Satellite News

Telenor Satellite Services said it now offers high-speed 128 kbps maritime satellite communications service globally.

ViaSat Inc. will supply its LinkStar DVB-S2 satellite networking system to Unete Telecomunicaciones S.A. (Bolivia) to expand its enterprise broadband services in Ecuador and the surrounding region.

Hughes Network Systems announced the next phase of its contract with Enlaces Integra and Globalstar de Mexico to deliver an additional 10,860 broadband satellite terminals for the Mexican Ministry of Education’s Enciclomedia programme.

Hughes Network Systems, LLC announced that the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has approved the Internet Protocol over Satellite.v2 (IPoS.v2) air interface standard, which incorporates the DVB-S2 industry standard with ACM (Adaptive Coding and Modulation).

Saskatchewan Communications Network (SCN) and OmniGlobe Networks, Inc. (OGN) said they will work together to deliver a combined satellite-based/terrestrial broadband Internet service to rural and remote communities across Canada.

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. announced it has been selected by Integradores de Tecnologia to provide a 4,382-site SkyEdge VSAT network serving more than 9,600 Mexican public-school classrooms, to support the “middle-school” phase of the Mexican Ministry of Education’s (SEP) Enciclomedia programme. The deployment of the network hub and terminals has already begun.

Satellite system suppliers UDcast, On Call Communications and Intelsat said that they are providing the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) with high performance disaster recovery communications systems.

Hughes Network Systems announced that it is providing a C-band version of its advanced broadband hub to Direct On PC Ltd. (DOPC), providers of VSAT satellite networking services in Nigeria.