Connectivity

[Satellite TODAY Insider 07-19-12] Panasonic Avionics has signed a contract with Intelsat to take up 1 Gbps of capacity on the FSS operator’s EpicNG satellite platform that will be used […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-19-12] The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) will eliminate Local Programming Improvement Fund charges on Canadian satellite and cable customer bills by Aug. 31, the commission announced […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 07-18-12] A dramatic long-term shift from legacy SCPC and TDMA systems to High Throughput Satellites (HTS) and the O3b constellation could bring both threats and opportunities for […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-18-12] C-Com Satellite Systems has opened its first service center in Russia in cooperation with Moscow-based integrator RuSat, C-Com announced July 17.    RuSat will operate the C-Com […]

[Satellite News 07-18-12] DirecTV Latin America (DTVLA) is looking to transform into a key regional broadband player, according to DTVLA CEO Bruce Churchill, who believes there is a strong opportunity […]

[Satellite News 07-17-12] When Entropic Communications acquired direct broadcast satellite (DBS) intellectual property and corresponding technologies from PLX Technology last week, it was not only looking to complement its current […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-17-12] Globalstar’s satellite operations control center has initiated the steps needed to place four previously launched satellites into service by the middle of next month, the MSS operator […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-17-12] RRsat Global Communications Network’s mobile satellite business Station711 has been chosen by Telecom Italia to provide a customized and fully branded Inmarsat FleetBroadband-powered web management platform, RRSat […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 07-16-12] Liberty Media is planning to spin off Sirius XM Radio into the largest satellite-radio company in the United States following efforts to take control of the […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-16-12] GeoEye has signed contract agreements two international partners in the Middle East and Asia for the renewal and expanded use of GeoEye imagery products, the company announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-16-12] Comtech Telecommunications subsidiary Comtech EF Data has signed a $1.7 million equipment order from an unnamed Asian mobile network operator to provide modems, RF products and RAN […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-16-12] Telefónica Digital has selected Apigee as its development partner for the API management platform, Telefónica announced July 13.    The companies said the partnership builds on work […]

[Satellite News 07-17-12] British satellite broadcaster BSkyB is launching its new Now TV over-the-top (OTT) Internet TV video service in the United Kingdom July 17, starting with a limited content […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 07-13-12] There may be as many as 300,000 stray objects in space between 1 centimeter and 10 centimeters in size, and 35 million objects smaller than 1 […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-13-12] ViaSat has been selected by Australia’s wholesale-only national broadband network NBN to provide the ground-based communications, network management and data processing systems for the long-term satellite service […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-13-12] Satélites Mexicanos (Satmex) of Mexico has awarded Optimal Satcom a multi-year contract to provide its enterprise satellite capacity system to help Satmex manage its expanding satellite fleet, […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-13-12] SES has certified the first SAT-IP converter by Inverto Digital Labs, a Luxembourg-based developer and marketer of consumer and professional broadcast reception products, the operator announced July […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-13-12] Arinc and Lemko have successful demonstrated seamless 4G LTE data transmission and streaming video via Arinc’s RapydConnex mobile edge satellite broadband communications platform and Lemko’s distributed mobile […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-12-12] Canadian information solutions firm MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) has signed a contract valued at approximately $35 million with United Kingdom-based Avanti Communications to provide a Ka-band […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-12-12] Smart devices that link to the handset to carry out specific tasks will become a major new market for hardware manufacturers during the next five years, according […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 07-12-12] Entropic Communications, a semiconductor solutions provider for the connected household market, has acquired specific direct broadcast satellite (DBS) intellectual property and corresponding technologies from PLX Technology, […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 07-11-12] European satellite operator SES’ new SES-5 spacecraft, launched earlier this week on an ILS Proton Breeze M rocket, aims to serve as a valuable cornerstone in […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-11-12] Gilat Satellite Networks has been selected by Cable & Wireless Panama (C&W) to provide a SkyEdge 2 broadband network that will be used to deliver broadband Internet […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 07-10-12] Satellite radio broadcaster SiriusXM added 622,042 net subscribers in its 2012 second quarter – a 38 percent jump from the 452,147 net subscribers added in the […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-10-12] International Launch Services (ILS) has successfully launched SES’ telecoms satellite SES-5 into orbit onboard a Russian Proton-M rocket from the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan after a […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-10-12] European Communication Services (ECS) has partnered with OH TV to offer joint broadcast and IPTV service to the African broadcast market and various regions around the world, […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-10-12] The Armenian government is planning to order a commercial communications satellite from Russia under the terms of a memorandum of understanding signed July 9, according to a […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-10-12] African satellite network operator Nigerian Communications Satellite Ltd. (NigComSat) has purchased a new Series 15100 Universal Satellite hub from iDirect and will deploy an Evolution-based service in […]

[Satellite News 07-10-12] Sky Perfect JSAT is now ready to commence service on the Lockheed Martin-built JCSAT-13 telecommunications satellite at 124 degrees East following successful on-orbit deployment and checkout of […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 07-09-12] Arianespace has successfully launched the EchoStar 17 satellite into geostationary transfer on an Ariane 5 rocket for Hughes Network Systems, kicking off the company’s Ka-band-powered fourth-generation […]