On Nov. 2012, Com Dev International announced that they signed a contract to start with a project to deliver Ku-band and Ka-band multiplexer, switches and microwave components. The expected total value of this contract will exceed US$15 million, US$7 million of which will be used to start the...

On Oct. 31, the Satellite service provider Intelsat announced that they will provide DTH (direct-to-home) service to Fiji TV for delivering the services to customers covering the Pacific Ocean region with their 19 video neighborhood at 166 degree East. The aims for this agreement is to make ...

VSAT Systems stated that its subsidiary Datzap got a license to operate in Costa Rica next three years negotiating with their local government and U.S. trade representatives. Datzap will provide their customers for visiting VSAT Systems' extended satellite uplink facility and infrastructure ...

On Oct.21, Ateme announced that Calhoun Satellite Communications , the provider of Mobile satellite uplinks services, had upgraded its multiplatform DSNG fleet with Ateme's MPEG-2 and H.264 4:2:2 10-bit contribution encoders and decoders. In early 2012, Calhoun has started to use ...

On Oct. 12, OJSC Azercosmos announced that Azerbaijan's first national satellite, Azerpace-1, was fully produced by Orbital Sciences, which is intended to send on February 2013 from Arianespace's launch facility in Kourou, French Guiana. At present, Azerpace-1 is in the stage of factory ...

On Sept. 21, Thales Alenia Space announced that they will cooperate with Honeywell to integrate Inmarsat Global Xpress aviation Ka-band sitcom avionics and antenna systems with Thales' cabin network solutions. This action is to provide commercial airline operators and passengers with four ...

On Sep.13, iDirect announced that SkyStream , the service provider of Dubai-based satellite purchased an universal satellite hub with the model of 15100 from them. The purpose for this action is to improve the ability of covering luxurious yacht owners. SkyStream said that by using ...

On Sep. 6, Gilat Satellite Networks announced that they got an order for supporting SES Broadband Services' (SBBS) Ka-band customer service rollout from European satellite broadband providers. Gilat's SkyEdge 2-c Aries VSAT and the delivery of several thousand self-install customer premise ...

On Aug. 31, the operator of Satellite Mexicanos (Satmex) announced that Erik Hansen was hired by them as their director of North American sales. With more than 12 years of experience in the North American telecommunications market, Hansen has a main emphasis in satellite ...

Ateme signed a contract for upgrading SNG Trucks with the help of 2 SAT On Aug.24, Ateme announced that they were chosen to upgrade the digital satellite newsgathering (SNG) fleet by the satellite connectivity provider 2 SAT Europe . Kyrion ...