Month: September 2011

[Satellite TODAY 09-27-11] Wholesale 4G LTE hybrid network operator LightSquared signed a wholesale agreement with AirTouch Communications to develop telecommunications products that can converge the service to include voice, data,...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 09-27-11] Sea Launch has successfully orbited its first satellite since emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in October 2010, the company announced 24. Sea Launch’s Zenit-3SL rocket...

[Satellite TODAY 09-27-11] Raytheon has completed the preliminary design review for the Global Positioning System Next Generation Operational Control System (GPS OCX), which determined the program’s development approach, cost estimates and delivery...

[Satellite TODAY 09-26-11] The Slovak national transmission company Towercom will start using a fifth transponder Oct. 1 under a contract it signed for capacity on a SES Astra satellite, Towercom...

[Satellite TODAY 09-26-11] Globecomm Systems, a global provider of communications solutions and services, has been awarded a contract from an unnamed U.S. Government agency valued at $1.9 million, the company...

[Satellite TODAY 09-26-11] Lockheed Martin Space Systems won an arbitration dispute with operator SES over an antenna anomaly that was discovered on a Lockheed-built commercial telecommunications satellite, the companies confirmed...

[Satellite News 09-26-11] While congressional committees work to trim the United States’ costs by targeting valuable science and weather satellite programs, Energy and Environment Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Andy Harris (R-...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 09-26-11] While recent analyst studies have blamed consolidation in the satellite industry for a 30 percent spike in government satellite service prices in the United States between...

[Satellite TODAY 09-26-11] Dish Network is set to launch Blockbuster Movie Pass, an on-demand video streaming service to compete with rival Netflix, the company confirmed Sept. 23.    The service...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 09-23-11] Clearwire may sell off a portion of its 4G spectrum if approached by an interested buyer, the company’s CFO Hope Cochran said during a Sept. 21...