Latest Satellite Internet access Stories
Top FCC ranking for delivering advertised speeds, and ViaSat-1 Guinness World Records title, make Exede competitive with terrestrial DSL, wireless, and cable broadband alternatives CARLSBAD, Calif., March 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ViaSat Inc. (Nasdaq: VSAT) is marking the one-year anniversary this month of the nationwide rollout of its Exede Internet service, which uses the ViaSat-1 satellite, the most advanced and highest capacity satellite in the world. The consistently speedy...
Zero Packet Loss over Ka and Ku-band Satellite Channels during Flight GERMANTOWN, Md., March 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), the global leader in broadband satellite solutions and services, today announced that it has successfully demonstrated high-throughput video and data transmission over SATCOM links on a variety of rotary wing platforms. Employing an advanced waveform technology developed by Hughes, the new communications-on-the-move (COTM)...
High-Throughput Technology Now Available to Expand Ka-band Services Worldwide GERMANTOWN, Md., March 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Hughes Network Systems, LLC (Hughes), the global leader in broadband satellite solutions and services, today announced the availability of its JUPITER((TM)) high-throughput technology to the global market, beginning with two new Ka-band satellite routers ? the HN9600 and HN9800. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110112/NE29456LOGO ) These advanced...
AKRON, Ohio, March 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Skycasters, the industry leader in broadband satellite Internet solutions, announces it now supports the latest in high-speed, high-efficiency IP broadband connectivity for enterprise technology with the iDirect Evolution Series X3 and X5 platform. The Evolution X3 and X5 features iDirect's highly efficient implementation of the DVB-S2 standard (digital video broadcasting-satellite). These next generation satellite routers are ideally...
Company executives will participate in a wide range of technology and business panels; Hughes will exhibit its latest broadband satellite solutions at Booth #6001 GERMANTOWN, Md., March 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), the global leader in broadband satellite solutions and services and a leading provider of managed network services, announced today that several of its executives will share their expertise on panels during the SATELLITE 2013 Conference,...
Higher Speeds than T1, Lower Cost than Ethernet, National Footprint; Ideal for Multi-Branch Applications GERMANTOWN, Md., March 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), the global leader in broadband satellite solutions and a leading provider of managed network services, today announced a new enterprise service offering with the largest high-capacity national footprint available in the industry at far lower costs than competing solutions. (Logo:...
Satellite Internet from Exede continues to collect recognition for innovation and performance CARLSBAD, Calif., March 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The ViaSat-1 satellite that powers Exede(®) Internet service has earned a Guinness World Records® title as the highest-capacity communications satellite in the world. At the time of its launch in October 2011 by ViaSat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT), ViaSat-1 had more capacity than all of the other communication satellites covering North America...
RRsat Provides SIS LIVE, one of the World's Largest Television Broadcasters, With Solutions for Live Sports Event Broadcasts to and From the Asian Market AIRPORT CITY BUSINESS PARK, Israel, March 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- RRsat Global Communications Network Ltd. [http://www.rrsat.com ] (NASDAQ: RRST), a leading provider of comprehensive digital content management and global distribution services to the television and radio broadcasting industries, announced today that it has...
CARLSBAD, Calif., Feb. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The VR-12 Ka-band satellite antenna system from ViaSat Inc. (Nasdaq: VSAT) has passed industry standard DO-160G testing that meets FAA and international regulations covering electrical and electronic equipment installed on commercial aircraft. This standard applies to virtually every aircraft, ranging from general aviation and business jets, helicopters, and commercial jets, to civilian aircraft modified for government use. Test...
PARIS and BERLIN, February 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- skyDSL Global GmbH, a pioneer of satellite Internet services in Europe, today announced at a press conference in Berlin that it is taking deployment of consumer satellite broadband services to a new level. Following 18 months of broadband service delivery through Eutelsat's KA-SAT satellite, skyDSL has signed a five-year multiple spotbeam capacity contract on KA-SAT, with an option for an additional five years. Using selected...
