Focus: Telecom

Telesat announced that Bell Canada has signed a 15-year contract for substantially all of the High Throughput Satellite (HTS) spot beam capacity over northern Canada on Telesat’s new Telstar 19 Vantage satellite. Bell Canada subsidiary Northwestel will use the capacity to enhance broadband connectivity for communities in Nunavut, Canada’s northernmost territory. Space Systems Loral (SSL)...

Asia Satellite Telecommunications (AsiaSat) announced the appointment of its new general counsel, Saphina Ho. Succeeding Catherine Chang, Ho will be a member of the management team, overseeing all legal affairs of the company. Ho has more than 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, specializing in regional and corporate legal matters. Prior to joining...

Inmarsat will demonstrate its new SwiftBroadband-Safety (SB-S) solution in a flight trial with Flyht. The evaluation will commence later this year using an experimental trial aircraft that enables a range of conditions to be assessed. The evaluation will test the capabilities of Inmarsat’s SB-S solution to provide secure, high-speed global connectivity to enhance airline safety,...

Globalstar announced that it has extended its support of the Marathon Des Sables (MDS) for an additional three years. As part of the deal, more than 1,450 athletes competing in all MDS events and sister events, such as Raid Amazones, will carry Spot Gen3 devices for safety and tracking. Since 2015, MDS organizers have used...

The influx of High Throughput Satellites (HTS) and new Low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellations is changing the economics of capacity in the satellite industry, drastically cutting the cost of bandwidth and driving newfound demand for broadband IP networks. To take advantage of the better pricing and new applications now made feasible by satellite, Globecomm will continue...

NASA has awarded Kymeta’s government solutions division two grants via the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program to develop small, space-based, low Size, Weight And Power (SWaP) flat panel Ka-band terminals for CubeSats and other Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites. “These grants will allow Kymeta government solutions to supply NASA with our proprietary metamaterials-based low...

Gogo has announced a new High Throughput Satellite (HTS) service targeting business aviation. The new service will use Gogo’s existing Ku-band satellite network, which currently provides bandwidth for more than 550 commercial aviation aircraft across 10 airlines. Gogo is bringing additional HTS capacity online as part of its global network, which will boost the performance...

Hispasat and hiSky signed a cooperation agreement to provide low-capacity voice, data Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) and Internet of Things (IoT) services in Spain, Portugal, Latin America, and North Africa using Hispasat’s Ka-band satellites and a new satellite terminal developed by hiSky. The operations will begin with a pilot phase in which both companies will...

The Space Alliance, formed by Thales Alenia Space and Telespazio, today signed a partnership with Spaceflight Industries to accelerate development of the BlackSky geospatial platform. Per the agreement, The Space Alliance will pursue a minority investment in Spaceflight Industries; create an industrial joint venture between Thales Alenia Space and Spaceflight Industries specialized in the production...

Talia International has announced new C-band services covering Latin America, the Caribbean and the United States. This additional service uses capacity on the SES 4 satellite at 22 degrees west and connects to the Talia Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) network via the recently acquired iDirect hub located at Comsat’s teleport in Southbury, Connecticut. In addition,...