News Analysis

Baikonour Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, December 15, 2014 – International Launch Services (ILS), successfully launched Gazprom Space Systems' Yamal-401 satellite into geosynchronous orbit today on a Proton rocket. This was the landmark 400th mission for the Proton launch vehicle since its first flight in 1965.

New York, NY, December 9, 2014– The World Teleport Association (WTA) published its annual rankings for the Top Teleport Operators of 2014. The annual rankings of companies by revenue and revenue growth are compiled by surveying teleport operators around the world as well as referencing the published results of publicly-held companies.

Hong Kong, December 3, 2014--CMMB Vision Holdings Ltd.announce that it has entered into the Share Purchase Agreement with Mr. Yu Yueh-Lung for the acquisition of 5% equity interest in Soaring Idea Holdings Limited  and an option to purchase an additional 46% equity interest in Soaring within 6 months at a consideration of US$2,000,000 and US$4,000,000 respectively.

Baku, Azerbaijan, December 2, 2014--Azercosmos OJC, national satellite operator of Azerbaijan, signed a strategic cooperation agreement with France's Airbus Defence and Space to take over the rights to operate and commercialize the SPOT 7 high resolution  optical Earth observation satellite, which was successfully launched on June 30, 2014. The satellite will be renamed as Azersky.

Hong Kong, December 1, 2014–According to CASBAA’s recently updated Asia Pacific Multichannel TV Advertising 2015 book, the Asia Pacific now boasts 500,639,000 multichannel homes across the region. An annual compendium of regional facts and figures and advertising research culled from a variety of sources, the Asia Pacific Multichannel TV Advertising 2015 is updated every year to provide essential data for the region’s broadcasting industry.

London, UK, November 25, 2014 – The demand for high throughput military satcom applications is growing as the use of unmanned aerial systems and implementation of command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance of C4ISR systems increase. High throughput satcom applications can support imagery streaming and seamless connectivity across tactical and strategic networks – capabilities which have become vital in the military space.

Geneva, Switzerland, November 24, 2014 – Over three billion people are now online and information and communication technology (ICT) growth remains buoyant in just about every country worldwide, according to ITU’s flagship annual Measuring the Information Society Report.

Beit Shemesh, Israel, November 21, 2014--Foxcom, a  provider of RF over Fiber solutions announced that it has been acquired by the Global Invacom Group Limited, a fully integrated satellite equipment provider headquartered in Singapore.

November 13, 2014, New York City—At an awards ceremony held on the first day of the SATCON Conference and Exhibition in New York City, the Third Annual Vision Awards announced winners in three categories:   Gary Hatch, Co-founder and CEO of ATCi Communications won the Visionary Executive of the Year; Integrasys’ Satmotion Pocket won the Innovative Product of the Year and Advantech Wireless won the Most Promising Company of the Year.