Intelsat joined Eutelsat, Gulfsat and other satellite companies in cutting...
Intelsat joined Eutelsat, Gulfsat and other satellite companies in cutting off service to Iranian broadcasters. Intelsat made the decision to begin suspension of services Monday under the National Defense Authorization Act of 2013, which named the Islamic Republic of Iran…
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Broadcasting as a Specially Designated National, it said in a statement to us. “This means U.S. regulated companies can no longer do business with them.” Intelsat cannot put at risk “our ability to provide critical connectivity to the rest of our customers around the globe,” it said. “We communicated earlier with our customer so that it could identify alternative sources of transmission capacity and arrange continuity of service for its programming."