Satellite News

Hughes Network Systems, LLC announced that its Brazilian operating entity, Hughes do Brasil, will implement services on new Ku-band capacity on Intelsat’s Galaxy-28 satellite to meet growing demand for its HughesNet broadband services across Latin America.

Globalstar, Inc. has signed an agreement with Ericsson Federal Inc., a provider of technology and services to telecom operators.

Globalstar, Inc. announced its newly completed gateway or ground station located in Singapore is now operational.

The Office des Postes et Telecommunications of French Polynesia (OPT) signed a multi-transponder contract for capacity on Intelsat’s new satellite, IS-18.

Globalstar, Inc. announced it has launched a new satellite-based remote automated utility meter reading interface solution designed to communicate with meters located in areas not served by the traditional public landline telephone system.

Less than two months after the launch of its AMC-21 satellite, SES Americom announced that the Ku-band spacecraft is operational at 125 degrees West, delivering content and connectivity for leading broadcasters and mobile broadband service providers.

Following a contract signed recently between TeleCable and Skylogic (Eutelsat’s broadband affiliate), Telecable is now initiating widespread deployment of the Tooway satellite broadband service in Asturias (a northern region of Spain).

SES Astra has signed, through its affiliate Astra Broadband Services (ABBS), a framework contract with the Spanish cable operator TeleCable to market its satellite based two-way broadband service Astra2Connect in Asturias, a Northern region of Spain.