Tereza Pultarova

Shareholders of London-based satellite operator Inmarsat decided in mid-May that the company will be sold to Triton Bidco, a newly formed private consortium. Satellite industry analysts believe going private could provide Inmarsat’s management with more flexibility to navigate an upcoming period of disruption and changing business models. “To be private in this period in time could...

When former O3b Chief Commercial Officer John Finney decided that his new endeavour should focus on satcom antennas and terminals, he had a clear vision of what he wanted to achieve. He wanted to build a terminal so cheap that it would do the same for the satellite communications market that the legendary mid-1990s Nokia...

Recently, the editors of Via Satellite got together to debate (and argue) who they felt were the 10 hottest companies in the satellite industry. What is great about our industry right now, is there are many companies that could be put into this category, both start-ups and established companies. In no particular order, we decided...

Commercial satcom providers are under an unrelenting onslaught of cyber attacks. Stringent requirements of their military and government customers help keep them on their toes, constantly looking for innovative approaches to keep hackers at bay. “At least thousands” of intrusion attempts are intercepted daily by cyber defense teams of U.S.-based satellite broadband provider Viasat, according...

Exciting yet somewhat challenging times lie ahead for European milsatcom. In the next decade, the old continent’s key milsatcom players will renew their fleets — introducing new, more powerful systems designed to increase throughput, offer better anti-jam and cyber-security protection, and cover the demand for reliable connectivity for on-the-move applications.     Despite the political...