Speedcast International Limited (ASX: SDA), a provider of remote communication and IT solutions, reported today its revenue grew 21% to US$623 million against US$514 million in 2017 while earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) grew 7% to US$132 million compared to US$123 million in 2017.

The company said it had strong operating cash flows with cash conversion of 91% of underlying EBITDA. In 2017, it reported cash conversion of 95% of underlying EBITDA due to a temporary working capital investment in the national broadband network project.

Newtec, a specialist in the design, development and manufacture of equipment and technologies for satellite communications, has announced that it is collaborating with Wind River to utilize the Wind River Titanium Cloud virtualization platform to develop a Newtec 5G solution based on the Newtec Dialog multiservice platform.

Newtec, a specialist in the design, development and manufacture of equipment for satellite communications, today announced it has partnered with satellite communications solution provider Paradigm, which has become the first company to host its Newtec Dialog SMB3310 high-throughput modem board.

SpaceX successfully launched Indonesia's Nusantara Satu satellite from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida at 8:45 p.m. EST, or 1:45 UTC on February 22. Falcon 9 also delivered the Beresheet lunar spacecraft and Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) S5 spacecraft to orbit.

Integrasys has announced the launch of an easy-to-use link budget tool, Beam Budget.Integrasys said its Beam Budget drastically reduces the complexity surrounding link budget calculations. It makes it simple for anyone to perform link budget calculations, which are a vital way of accounting for gains and losses on any given satellite link.

For the first time, Amphinicy Technologies will participate as an exhibitor at CABSAT 2019, which will take place at Dubai World Trade Center, Dubai, UAE, March 12–14, 2019.

In the last few years, Amphinicy, a provider of complex software solutions and all-round software support for the satellite and space industry, has put extreme focus on bringing three products to a market-ready state. This year, its booth will be featuring video presentation and demonstration of the following products:

Atlas Space Operations has announced Norman Lee as the Vice President of Marketing. Lee brings to ATLAS a 30-year track-record of success including a decade of executive level leadership experience at Hagerty in the areas of marketing, sales, business development, client engagement, and operations.

Intelsat S.A. (NYSE: I) reported today total revenue of US$ 542.8 million and net loss of US$ 111.3 million for the three months ended December 31, 2018. For the year ended December 31, 2018, Intelsat reported total revenue of US$ 2,161.2 million and net loss attributable to Intelsat S.A. of US$ 599.6 million.

At the inception of Cisco’s Mobile Visual Networking Index (VNI) Forecast more than a decade ago, mobile (or cellular) traffic represented less than five percent of total IP traffic crossing global networks. Today, the role and reliance placed on mobile networking has dramatically increased.

There has been worldwide rise in mobile access for consumers and business users. The expanded reach and quality of mobile broadband has fostered a seemingly insatiable demand for mobile communications, media and a wide range of mobile IoT applications.

Es'hailSat, Qatar's satellite company, and BridgeSat today announced a strategic relationship that will provide businesses and governments across the Middle East with affordable access to laser-based satellite broadband services. This is the latest milestone toward BridgeSat’s goal of providing organizations worldwide with a faster, less expensive and most secure alternative to traditional radio frequency (RF) solutions for low earth orbit (LEO) and geostationary earth orbit (GEO) applications.