NSR’s Global Satellite Capacity Supply & Demand, 15th Edition report, finds Non-GEO Satellite  (NGSO) annual capacity revenues will skyrocket to US$ 4 billion by 2027. These networks offer a new set of attributes for customers such as low latency, full mesh connectivity, or high-bandwidth per terminal, and will be key to unlocking new greenfield markets.

At the ITU Telecom World in Durban, Satellite Executive Briefing correspondent Roxana Dunnette spoke with INGRID PONI, Chief Director, Multilateral Trade and International Unit of the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services,  Republic of South Africa.

HISPASAT, the Spanish satellite-based telecommunications operator, and Quadrille, the independent software provider and leader in supplying software solutions for contend and OTT channels delivery via satellite, are introducing their new solution for non-linear satellite-managed services, Push VoD (Video on Demand), at the IBC fair in Amsterdam.

Newtec, a specialist in designing, developing and manufacturing equipment and technologies for satellite communications, and Arab Satellite Communications (Arabsat) have signed a new multi-million Euro contract, expanding their long-term partnership at the IBC 2018 show.

The Space & Satellite Professionals International (SSPI) today announced that it will present its 2018 Promise Awards to Jillian Gorsuch of SSL, a Maxar Technologies company, Theodore McDonald of SpaceX and Mike Safyan of Planet. The Promise Awards honor three space & satellite employees or entrepreneurs age 35 and under for outstanding achievement in the early stages of their career.

HISPASAT, the Spanish satellite-based communications operator, will present its new technologies for the audiovisual market in its stand in the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) 2018, which starts today in Amsterdam.

The annual AfricaCom Awards will once again celebrate success and innovation this year, by recognising the achievements of the best companies, solutions, products and personalities improving connectivity and driving Africa through the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

C-COM Satellite Systems Inc. (TSXV: CMI), a leading provider of commercial grade auto-acquire mobile satellite antenna systems, has signed a contract with one of its long-standing integrator partners AltegroSky. Under the contract, C-Com and AltegroSky is permitted to order up to US$2 million worth of C-COM’s products over a 5-year period.  

Mission Microwave Technologies, LLC, a manufacturer of Solid State Power Amplifiers (SSPAs) and Block Upconverters (BUCs), confirmed that it has received substantial orders and design wins from a range of top-tier system integrators in both government and commercial satellite communications markets.

South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has settled on the latest ND Satcom Satcom-On-The-Move (SOTM) technology for the broadcasting company’s Satellite News Gathering (SNG) Vehicles after it conducted a lengthy technology evaluation of its needs.