Connectivity

[Satellite TODAY 03-07-13] CASBAA is expecting a significant increase in demand for satellite transponders required by television broadcasters and DTH operators in India. According to a new study released by […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-07-13] SES’ service company SES TechCom has signed a contract with BT to provide satellite communications services for the Galileo Data Dissemination Network (GDDN) to support the Galileo […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-07-13] Rohde & Schwarz will showcase the first solution for standard compliant certification tests, the R&S TS8997 test system, at the EMV 2013 international trade fair in Stuttgart. […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-07-13] Orange Romania CEO Jean Francois Fallacher confirmed media reports that the company is considering entering the local Romanian satellite TV market, according to a report published March […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-07-13] Pricing and service package changes implemented by MSS operator Inmarsat in January and May 2012, along with increased take-up and usage of FleetBroadband terminals, helped the company […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-06-13] Satellite companies with exposure to Defense Department and broader government budgets in the United States should expect to see incremental headwinds as across-the-board cuts as a result […]

The ViaSat-1 satellite has earned the Guinness World Records title for the highest-capacity communications satellite in the world.

[Satellite TODAY 03-06-13] GE Aviation has singed a new agreement to provide inertial reference units for Boeing’s wideband phased array satellite communications systems for airborne mobile communications.    The inertial […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-06-13] Inmarsat has signed a deal with Kymeta, a company that designs and commercializes metamaterials-based antennas for satellite communications, to develop the Kymeta Aero Antenna, a new satellite […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-06-13] Communications & Power Industries (CPI) has received a new order worth $6 million in Ka-band high-power satcom amplifiers. According to CPI, an international customer will use the […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-04-13] China has announced its plan to take over a more prominent role in the global commercial satellite launching business. The country, which currently has 3 percent of […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-04-13] The first satellite powered by a Google Nexus One smartphone is successfully working from its orbit. The United Kingdom Space Agency’s STRaND-1 was launched on Feb. 25 […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-01-13] The European SABER project has announced it will publish practical guidelines in April to help regional authorities specify, procure and fund satellite broadband solutions. The announcement follows […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-01-13] Russian pay-TV operator Orion Express has announced plans to create a Hotbird-style satellite hotspot for Russia at the 85 degrees east orbital position. The company is the […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-28-13] Aerospace manufacturers Thales Alenia Space and ISS Reshetnev have signed an agreement to create a joint venture between the two companies that will be based in Krasnoyarsk, […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-28-13] FSS operator Intelsat is already well into its plans to make up for the early February loss of the Intelsat 27 satellite (IS-27), which include shifting its […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-28-13] MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA), has reported its financial results for the full 2012 year and fourth quarter. Consolidated revenues for the full year increased to $880 […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-28-13] Harmonic has announced it will showcase a comprehensive range of next-generation multiscreen production and delivery solutions at CABSAT in Dubai and TV Connect in London trade shows. […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-28-13] The Bloomberg Media Group has announced a multi-year rolling partnership agreement with Nigeria-based content provider, Optima Media Group, to form a new entity: Bloomberg Television Africa, which […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-27-13] European satellite equipment developer Newtec has been selected by California-based X2nSat to provide equipment for a new B2B broadband and SCADA service, under the brand name ST4G, […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-27-13] TS2 Satellite Technologies has expanded its Internet service in Afghanistan using Avanti’s Hylas 2 satellite, which is equipped with Ka bandwidth transponders that enable bidirectional data transmission […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-27-13] CET Teleport has announced a new three year contract with SES for NSS-12 Ku-band capacity linking Europe and East Africa, where CET has identified an increased demand […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-27-13] Clear Channel Satellite has rolled out its XtremeSat Media satellite broadcast distribution platform for contemporary Christian music radio station KSBJ, which purchased the system to deliver two […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-27-13] Advantech Wireless has announced new orders for more than $2 million of its high power, high linearity GaN based SSPA line, covering both C-Band and Ku-Band.   […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-26-13] The true value of the wireless spectrum owned by Clearwire is two or three times higher than the value reflected in the price that cellular operator Sprint […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-26-13] Gilat Satcom has announced a new deal with a pan-African Internet service provider and mobile WiMAX carrier to deliver broadband services throughout Mozambique. Additionally, Gilat Satcom is […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-26-13] Mexico-based Grupo Televisa has announced its 2012 fourth-quarter profit increased 36 percent because more Mexicans signed up for satellite and cable television services. Additionally, net income for […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-26-13] Maritime Broadband has selected Revmar Dynamics as the full-service exclusive distributor of the company’s C-Bird VSAT in Greece and Cyprus, two of the most important markets in […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-26-13] TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) has introduced its Cloud Messaging Service, which delivers short message service (SMS) messages over 2G, 3G and LTE networks. Since TCS’ new service is […]

As private companies gain more ground in the space and satellite industry, a startup company from Las Vegas, Nev., is attempting to get in on the race by developing a commercial weather satellite.