Integrasys, a manufacturer of Carrier Monitoring Systems and VSAT commissioning tools, has closed its 2017 year results with three times the profit compared to 2016 brought about by its successful customer wins and strategic partnerships.

A new World Teleport Association (WTA) research report released today has revealed that independent teleport operators' service growth is pausing after three years of growth, pricing for teleport services holds its own while capacity prices fall, and competition keeps ramping up to lower costs for customers.

The report, which explores the 2017 Top Operators rankings, says revenue diversification is trending downward as companies dig deeper into their niches.

A 2018 Asia-Pacific Pay-TV Innovation Forum has revealed that the pay-TV industry in Asia Pacific region is experiencing significant challenges, driven by the proliferation of high-quality OTT services and widespread piracy. With consumers in both advanced and emerging countries in the region increasingly choosing streaming services, pay-TV providers expect to see a slowdown in growth and, in some mature markets, a decline in revenue from traditional pay-TV services, while demand for fixed and mobile connectivity services is expected to grow.

The Global Satellite Payloads Market accounted for $10.98 billion in 2017 and is expected to reach $26.51 billion by 2026 growing at a CAGR of 10.3%.

Telesat successfully launched its new Telstar 19 VANTAGE high throughput satellite (HTS) aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

Satellite network operator X2nSat has reached a definitive agreement to purchase On Call Communications, a leading provider of mobile satellite solutions.

In April of 2016, X2nSat and On Call Communications announced their formal partnership to expand and enhance satellite resources to each of their customer bases. Over the last two years this has meant increased reliability, increased stability, and vastly expanded availability of service in both capacity and geographic footprint.

The application of satellites led by the military and the civil sector is increasing at a tremendous pace and the global satellite manufacturing and launch system market is expected to register a CAGR of 5.32% to reach USD25.90 billion by the year 2023.

Arianespace has successfully launched four more satellites in the Galileo constellation. Liftoff was at 8:25 a.m. (local time) July 25, 2018 from the Guiana Space Center, Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.

The UN Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development's Working Group on Broadband for the Most Vulnerable Countries today issued a report at the United Nations Headquarters, showing that broadband (high-speed Internet) plays a valuable role in helping Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to overcome vulnerabilities, grow economies and enhance people's livelihoods.

The rapid and increasing number of worldwide 4K flat panel TV shipments over the past few years is contributing to the overall growth of the global flat panel TV market. 4K TV units account for more than one-third of the total flat panel TV units sold in 2017.

ABI Research, a market-foresight advisory firm providing strategic guidance on the most compelling transformative technologies, forecasts that 4K flat panel TV shipments will surpass 102 million in 2018, representing 44% of total global flat panel TV shipments.