Focus: Middle East

The Reuben Brothers (David Reuben and Simon Reuben) have invested in HiSky, an Israeli company developing a satellite network of terminals based on electronically steered antenna, hub base station, and...

Viasat revealed that El Al Israel Airlines launched the Viasat in-flight Wi-Fi service on transatlantic flights. The in-flight Wi-Fi service will leverage the ViaSat-2 satellite to bring internet to El Al...

Es’hailSat, Qatar Satellite, and BridgeSat established a strategic relationship to help provide businesses and governments across the Middle East with more affordable access to laser-based satellite broadband services. This supports...

Yahsat is growing its satellite presence around the world. From targeting markets in Africa and Latin America to investing in Thuraya and widening its product portfolio, the company is not standing still....

Eutelsat signed simultaneous multi-year contracts with the Ethiopian Broadcasting Service (EBS) and the Association of Ethiopian Broadcasters (AEB) for video capacity on its Eutelsat 8 West B satellite. The aggregate of these...

Avanti Communications and MainOne, a connectivity and data center solutions company in West Africa, have signed an agreement to jointly improve broadband penetration across Nigeria by providing the latest Ka-band...

Spaceflight revealed that it will launch two payloads on its first rideshare mission to Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO). The mission is scheduled for no earlier than mid-February 2019 aboard a SpaceX...

Teleste will continue the deliveries of optical headend products to Türksat, a satellite and cable operator in Turkey. Extending the headend optics deployments last year, the new deliveries will again...

The Agency for the Safety of Air Navigation in Africa and Madagascar (ASECNA) signed a contract with Thales Alenia Space on Feb. 8 in Dakar, Senegal to conduct a preliminary design...

Satellite communications integrator NIC4 was awarded the Iraq Ministry of Defense (MOD) Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) Phase One Single Award Five-Year Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (ID/IQ) contract. This contract was awarded via...