Connectivity

[Satellite TODAY 09-25-09] GHL Acquisition stockholders voted to approve its acquisition of Iridium following the approval of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission granted in August, GHL announced Sept 24.    ...

[Satellite TODAY 09-25-09] The Thor 6 satellite will be shipped Monday to Arianespace’s launch facility in Kourou, Thales Alenia Space announced Sept. 24.     Thor 6, built by Thales Alenia...

[Satellite TODAY 09-25-09] Comtech Telecommunications Corp. profits dropped 64 percent in its financial fourth quarter to $6.2 million, down from $17 million in 2008, the company announced in its financial...

[Satellite TODAY 09-25-09] Dish Network is attempting to raise about $300 million in financing through a debt securities offer, the company announced Sept. 24.     The U.S. satellite pay-TV broadcaster...

[Satellite TODAY 09-25-09] C-Com Satellite Systems received $385,000 worth of orders for its iNetVu Mobile antenna systems from resellers in China, Russia and the United Kingdom, the Canadian antenna manufacturer...

[Satellite News 09-25-09] Germany is one of the world’s biggest markets for pay-TV but has proved a tough market to crack for satellite pay-TV operator Sky Deutschland, formerly known as...

[Satellite TODAY 09-24-09] Global Satellite USA has launched the Thuraya XT rugged handset with broadband service on Thuraya‘s satellite network, Global Satellite announced Sept. 23.     The service, aimed ay...

[Satellite TODAY 09-24-09] Stratos Global reached a cooperative distribution agreement with Blue Ocean Wireless (BOW) to resell BOW’s GSM service to existing Stratos customers under the brand name BOW GSM,...

[Satellite TODAY 09-24-09] International Datacasting Corp. (IDC) received an order from Media Broadcast in Germany for IDC’s SuperFlex DVB-S2 broadband satellite caching receiver, SFX4104 Pro Video with Datacast XD content...

[Satellite TODAY 09-24-09] A majority of Satellite TODAY readers said they were very impressed with 3-D HD technology demonstrations, according to the results of our online poll, conducted during August....