The Qatar Satellite Company, Es'hailSat, broadcaster of over 180 TV channels across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), is mulling expansion into the growing over-the-top (OTT) media services market, an Es'hailSat executive said in a recent interview with Qatari newspaper The Peninsula.
Read More »Angola Satellite Services Company Signs With Israel’s Spacecom For C-Band On AMOS-17
Spacecom, operator of the AMOS satellite fleet, today announced that a leading Angolan satellite services company has signed a contract for C-Band HTS capacity on the newly launched AMOS-17 communication satellite.
Read More »David Pollack To Step Down As CEO Of Israel’s Spacecom
David Pollack, the long-serving Chief Executive Officer of Israeli satellite communications company Spacecom, is to step down after 24 years with the company.
Read More »Israel’s Gilat And China Satcom Partner For Future Chinese Satellite Communications Services
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd., a worldwide leader in satellite networking technology, solutions and services and China Satellite Communications Co., Ltd. (China Satcom), announced on 29 October 2019 the strengthening of the already established strategic partnership to jointly provide advanced satellite communication services covering: Aero, Land and Maritime fixed and mobility applications.
Read More »Eutelsat Orders EUTELSAT 10B Satellite for Inflight and Maritime Connectivity Services
Eutelsat has signed a letter of agreement with Thales Alenia Space for the procurement of EUTELSAT 10B, a new all-electric satellite built on the Spacebus NEO platform.
Read More »SpaceX Successfully Launches AMOS-17 For Israel’s Spacecom
On Tuesday, 6 August 2019, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket successfully lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, carrying the AMOS-17 satellite for Spacecom.
Read More »Hughes JUPITER System Selected to Power New Indonesian High-Throughput Satellite
HUGHES' JUPITER System has been chosen as the ground network platform for a new satellite over Indonesia.
Read More »Thailand’s mu Space Corporation Signs Satellite Capacity And Connectivity Agreements With Seven Asia-Pacific Providers
Thai space technology company mu Space announced on 16 June 2019 that it has signed multiple satellite service deals with seven companies from Asia-Pacific.
Read More »UAE’s YahClick and Zimbabwe’s ZodSat Partner To Provide Satellite Broadband
YahClick, the leading satellite broadband service from UAE-based global satellite operator Yahsat and its partner Hughes Network Systems has announced the start of a strategic partnership with Zodsat, a market-leading teleport, satellite, and terrestrial network operator in Zimbabwe.
Read More »Kacific Recognised for Best Digital Inclusion in the Pacific
Kacific has won the award for Best Digital Inclusion at the 2019 Pacific ICT Awards held by the Government of Vanuatu on 17 May.
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