Focus: Telecom

ST Electronics Acquires Majority Stake in SPTel
[Via Satellite 01-19-2016] Singapore Technologies Electronics (ST Electronics), has entered into a conditional share purchase agreement to acquire a 51 percent equity interest in SP Telecommunications (SPTel) from Singapore Power...
Connectivity
Canada on Path to Provide High Speed Internet to All
[Via Satellite 01-18-2017] On Dec. 21, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) declared that broadband access internet service is now a “basic telecommunications service for all Canadians,” vowing to...
Connectivity
Alberta, Canada
Telefonica Launches 4G LTE In Antarctica
[Via Satellite 01-18-2017] Telefonica Moviles Argentina (Movistar) has launched Antarctica’s first 4G LTE mobile network. At Marambio Base, a permanent Argentine research facility in Antarctic territory, the most remote region...
Connectivity
Base Marambio in Antarctica. Photo: Base Marambio
GEE Buys SES Mobile Communication Payload
[Via Satellite 01-13-2017] Global Eagle Entertainment (GEE) has acquired Ku-band payload on the SES AMC 3 communication satellite in a move to boost capacity for its customers in North America,...
Connectivity
GEE acquired Ku-band payload on SES’ AMC 3 satellite to deliver connectivity services. Photo: SES