Focus: Middle East

Saudi Arabia’s Taqnia Space (TSC) signed a multi-year contract for capacity on Eutelsat satellites. The contract includes incremental multi-transponder wide-beam capacity on the Eutelsat 70B satellite, as well as the...

The United Nations Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development’s Working Group on Broadband for the Most Vulnerable Countries issued a report at the UN headquarters indicating that access to broadband internet...

Honeywell has confirmed that ExecuJet South Africa, a private aviation jet company, was the first to install Honeywell’s JetWave satellite communications hardware in Africa, bringing In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) to African...

China successfully launched two remote sensing satellites for Pakistan today, according to China’s Xinhua news agency. The satellites, PRSS-1 and PakTes-1A, were launched from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest...

Yahsat’s recent acquisition of mobile satellite operator Thuraya gave the company a fleet of five satellite, a wealth of new C-, Ka-, Ku- and L-band resources, and the ability to...

Eutelsat promoted Ghassan Murat to the role of managing director of Eutelsat’s Middle East office, according to a July 5 statement by Eutelsat’s Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Regional...

SatADSL, a provider of satellite Very Small Aperture Tunnel (VSAT) services, signed an agreement with CETel, a provider of global satellite, fiber, and wireless-enabled communications solutions, to deliver an expanded...

Space Advisory Company (SAC) is to develop the highest resolution hyperspectral camera yet to fit into a Cubesat. The company will produce the Chameleon Imager for the standard CubeSat 2U...

Omantel Wholesale has selected NorthTelecom to grow its satellite footprint with additional transponders to enhance its Ku-band satellite capacity. The agreement increases Omantel Wholesale’s satellite capabilities and gives its customers...

Cloud Constellation Corporation and Arabsat have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to develop a go-to-market strategy for enterprise and government customers in the Middle East, Europe, Africa and...