Satellite
Dish Network subscriber numbers now growing despite 2011 customer revolt
Early last year Dish Network raised their subscriber packages expecting to increase revenues. Their customer base revolted and an estimated 250,000 subscribers left for other options. Dish Network just released their 2012 first quarter results and has shown that the revolution is behind them. They gained 104,000 new subscribers. This was more ...
Dish Networks wants to offer it all
Did you ever wish you could go to a single source and get everything you wanted? I mean, you go to the super-grocery store and pick up food, paper products, snacks, soda and even water a cookware. Except for a few specialty items, the one store works for your shopping, saves ...
SES announces in-home distribution of IP-based satellite TV
SES announces their newest technology that allows distribution of satellite TV in your home. The exciting part is that you will be able to take any IP-enabled device in your home and watch whatever video you wish from the content provider. You can use Ethernet, fiber and Wi-Fi to connect your ...
Hughes receives 2011 Product of the Year Award from Satellite Spotlight
Broadband Expert has previously written about Hughes Network Systems. Hughes has recently (less than a week ago) added some of their new products to the United States GSA purchasing catalog. Today, Hughes was thrust once again into the spotlight. However the spotlight is a bit different this time. Satellite Spotlight, an industry ...
Intelsat 19 build completed early by Space Systems Loral
Space Systems/Loral has just completed Intelsat 19. They also completed this communications satellite ahead of schedule. The recently commissioned SES 4 satellite Space Systems/Loral built for SES S.A. was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Intelsat will be launched by Long Beach, California-based Sea Launch. Sea Launch’s Odyssey launch platform in ...
United States Government gets new satellite services from Hughes
The GSA (United States General Services Administration) now has some new entries in their huge catalog of things that the government can buy. Just about every United States governmental agency purchases everything through the GSA catalog. From paper clips to MOAB bombs, everything is ordered through the GSA part number. When ...
Most powerful SES satellite is now functioning
SES S.A. announced the successful deployment of their 50th satellite. The SES-4 is the most powerful satellite manufactured to date by SES. The new satellite is built upon the Space Systems/Loral 1300 platform. With a power of 20-kilowatts, it will provide a wide range of satellite services. Coverage will completely serve North ...
ViaSat to offer breakthrough in satellite broadband for rural residents
ViaSat has announced new broadband services on its ViaSat-1 satellite. You might remember Broadband Expert writing about this Ka-band spot beam satellite last month. ViaSat has just inked a pact with the NRTC (National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative). It is a five-year wholesale distribution deal which will give the NRTC's more than ...
Worlds highest capacity satellite ViaSat 1 passes first data test
Back in October, Broadband Expert wrote about the successful launch of ViaSat 1, the world’s highest capacity satellite. ViaSat 1 is a Ka-band spot beam satellite and has a throughput of 140 Gbps. It is coming close to the end of the 50-days of system testing, in another two weeks or ...
Global Marine Networks announces a new satellite network management suite
If you have ever been aboard a cruise ship and tried to avail yourself of modern communications like voice or reliable internet access, you have probably been shocked at the cost of using the on-ship satellite services. Short of owning your own satellite phone with data tethering and being able to ...
