Month: October 2006

NDS To Supply DTH Platform To Romtelecom

NDS won a contract from Romtelecom, Romania’s largest telco, to provide a system for a new direct-to-home (DTH) platform, NDS announced. Romtelecom will deploy a full end-to-end system that includes...

Globalstar Plans IPO

Globalstar Inc. is planning an initial public offering of 6.5 million shares priced at between $16 per share and $18 per share, the company said in an Oct. 2 filing...

Eutelsat To Redeploy Hotbird-3 Satellite

Eutelsat Communications announced Oct. 2 that its Hotbird-3 satellite will begin operations from its new orbital slot at 10 degrees East before the end of October. The satellite, renamed Eurobird-10,...

Shin Satellite Deorbits Thaicom 3

Shin Satellite Public Co. Ltd. deorbited its ailing Thaicom 3 satellite following a power loss, the company announced. Thaicom 3, built by Alcatel Alenia Space and launched in 1997, has...

Globalstar, Ocens To Offer Satellite Data

Globalstar Inc. has partnered with Ocens to launch a suite of data services, Globalstar announced Three services are available to Globalstar subscribers in the United States. Ocens Mail provides capability...

Swe-Dish Appoints President

Lars Bjerde has been named president of mobile satellite communications equipment provider Swe-Dish Satellite Systems, the company announced Oct. 2. Bjerde, who will join Swe- Dish in November, previously has...