ITU’s 19th Plenipotentiary Conference roundly endorsed Houlin Zhao of China as its next Secretary-General. Zhao will take office on 1 January 2015 for a term of four years, with the possibility of re-election for one additional four-year term. The election took place in Busan, Republic of Korea, during the Plenary session of the PP-14 conference this morning. Zhao won the position with 152 votes, from 156 ballot papers deposited. He contested the position unopposed. 

SpeedCast International Limited, today announced that Keith Johnson has joined SpeedCast as senior vice president / General Manager in charge of Energy services globally.  In this role, Johnson will oversee all of SpeedCast’s business activities for the Energy sector (Oil and Gas in particular), including strategic planning, program management, business development and global sales for SpeedCast’s worldwide operations.

TrustComm Inc.,the small-business provider of assured satellite communications solutions to government and commercial organizations, today announced it has expanded its global sales organization with the addition of two highly experienced industry professionals – Michael Abad-Santos and Joe Apa.

Abad-Santos has been named TrustComm’s Chief Commercial Officer and Apa has been named the company’s Vice President, Global Sales.

Wavestream, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. ) providing solid-state power amplifiers for mission-critical defense and broadcast satellite communications systems, announced today the appointment of Wavestream past President and co-founder James Rosenberg as CTO.

At IBC 2014 in Amsterdam, Satellite Markets and Research Editor-in-Chief Virgil Labrador spoke with Timofei Abramov, Commercial Director and Grigory Baitsur, Director of Technical Department of Intersputnik on their company's future plans.

At IBC 2014 in Amsterdam, Satellite Markets and Research Editor-in-Chief Virgil Labrador spoke with Jorg Rockstroh, Senior R&D Engineer, Work Microwave on their new DVB-S2 modulator launched at the show.

At IBC 2014 in Amsterdam, Satellite Markets and Research Editor-in-Chief Virgil Labrador spoke with Satservice Managing Director Michael Ulbricht on the new products they are highlighting at the show.

At IBC 2014 in Amsterdam, Satellite Markets and Research Editor-in-Chief Virgil Labrador spoke with spoke with Andreas Bernhardt, CEO and Petra Visuri, Head of Product Management and Marketing, ND SATCOM on the latest developments in their company and the new SKYWAN 5G product they are showcasing at the exhibition.

This article includes IBC 2014 Interviews.