By Melvyn Chen, Marketing
In the opening chapter of Steven Levy’s book, “In the Plex – How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives,” he writes about joining a team of Google associate product managers (APM), a select group pegged as the company’s future leaders, on a trip to a remote village in India. There was […]
The SatCom Frontier editorial team and everyone at Intelsat General Corp. would like to take this opportunity to send our best wishes for the Holiday Season to our online readers and visitors. You have been a large part of our success in 2016.
A special thanks and best wishes also goes to America’s military. At any
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Some of the top articles of 2016 reveal shifts across the satellite sector
In 2016, High Throughput Satellite (HTS) fleets moved from the drawing board to reality, as Inmarsat and Intelsat ramp up services on new platforms that bring unprecedented capabilities to satellite users. It is clear, based upon the early results that the satellite sector
Satellite’s Second Act: HTS Takes the Stage Read More »
Satellite communications have never been more vital to the security of the United States, or under such assault. Recent increases in aggressive and targeted interference have put the continuous connectivity of U.S. government satellite communications in question.
NBC News recently ran a story that called space the “next cybersecurity battlefield.” In the story, the network references
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By Nick Dowsett, Director, IntelsatOne Managed Solutions
Several of my colleagues and I have just returned from the recent AfricaCom conference in South Africa, where we witnessed a lot of talk and excitement about how Intelsat’s new generation of high-performance satellites, Intelsat Epic, is going to help open up markets that previously couldn’t be served in
For Africa, Offering Innovation in the Sky and on the Ground Read More »
The U.S. Department of Defense continues to look to the private sector for ways to encourage innovation. This is a welcome initiative that we have commented on previously, and we applaud the leadership of Defense Secretary Ash Carter in this area.
Earlier this month, Defense One reported on recommendations from the Defense Innovation Board, made up
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By Ruben Marentes, Director, Intelsat Network Operations Center
When all is going smoothly, the job of making sure Intelsat customers are able to transmit and receive voice, video and data through our global satellite and ground network doesn’t draw much attention. Thinking about it probably conjures an image of Intelsat engineers sipping coffee as they
Intelsat’s New NOC Designed for Smoother Customer Service Read More »
Antony Allen Vraa sounded the alarm for a shortfall in bandwidth needed for the U.S. military, then added why the alarm can’t be answered any time soon. Vraa, wideband satellite communications subject matter expert for the Joint Staff J6, which serves the Chairman in the development of C4 capability requirements, outlined the growing need at
Military Counsels Patience While Industry Shows Action Read More »
Like sentries, satellites never sleep. Commercial satellites are always ready to support the soldier, the pilot, the seaman with intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, as well as Global Positioning System data to paint a picture of the enemy and of assets available to defeat it.
“You can use space to find targets, analyze movement and do all
On the Battlefield and Off, Satellites Serve the Warfighter Read More »
When John Raymond left Air Force Space Command for a new assignment in 2010, he was a one-star general leaving behind a relatively stable strategic environment. Space capabilities at the time were focused on technologies that could support the warfighter on Earth. Space itself was not viewed as a potential battlefield in its own right.
On
Raymond Returns to a Different Space Command Read More »
By Annemarie Meijer
A decade ago, the International Telecommunications Union set an ambitious goal of having all of Africa’s broadcast companies converted to digital terrestrial television by mid-2015. Digital broadcasting uses less spectrum than analog signals, and the ITU intended that the conversion would free up spectrum for other applications.
Well, the target date came and went
Digital Television Slowly Coming to African Viewers Read More »
Skeptics abounded in 1963 when Joseph Charyk went looking for investors and customers for the new, quasi-private Communications Satellite Corp. (COMSAT). The company came into being when President Kennedy signed legislation designating COMSAT to represent the United States in the nascent international satellite realm.
With Sputnik having launched just six years earlier, satellite technology was in
Charyk Helped Chart the Course of Satellite Communications Read More »
By Brian Jakins
For many Africans, high-throughput satellites are coming into service just in time. Falling oil prices have hurt the western part of the continent. Many telecommunications companies have been forced to consolidate, or have cut back on capital spending for new network services. Less foreign capital is flowing in because of concerns about economic
HTS Satellite Coverage Will Offer Better Economics and Services to Africa Read More »
Intelsat and Intelsat General are both playing significant roles to support hurricane relief work in Haiti in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew. The hurricane passed directly over the southwestern peninsula of the Caribbean nation on October 4, killing more than 1,000 people, destroying thousands of homes, and leaving an estimated 1.4 million Haitians in urgent
Intelsat and Intelsat General Support Hurricane Matthew Recovery Efforts Read More »
Once upon a time the Army’s mission revolved around seizing a physical spot on a map. But today that task has broadened because the map has been turned into a globe by Information Technology. An Army that faces ISIS isn’t just combating fighters holed up in a Middle Eastern city. It must contend with a
Army Adds Space, Cyberspace to Domains It Considers Part of Its Mission Read More »
By Carmen Gonzalez-Sanfeliu, Regional Vice President Latin America
Regardless of whether you view your content on the television, tablet or phone, satellite remains the backbone of how the programming is delivered to cable and DTH outlets. This is particularly true in Latin America and the Caribbean, where Home Box Office (HBO), the region’s first cable programmer
Robert Tarleton looks at the future of military communications satellites while trying to remedy some of the shortcomings of their past.
As director of the Military Satellite Communications (MILSATCOM) Systems Directorate at the Space and Missile Systems Center in Air Force Space Command, Tarleton is charged with overseeing several significant MILSATCOM programs worth about $42 billion.
Tarleton Looks at MILSATCOM’S Present, Helps to Design Its Future Read More »
While it may seem like everyone has 24/7/365 broadband connectivity, it’s far from reality for many parts of the world. There are still vast populations around the globe that are unconnected or plagued by an unreliable or non-existent infrastructure. These markets present enormous opportunities for global service providers to connect the unconnected and continue expanding
The State of Global Broadband Connectivity Read More »
Recently I attended the Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies Conference. I have attended this conference before and I am always impressed by the technological revolution that is occurring in all things related to Space Situational Awareness (SSA). At this year’s conference there was also a great deal of discussion on the policy side,
The Growing Necessity for Space Traffic Management Read More »
By Terry Bleakley, Regional Vice President, Asia-Pacific Sales
Television broadcasters and cable providers that rely on satellites for program delivery don’t want “almost” 100% reliability — they want exactly 100%, with no chance whatsoever that a signal might fail and cut off a video feed.
Intelsat builds value for broadcasters at its video neighborhoods around the globe by
Newly Launched IS-36 Enhances Resiliency For Media Customers in the Indian Ocean Region Read More »
