Viasat’s Mark Dankberg to resume chairman & CEO roles
Viasat announced that Mark Dankberg, the co-founder and executive chairman, will resume the roles of chairman and CEO.
Viasat’s President and CEO Rick Baldridge will assume the position...
Satellite broadband sold bandwidth to reach 335.6 Gbps: IDC
Satellite broadband sold bandwidth in the Asia Pacific region is forecast to reach 335.6 Gbps by 2026 from 127.2 Gbps in 2022, according to...
Warner Bros Discovery may cut 1,000 jobs
Warner Bros Discovery is planning to slash up to 30 percent or nearly 1,000 jobs in its global advertising sales team, Reuters news report...
U.S. government awards TROJAN contract to SES
SES Government Solutions has been awarded a U.S. government TROJAN follow-on contract to support U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) for up to...
SES wins order for NASA for near-Earth communication services
SES Government Solutions (SES GS), in partnership with Planet Labs PBC (Planet), has won a $29 million contract from NASA’s Communications Services Project (CSP)...
Intelsat announces expansion of management team
Intelsat announced the expansion of its management team by hiring experienced aerospace and tech leaders to key financial and commercial roles.
Anthony (Toby) O’Brien will...
Charter and Comcast plan 50-50 JV for streaming platform
Charter Communications and Comcast Corporation announced the formation of a 50-50 joint venture to develop and offer a streaming platform for users of 4K streaming devices...
NASA selects private satellite operators for space projects
NASA announced the selection of six satellite communications (SATCOM) providers to start developing and near-Earth space communication services that may support agency missions in...
OneWeb selects ISRO’s New Space for satellite launch program
OneWeb, the low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications company, announced its agreement with New Space India, a part of the Indian Space Research Organization...
Hughes Network selected by PSN for Nusantara Lima satellite
Hughes Network Systems announced that PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara (PSN), a telecommunication service provider in Indonesia, has selected the Hughes JUPITER System to enable...
Orange Belgium deploys CommScope’s STBs
Orange Belgium has partnered with CommScope to purchase set tops (STBs) powered by the Android TV operating system (OS) designed to provide both live television...
Amazon secures 83 rocket launches for satellite broadband network
Amazon.com has secured 83 rocket launches over five years to build its satellite broadband network, Project Kuiper, the e-commerce giant said on Tuesday.
Amazon’s main...
SpaceX hikes price for satellite launch and Starlink internet
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has increased price for its satellite launch and Starlink internet services thanks to rising inflation, according to media reports.
The company advised...
SES to buy satellite business of Leonardo DRS for $450 mn
SES is set to acquire DRS Global Enterprise Solutions (GES), a US-based subsidiary of Leonardo DRS, for $450 million.
SES said it will combine the...
SES to assist Verizon to boost 5G network capacity
SES announced an agreement with Verizon to expand the US-based mobile carrier’s access to a portion of the C-band (3700-3800 MHz) in important regions...
Viasat offers more jobs in UK for buying Inmarsat for $7.3 bn
US-based satellite communications group Viasat announced more offers to receive okay from the UK Government for buying UK-based Inmarsat.
The transaction valued at $7.3 billion...