Focus: Telecom

[Satellite TODAY 10-28-09] Thaicom, operator of the IPStar satellite broadband system, is looking to raise $209 million in funding through the issuance of 3- and 5-year senior debt notes, the...

[Satellite TODAY 10-27-09] Thales Alenia Space selected Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. to work jointly on the Iridium Next satellite constellation program, Ball Aerospace announced Oct. 26. Ball Aerospace’s responsibilities...

[Satellite TODAY 10-27-09] Satellite TODAY and Satellite News will launch Oct. 28 a new, weekly Web video news channel on www.satellitetoday.tv.     Satellite TODAY News Editor Jeffrey Hill will host...

[Satellite News 10-27-09] With the global economy poised for a rebound, satellite modem manufacturers are responding with new products and services, capable of supporting a wide array of business and...

[Satellite TODAY 10-26-09] SES reported overall profits of 364.3 million euros ($546.43 million) for the first nine months of 2009, an increase of about 7 percent compared to the perioda ...

[Satellite TODAY 10-26-09] Thomson signed a long-term contract with LiveTV to develop of a live TV broadcast system for aircraft based on Thomson’s IPTV-based satellite television distribution technology, the company...

[Satellite TODAY 10-23-09] The Mexican Ministry of Communications and Transportation has authorized Iridium Comunicaciones de Mexico to operate, provide and sell MSS to business, government and consumer markets in Mexico,...

[Satellite TODAY 10-23-09] Madrid-based space company GMV opened a subsidiary in Warsaw, the company announced Oct. 21.     The office will provide Polish customers with GMV’s transportation, space, defense, information...

 [Satellite TODAY 10-22-09] SpaceX conducted two static first-stage firings of the nine-engine, liquid-fueled Merlin cluster for its Falcon 9 launch vehicle, the company announced Oct. 22.    During the first...

 [Satellite TODAY 10-22-09] Newtec signed a deal with German Internet service company InSat to provide equipment for a new Internet backbone installation project in the Middle East and Central Asia,...