[Satellite Today 02-25-09] Australian telco Optus has launched the Thuraya GSM/satellite dual mode handset in Australia, the company announced Feb. 24. The handset allows customers to use the same...
[Satellite Today 02-25-09] Nagravision won a contract to provide a conditional access (CA) system for Tivu Sat, a new digital satellite platform in Italy, Nagravision announced Feb. 23. Tivu...
[Satellite Today 02-25-09] Intelsat selected NetCracker Technology software and services to improve the automation of Intelsat’s service delivery processes, the satellite operator announced Feb. 24. The contract expands NetCracker’s...
[Satellite Today 02-25-09] International Launch Services (ILS) and Asia Satellite Telecommunications (AsiaSat) signed a contract for the launch of the AsiaSat 5 satellite on an ILS Proton rocket in the...
[Satellite Today 02-24-09] Stratos Global Corp. expanded its Asia-Pacific customer-support infrastructure with the opening of a Hong Kong customer support center, the company announced Feb. 23. The center offers local-language...
[Satellite Today 02-24-09] Skycasters, a broadband satellite Internet solutions provider, is making a push to capitalize on President Obama’s broadband stimulus bill included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act,...
[Satellite Today 02-24-09] Thuraya has appointed Fonenet as a new distributor for its ThurayaIP service, Thuraya announced Feb. 22. Fonenet, a telecom solution provider based in the United Kingdom,...
[Satellite Today 02-24-09] The government of Abu Dhabi has agreed to sign a $20 million contract with Israel-based ImageSat for access to images taken by the Eros-B satellite, ImageSat announced...
[Satellite News 02-24-09] Satellite pay-TV operator NTV-Plus is at the forefront of the market in Russia. The operator already has attracted about 600,000 subscribers, and Dimitry Samokhin, director general of...
[Satellite News 02-24-09] The broadband stimulus bill included in President Obama’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is having a variety of effects on several sectors of the commercial satellite industry...