Focus: Telecom

Chris Childers, founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Defense Group, is in a good position to talk about cybersecurity. His firm supports Department of Defense (DOD) prime...

CompuDyne is partnering with SES Networks to bring expand its cellular backhaul services to both East and West Malaysia and its surrounding islands. SES announced that CompuDyne signed a multi-year,...

Mitsubishi Electric announced it has been conducting expressway-based field testing of its xAuto vehicle and related autonomous-driving technologies for self-sensing and network-based driving since May 2016. Mitsubishi Electric branded its...

Flyht Aerospace Solutions announced the sale of its Automated Flight Information Reporting System (AFIRS) and FlyhtLog services to Azur Havacilik (Azur Aviation), based in Antalya, Turkey. The contract is valued...

Over the weekend, SpaceX Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and lead designer Elon Musk shared in an Ask Me Anything (AMA) thread on Reddit some additional details related to the company’s...

Sprint announced it has expanded its contract with Gilat Satellite Networks to include a three-year managed service project. This multi-million-dollar project includes services and technology to enable Sprint to expand...

Eutelsat Communications has acquired Noorsat, a satellite service provider in the Middle East, from Bahrain’s Orbit Holding Group for $75 million, debt free and cash free. Established in 2004, Noorsat...

Speedcast International announced that the company has been selected to provide Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) Ka-band managed communications services to a production asset owned and operated by a major U.S.-based...

Peter Pitsch, Intel’s executive director of federal relations and associate general counsel, refuses to get in a war of words. The company’s announcement last week, in partnership with Intelsat, about...

In a presentation delivered at the end of this week’s DC5G 2017 Summit, Intelsat Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing Kurt Riegelman asserted that satellite operators will continue to...