Focus: Telecom

[Satellite TODAY 10-25-10] Astrium Services intend to purchase a 75.1 percent stake in SES-owned German OEM and satellite ground systems integrator ND SatCom, Astrium announced Oct. 22.     With the...

[Satellite TODAY 10-25-10] Globecomm Systems has won an $18 million, five-year Ka-band infrastructure contract from Hughes Network Systems, Globecomm announced Oct. 22.     Globecomm will design, install, and test multiple...

[Satellite TODAY 10-25-10] KVH Industries and its partner ViaSat have increased their mini-VSAT broadband network’s capacity in the European region by 100 percent through the addition of the NSS-6 satellite’s...

[Satellite TODAY 10-22-10] Orbital Sciences Corp.’s third quarter 2010 revenues rose 13 percent to $314.5 million, driven by substantial increases in the company’s satellite and space systems sales, Orbital announced...

[Satellite TODAY 10-22-10] U.K. satellite ISP Avanti Communications’ Hylas 1, the first of its next-generation broadband satellites, is slated for launch Nov. 25th after the spacecraft arrived at Arianespace’s launch...

[Satellite TODAY 10-22-10] International Communications Group (ICG), an aeronautical communications systems and solutions provider, was contracted by business jet and commercial aircraft manufacturer Embraer to equip its mid-light Legacy 450,...

[Satellite TODAY 10-22-10] Harmonic has introduced its new SupraLink universal transmitter and wave division multiplexing solution to commercial markets, the company announced Oct. 21.     Harmonic designed the SupraLink 16-wavelength...

[Satellite TODAY 10-21-10] The number of worldwide Internet users has doubled in the past five years and will surpass 2 billion by the end of this year, according to a...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-21-10] Mobile satellite network operator TerreStar Networks has been forced to file for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan after amassing $1.64...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-21-10] Satellite IP services provider Central European Telecom Services (CETel) wants to make more of an impact in the Middle East broadband market through a network expansion...