Satellite News

Hughes Network Systems, LLC announced the signing of an agreement with Globalstar, Inc. under which Hughes will design, manufacture and implement the next-generation Radio Access Network (RAN).
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Romantis GmbH, a European satellite capacity trader providing satellite transmission services for European, African and Asian markets, signed a multi-year, multi-transponder contract for capacity on the Intelsat system to expand its service offering into the CIS, EU and the Middle East.
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SES Astra has signed an agreement for an additional transponder on its new prime orbital position – 23.5 degrees East – for the Czech Pay-TV platform CS Link.
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SES Astra has signed a framework contract with the Internet service provider NordNet to market its satellite based two-way broadband service Astra2Connect in France.
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MultiChoice Hellas announced the renewal to 2020 of its satellite capacity at the Hotbird video neighbourhood operated by Eutelsat Communications.
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IDMI, the international arm of IDM, Lebanon’s leading ISP with more then 125000 users, has contracted 40 MHz on SES New Skies’ NSS-7 satellite to introduce a new DVB S2 SCPC broadband platform serving customers in the Middle East and Africa.
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SES Astra announced the launch of a new High Definition (HD) bouquet on Astra targeting the Dutch and Belgian markets.
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ICO Global Communications (Holdings) Limited (ICO) has reached agreements with Discovery Communications, LLC, and NBC Universal to provide content for the alpha trials of its mobile interactive media service, known as ICO mim.
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