Month: August 2008

[Satellite Today – 08-07-08] The European Commission launched a competition Aug. 7 seeking satellite operators to provide mobile services across Europe.     New regulations will allow the selected operators to...

[Satellite News 08-06-08] Conditional access and middleware vendor NDS is set to go private, the company confirmed Aug. 5.     An independent committee of NDS’ board has reached an agreement...

[Satellite Today 08-06-08] Hughes Network Systems LLC launched its fastest consumer broadband satellite Internet access plan, offering speeds of up to 5 megabits per second (Mbps), the company announced Aug....

[Satellite Today -8-06-08] TeleCommunication Systems Inc. received an order to provide deployable satellite solutions based on the company’s SwiftLink product line to the U.S Army, the company announced Aug. 6....

[Satellite News 08-06-08] ViaSat‘s revenues reached a record $153 million, up 19 percent year-over-year, ViaSat announced Aug. 5     Inventory was down from the beginning of the fiscal year due...

[Satellite Today -8-06-08] Orbital Sciences Corp. is expanding its workforce in the Southern California area with a new engineering and technology center scheduled to open this fall, the company announced...

[Satellite News 08-06-08] Iridium‘s total revenue in the second quarter 2008 was $81.7 million, a 22 percent increase over revenues of $66.7 million in the same quarter, according to second...

[Satellite News 08-06-08] Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) has set up a new subsidiary in the United States, the company said August 5.     The new company, Surrey Satellite Technology...

[Satellite News 08-06-08] Inmarsat posted a strong increase in operating profits and revenues for the first six months of the year, the satellite operator announced Aug. 6.     In the...

[Satellite News 08-06-08] Customers loyal to Radyne products have nothing to fear over the company’s acquisition by Comtech Telecommunication Corp., said Comtech EF Data‘s senior vice president of strategic marketing...