Focus: Telecom

[Satellite Today 07-13-09] Telesat has finalized a $69 million deal with APT Satellite to transfer its interest in the Telstar 10 satellite back to APT, Telesat announced July 9.    ...

[Satellite Today 07-10-09] ViaSat signed contracts worth a combined $53 million with pan-African satellite operator RascomStar-QAF to support an expansion of telephone and Internet access availability in the region, ViaSat...

[Satellite Today 07-10-09] Globalstar has appointed Peter Dalton CEO, the company announced July 10. Former Globalstar CEO Jay Monroe will serve as the company’s executive chairman.     Globalstar COO Thomas...

[Satellite Today 07-09-09] Comtech EF Data Corp. has rolled out an adaptive coding and modulation (ACM) capability for its CDM-625 advanced satellite modem, which is optimized by pairing the system...

[Satellite Today 07-09-09] Arianespace CEO Jean-Yves Le Gall has been named co-chairman of the EU-Japan Business Round Table, Arianespace announced July 8.     Le Gall will serve a two-year term....

[Satellite Today 07-09-09] Norsat has initiated a new marketing campaign to promote its growth to shareholders in Canada and the United States, the company announced July 8.     Norsat has...

[Satellite News 07-08-09] The U.S. Department of Agriculture‘s Rural Utilities Service (RUS) and the U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) outlined its requirements for state and local governments to...

[Satellite Today 07-08-09] DEV Systemtechnik launched a family of L-band multiplexers and demultiplexers designed to assist satellite ground stations operators and cable head end stations with monitoring RF signals, the...

[Satellite Today 07-08-09] SkyVision has purchased an iDirect Series 15000 universal satellite hub to launch its Evolution network covering Africa, Eastern Europe, the Middle East and parts of Asia with...

[Satellite Today 07-08-09] Vizada launched the ThurayaIP broadband mobile satellite service, the Vizada announced July 7. The launch follows an extensive development phase with Thuraya to fine-tune the service and...