With planning for accelerating digital migration across the country, the Zambian government announced a complete switchover to digital broadcasting from all analogue television services along the line of rail by 1 October 2017
Satellite
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket delivers commercial communications Intelsat 35e satellite
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket delivered Intelsat 35e, a commercial communications satellite, to a Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
Global IP selects SkyVision to supply 39 countries and more than 800 million people with 11 gateway stations
The contract is valued at tens of millions of US dollars to build and maintain the ground infrastructure of 11 Ka-band gateway stations in different European teleports for Global IP’s GiSat-1 satellite network
Burkina Faso chooses Eutelsat for accelerated nationwide roll-out of digital TV
Société burkinabè de télédiffusion (SBT) has chosen the Eutelsat 3B satellite to transition to Digital Terrestrial Television
Speedcast: "The future is rural for telecom operators looking to differentiate"
Advances in VSAT technology, cellular backhaul capabilities and the rise of LEO and MEO satellite constellations present new opportunities for telcos, says Speedcast VP of Global Cellular Services