Intelsat, operator of the world’s first Globalized Network, powered by its leading satellite backbone, today announced that Sentech, a leading broadcasting signal distributor in Africa, has extended and expanded its relationship with Intelsat to bolster delivery of media services in sub-Saharan Africa. Sentech has been leveraging Ku-band services from Intelsat …
Read More »Arabsat Teams With Globecast to Broadcast TRT World HD
Arabsat, a leading satellite services provider in the Arab world, announced on March 2, 2017, that it has been selected by Globecast, a global media solutions provider, to broadcast TRT World, the international news platform of Turkey, in high definition (HD) over the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region …
Read More »Qatar’s Es’hailSat and Turkey’s Total TR Medya sign framework service agreement
Qatar satellite company Es’hailSat has signed a contract to give Total TR Medya exclusive rights to resell its products and services to end users in the Republic of Turkey. Operating from the Middle East-North Africa (MENA) orbital, covering consumer markets in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and North Africa, Es’hailSat’s …
Read More »Arabsat holds its 9th Telecom forum in Tunis
Arab Satellite Communication Organization-ARABSAT- is holding its 9th Telecom Forum in Tunis, Tunisia, during the period of 14th-15th February 2017. Arabsat holds its Telecom forum on a yearly basis to strengthen its professional and operational association with its valued customers. This event will provide a platform for ARABSAT customers, industry …
Read More »Intelsat EpicNG Coverage Extended to Millions of Additional End Users Around Globe as Intelsat 33e Begins Service
Intelsat, operator of the world’s first Globalized Network, powered by its leading satellite backbone, announced on 30 January 2017 that Intelsat 33e, the second of the Intelsat EpicNG high throughput satellites (HTS), successfully completed all in-orbit testing and entered service on 29 January 2017. Manufactured by Boeing and launched in …
Read More »Israel’s Gilat and Air Esurfing collaborate to provide in-flight connectivity to domestic airlines in China
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd., a worldwide leader in satellite networking technology, solutions and services, announced on 17 January 2017 a strategic partnership with Air Esurfing, a fully owned subsidiary of Air Media Group, to transform the domestic in-flight connectivity (IFC) market in China. The partners intend to utilize China’s Ka-band …
Read More »Qatar’s Es’hailSat to broadcast Iraqi anti-sectarian Al Rafidain TV channel
Es’hailSat, the Qatar Satellite Company, announced on 8 January 2017 that the Al Rafidain TV channel is now available on Es’hail-1 satellite located at the 25.50 East hotspot covering the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Al Rafidain is an Iraqi satellite TV channel which showcases Iraqi political, economic, …
Read More »Iranian officials inexplicably exaggerate years old Nitro Zeus cyber threat
Senior officials from Iran’s Civil Defence Organisation warned a conference audience in Tehran of an imminent U.S. and Israeli cyber attack against Iran code-named Nitro Zeus. The only problem is that Nitro Zeus has been shelved by the U.S. and Israel for several years, and was even featured in an …
Read More »Iran’s Soft War Rages On
We live in an era of free access to information, to an infinite array of content, from literature and opinion through to news and entertainment. This has fundamentally changed the way in which the majority of us live and work and it gives us a fresh, up-to-date perspective on the …
Read More »Arabsat and ERTU launch Egyptian bouquet
Arab Satellite Communications Organization, Arabsat, celebrated the official launch of the Egyptian bouquet on Arabsat 5-C that covers the entire African continent. It came on the sidelines of Cairo International Information and Telecommunication Technology Exhibition & Conference – Cairo ICT 2016 – which was kicked off under the patronage of …
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