Row 44 and Hughes expanded Row 44’s satellite coverage area to...

Row 44 and Hughes expanded Row 44’s satellite coverage area to Russia and the North Atlantic region. The companies signed three multi-year contracts, “which include the provision of space segment, network operations center operations, maintenance and other ancillary services,” said Row 44 parent Global Eagle in a news release Tuesday (http://bit.ly/14C8hzz). The agreement also includes significant capacity increases to Row 44’s leased bandwidth, “which now supports customers on four continents,” it said. “Installations of the Row 44 connectivity platform now exceed 500 aircraft on four continents."