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London-based mobile satellite service provider Inmarsat is set for a critical period in its history. It is about to launch its regional broadband global area network (BGAN) service, a high-speed […]

Hughes Network Systems (HNS) has signed an agreement with KT [KTC] to provide DirecWay broadband satellite network solution for the largest gas station chain in South Korea. Using HNS’ broadband-by-satellite […]

The Moscow-based Scientific Research Institute for Radio Communications (MNIIRS) has created a satellite communications system for rescuing ships in distress, lost expeditions or people attacked by terrorists in any part […]

NovAtel [NGPS], a precise positioning technology company, received a $142,000 Canadian ($91,000) contract from Public Works & Government Services Canada for an interoperability study on the receiver requirements for Galileo, […]

By James Careless Business TV via satellite (BTVS): these days it is more than just pep talks and press conferences. Increasingly, companies are relying on business TV via satellite not […]

By Peter J. Brown For the global satellite industry, Russia remains a challenging place to conduct business, an area where the process entails a mix of patience, politics and partnering. […]

by Gerry Oberst The clock is now ticking for European Union (EU) member states to change their existing telecoms laws into electronic communications laws. This change is required by the […]

by David Hartshorn Seasoned readers of Global VSAT Review may recall that much noise was made by this author on the subject of the so-called “One Stop Shop” (OSS), an […]

by Armand Musey Consolidation pressures in the satellite manufacturing business have increased, given the continued deterioration in the industry’s outlook for 2002 and beyond. In June, press reports indicated Loral […]

People BOEING Fills Key Satellite Positions Boeing Integrated Defense Systems (IDS), a unit of The Boeing Co., selected Charles Toups as vice president of programs at Boeing Satellite Systems. He […]

Key: D – Digital A – Analogue 78.5 degreesE: Thaicom 2&3 D- ATN Bangla has left 3600 MHz horizontal but continues to be received on 3480 MHz horizontal, SR 26667, […]

Despite the downturn in the telecommunications market, the majority of satellite operators continue to focus their attention on private network and Internet applications for satellite services. Overly optimistic expectations have […]

Alcatel Space has been in the thick of it in recent weeks. It has announced another restructuring, which involves 400 job cuts, and a contract to build a satellite for […]

Premiere, the German satellite pay-TV operator, has signed a deal with SCM Microsystems, under which SCM will provide secure broadcast decryption technology to Premiere. Premiere will offer SCM conditional access […]

According to local press reports, Russia could relocate military satellite launches from Kazakhstan to northern Russia. Russian Space Forces Chief Col. Gen. Anatoly Perminov is in favour of moving all […]

Sirius Satellite Radio’s long-term hopes have been boosted by the news of a new $1.2 billion recapitalisation programme. Sirius reached an agreement with holders of more than $1 billion of […]

OpenTV, an interactive cable and satellite TV company, is reducing its workforce by 47 percent as the challenging economic conditions begin to bite. Over three hundred positions will be eliminated. […]

Intelsat’s two recent deals with Latin American broadcasters underline the importance the operator is placing on this market to drive revenues. Ruben Levcovitz, regional vice president for Latin America sales […]

A = Analogue D = Digital 110.5 degreesE: Sinosat 1 The recent spate of illegal jamming of Chinese TV and radio transmissions using Sinosat capacity have been traced to Taiwan […]

The satellite manufacturing marketplace is seeing a number of players compete for a dwindling number of commercial orders. Talk of consolidation is rife, whether it is Lockheed Martin and Loral […]

Fox Kids Europe (FKE) has been boosted by a recent five-year deal that sees the launch of the Fox Kids Channel on the Polsat Cyfrowy DTH platform. It will become […]

Intelsat has acquired a PacAmTel teleport just outside Los Angeles. The new teleport will be known as the Riverside Teleport and has terrestrial links to one of the US West […]

European Commission president Romano Prodi has urged the political leaders of Italy and Germany not to hinder the development of the Galileo satellite navigation project. Both Germany and Italy want […]

By James Careless Data broadcasting via satellite: whether one-way or two-way, this application continues to push back the boundaries. That is because, in today’s digital world, everything is data: whether […]

People BOEING: Promotes Regional Vice President The Boeing Co. named Paul Walters regional vice president, Southeast Asia. He will be responsible for coordinating all company business activities in a number […]

by Theresa Foley The two entrepreneurial ventures aimed at bringing Internet services to aircraft are making headway, despite the decline in the airline industry following the events of September 11, […]

Peter J. Brown Throughout the next 18 months, the North American skyscape will undergo a significant transformation as a long-awaited sequence of commercial Ka-band satellite launches get underway. It starts […]

by Gerry Oberst Recently, the European Union published the new data protection directive for electronic communications services. This document applies to satellite operators just as much as it does to […]

By Peter J. Brown In, “Ghostbusters” it is a matter of whom you are going to call. In the emerging realm of two-way broadband multimedia via Ka-band satellite, it is […]

By Nick Mitsis From broadband applications to straight telecommunications, Africa continues to grow as a major area of commercial satellite activity. Industry companies are digging deeper into this continent, further […]