Author: Staff Writer

[Satellite Today – 5-12-08] Comtech Telecommunications Corp. will acquire Radyne Corp. in an all-cash transaction worth about $223.6 million in equity, Comtech announced May 12.     Radyne’s satellite earth station...

[Satellite Today – 5-12-08] HughesNet broadband satellite Internet has passed the 400,000 subscriber mark, Hughes Network Systems LLC announced May 8.     “The continued growth in our subscriber base is...

[Satellite Today – 5-9-08] Ed Horowitz has resigned as president and CEO of SES Americom, parent company SES announced May 9. Horowitz will join Global Entertainment and Media Holdings Corp. ...

[Satellite Today – 5-9-08] Alliant Techsystems Inc.’s (ATK) bid to purchase MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA)’s information systems and geospatial services businesses has been rejected by the Canadian government,...

[Satellite Today – 5-9-08] U.K.-based satellite imaging company DMCii Ltd. is providing data to the United Nations to assist in relief efforts in Myanmar (formerly Burma) in the wake of...

[Satellite Today – 5-9-08] Integral Systems Europe’s Epoch Integrated Product Suite (Epoch IPS) satellite ground system is in compliance with the European Space Agency’s (ESA) packet-utilization standard for satellite control...

[Satellite Today – 5-9-08] More than 550 million GPS-enabled handsets will ship by 2012, according to a research report from ABI Research released May 9.     In the wake of...

[Satellite Today – 5-9-08] Indian direct-to-home (DTH) operator Tata Sky has more than 2 million subscribers, reaching this milestone in 20 months, the company announced May 7,     Tata Sky...

[Satellite Today – 5-8-08] SES Astra signed a capacity deal with Czech pay-TV platform CS Link, SES Astra announced May 8.      CS Link, one of the largest pay-TV platforms...

[Satellite Today – 5-8-08] Inmarsat Holdings Ltd. reported a 5 percent increase in revenue and a 9 percent increase in profit after tax for the first quarter of 2008, the...