Focus: Telecom

[Satellite TODAY 12-01-11]  Solaris Mobile has received a key recommendation from the ITU, the company announced Nov. 30. The company has been acknowledged by the ITU and its MSS system...

Eutelsat Activates Atlantic Bird 7 Eutelsat has activated commercial service on its Atlantic Bird 7 satellite at the seven degrees West orbital position. Eutelsat transferred all of Atlantic Bird 4A’s...

GateHouse Integrates Inmarsat BGAN into SDR Solution Denmark’s GateHouse has combined Inmarsat’s BGAN satellite communications capability with software-defined radio (SDR) technology to rollout an SDR implementation of a BGAN terminal....

Arianespace Grabs Optus 10 Launch Deal Australian satellite operator Optus has selected Arianespace’s Ariane 5 rocket to launch its new Optus 10 spacecraft into geostationary transfer orbit in the middle...

[Satellite TODAY 11-30-11]  Inmarsat has signed two partnership deals for its Global Xpress services, the company announced Nov. 29. Gogo and OnAir are set to become key distribution partners for...

[Satellite TODAY 11-30-11]  Globalstar will launch six new second-generation satellites Dec. 25, the company announced Nov. 29. Globalstar made the decision after consulting with satellite manufacturer Thales Alenia Space and...

[Satellite TODAY 11-30-11]  MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) has won contracts worth C$4.2 million ($4.04 million) from NASA’s Johnson Space Center to extend its support of the Robotic Work Station...

[Satellite News 11-30-11] On Nov. 17, Eutelsat issued a statement in which it “strongly refuted” recent reports that claim it was generating interference on its own satellites in order to...

[Satellite TODAY 11-30-11]  Hermes Datacomms has completed the installation of a multi-site 4 mbps C-band SkyWire cloud for a major oilfield services company in Libya, the company announced Nov. 29....

[Satellite TODAY 11-29-11]  A Russian government satellite was successfully launched by the Soyuz rocket from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia, Arianespace announced Nov. 28. This was the 15th Soyuz family...