Focus: Telecom

Russia successfully launched the Proton M/Breeze M integrated launch vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on May 30 at 8:42 p.m. (Moscow time), and injected the Yamal-601 telecommunication satellite into orbit....

David Tolley will join Intelsat as its new Executive Vice President and CFO, effective June 3. He most recently served as the CFO of OneWeb and served on the operator’s...

African Communications Satellite Company NigComSat has officially rolled out a new Direct-to-Home (DTH) satellite TV platform in Nigeria called NextTV, which will be operated as a joint-venture with Nigus International and...

Telebras, a Brazilian state-controlled public telecommunications company, and Viasat revealed the final approval of their contract by The Tribunal de Contas da União (TCU), also known as the Brazilian Federal...

SoftBank is developing an aircraft that delivers telecommunications connectivity from the stratosphere. The company launched a High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) business through HAPSMobile, a joint venture between SoftBank and U.S.-based...

Scandinavian hybrid satellite router and broadband solution provider Forsway is expanding its operations in North America and opening a sales office in Dallas, Texas, the company announced April 11. Forsway...

NSR’s Wireless Backhaul and 5G via Satellite 13th Edition report forecasts over $32 billion in revenue by 2028, with 5G supporting a third of the overall satellite backhaul market. According...

The global cruise line industry will host more than 30 million passengers in 2019, a first-time milestone breakthrough, according to a panel of executives from the world’s biggest cruise ship...