Yahsat and Telespazio, a joint venture between Leonardo- Finmeccanica (67%) and Thales (33%), have entered into a five-year contract for integrated satellite services using Ka-band. This landmark service will be delivered via Yahsat’s upcoming Al Yah-3 satellite, launching in 2017, which will cover over 95 per cent of Brazil’s population …
Read More »Lebanese judge orders Arabsat to put Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV back on the air
A Lebanese judge has ruled that Al-Manar TV – a satellite television channel closely affiliated with Hezbollah – should be put back on the air by its former satellite broadcasting provider Arabsat. In December 2015 Arabsat dropped Al-Manar TV claiming that the channel had violated the terms of its agreement …
Read More »UAE’s Yahsat looks to expand, Africa and Latin America areas for growth
After several years of slow growth and low revenues, the Chief Executive Officer of Yahsat, Masood Mahmood, believes that a recovery is on the way in the commercial satellite communications market. “Overall the industry has been depressed over the last two years 2015, 2016, What we are seeing in emerging …
Read More »China’s Xinwei buys Israel’s Spacecom for $190 million
Chinese telecommunications company Beijing Xinwei Technology Group will buy Israeli satellite communications company, Spacecom, for U.S.$190 million, according to Israeli press reports. Beijing Xinwei Technology Group was originally going to pay U.S.$285 million for Spacecom, contingent upon the successful launch of Spacecom’s Amos-6 communications satellite. The Amos-6 communications satellite was …
Read More »The Dubai Declaration on Outer Space
Earlier this week, SpaceWatch Middle East published an Op-Ed by Dr. Michael Simpson, Executive-Director of Secure World Foundation, who wrote about the significance of the Dubai Declaration released in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on 24 November 2016. Today, SpaceWatch Middle East publishes the Dubai Declaration in its entirety. Adopted at the first High …
Read More »Yahsat Signs New Service Partnership with Teknomobil
Yahsat, the UAE-based satellite operator, announced on 28 November 2016 that it has signed an agreement with a local service partner, Teknomobil Inc, to distribute its satellite broadband service, YahClick, to users across Turkey. Farhad Khan, Chief Commercial Officer, Yahsat said, “Historically, Turkey has been a significant market for satellite …
Read More »Satellite communications for those in greatest need – a message from the Publisher of SpaceWatch Middle East
Anyone watching the news over the past few years cannot help but be moved by the desperate plight of millions of people – including many vulnerable children – fleeing to Europe from war and poverty in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, and beyond. Many do not even make it to the European …
Read More »Pakistan to get Earth imaging satellite from China in 2018
China Great Wall Industry Corporation announced on 26 November 2016 that it is making inroads into the Middle East’s Earth observation satellite market, and that the remote sensing satellite it is building for Pakistan will be launched in 2018. Speaking on the sidelines of the Symposium on Space International Cooperation …
Read More »Telecom Egypt Enhances VSAT Connectivity for Critical Government Applications in Country with Intelsat
Intelsat S.A., operator of the world’s first Globalized Network, powered by its leading satellite backbone, announced that Telecom Egypt reaffirmed its commitment to Intelsat satellite solutions to support communications services in the country Under a multi-year agreement, Telecom Egypt, the country’s incumbent telecommunications operator and the largest communication network in …
Read More »UAE’s Thuraya joins the LoRa™ Alliance
Leading mobile satellite services (MSS) operator Thuraya Telecommunications Company has joined the LoRa Alliance™, supporting its mission to standardize Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWANs) deployed around the world. The LoRa Alliance was launched in 2015 to define and promote a low power, secure, carrier grade standard for low power …
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