Americas Markets - Latest Developments


February 19, 2020, Washington, D.C.

The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), organizer of NAB Show, affirmed the 2020 NAB Show is set to take place as planned, April 18 – 22 in Las Vegas. The association is closely monitoring COVID-19, commonly known as coronavirus, and is prepared to devote whatever resources necessary to ensure a safe and productive NAB Show experience.

Hampshire, UK, February 18, 2020

A new study from Juniper Research found that the total number of 5G connections will reach 1.5 billion globally by 2025, rising from only 5 million in 2019. This is an annual average growth of 150% over the next 6 years.

​​​​​​​​​​​Geneva, Switzerland, February 11, 2020

Ten years remain to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development ​Goals (SDGs). Leaders in AI and humanitarian action will convene at the 2020 AI for Good Global Summit with strong intent to ensure that 'AI for Good' solutions achieve a scale matching that of the ambitions captured by the SDGs.

London, UK, February 4, 2020 

GVF and Century 21 Communications (C21) have announced preliminary details of the speaker line-up for the ‘Satellite & The Cloud 2020Deployments Across the Satellite Driven Value Chain’ conference.

Dublin, Ireland, February 2, 2020

The Global Fixed Satellite Services market is expected to reach US$ 26.2 billion by 2026 according to a new report by Research and Markets. Market growth is further expected to be guided by an increase in demand for smooth transmission of TV and radio signals, the low power needed to provide fixed satellite services, and the low cost of accessing services with high consistency and efficiency.

Melville, NY, January 29, 2020

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (Nasdaq: CMTL)  and Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (Nasdaq: GILT; TASE: GILT)  announced today that Comtech has agreed to acquire Gilat in a cash and stock transaction for US$ 10.25 per Gilat ordinary share of which 70% will be paid in cash and 30% in Comtech common stock, resulting in an enterprise value of approximately US$ 532.5 million.

Kourou, French Guiana,  January 16, 2020

For its first launch of the year from the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, Ariane 5 placed two satellites in geostationary transfer orbit (GTO): the EUTELSAT KONNECT satellite for Eutelsat and the GSAT-30 satellite for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

The total performance required of the launcher was 7,888 kg, including 6,976 kg for the two satellites injected into an orbit inclined 6° to the equator.

New York City, January 3, 2020 by Robert Bell

 05f9d09d-3f48-49a7-9066-6d55a47f4acf_0.pngBig Data is information on steroids.  It is generated at high volume, high velocity and with enormous structural variety from billions of devices flooding the world’s data centers with bits.  But the same term encompasses an even more radical development: the data analytics that can turn this explosion of digital co

​London, UK, January 3, 2020 by Martin Jarrold

A new addition to the GVF-C21 Partnership’s conferences and roundtables portfolio, Satellite and the Cloud, will be introduced in London on 3rd March 2020.  Whilst not “a match made in heaven” the affinity between the two is a match made in – GEO, MEO, LEO – orbit.