Connectivity

[Satellite News 03-01-12] Intelsat drastically narrowed its net losses during its 2011 fiscal fourth quarter from $115.8 million in the same period last year to $3.5 million, with full-year losses […]

I would like to start this month’s issue by congratulating Matt Desch, CEO of Iridium, who has been selected as our 2011 Satellite Executive of the Year. It is always […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 02-29-12] Talia has signed a long-term transponder deal with APT Satellite Holdings as it looks to boost its offerings in Afghanistan, the Middle East and Africa. Talia […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-29-12]  Intelsat has signed a major new deal with one of the biggest telcos in the Middle East. The operator has inked a multi-year deal with Etisalat for […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-29-12]  GlobeCast has signed a long-term capacity deal with SES as it looks to boost its presence in the U.K. TV market. The capacity on Astra’s future replacement […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-29-12]  Inmarsat has signed a deal with one of Singapore’s leading shipping companies. The MSS operator and its distribution partner AND Group will provide Inmarsat FleetBroadband and AND’s […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-29-12]  LightSquared CEO Sanjiv Ahuja has resigned, the company announced Feb. 28. However, Ahuja will continue to serve as chairman of the board. In other news, Philip Falcone, […]

[Satellite News 02-29-12] Loral Space and Communications CEO Michael Targoff resigned from ViaSat’s board of directors and all positions on ViaSat committees, Loral confirmed in its latest financial results issued […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-28-12]  Yahsat has launched a new VSAT service based on the iDirect Evolution Platform, VT iDirect (iDirect) announced Feb. 27. The introduction of the new managed VSAT service […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-28-12]  There are likely to be 105.1 million IPTV subscribers in 2015. This number is one of the highlights from the new IPTV forecast given by U.S. research […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-28-12]  Hughes Network Systems has announced details of HX System 4.0, which aims to bring a number of technology enhancements to its HX product family. Hughes announced details […]

[Satellite News 02-28-12] Serbia Broadband (SBB) is one of Eastern Europe’s more progressive pay-TV operators and offers TV services both via cable and satellite in five markets in Eastern Europe. […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 02-28-12] Measat Satellite Systems has announced a key partnership agreement for its soon-to-be launched Africasat-1 satellite. Belgium Satellite Services (BSS) has secured C-band capacity on Africasat-1a with […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-27-12] Mobile satellite services provider Solaris Mobile has entered into a partnership project with I-Enquire, Enterprise Ireland and the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop applications for European […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-27-12] DEV America is rolling out a new series of Core Function Products (CFP) active L-band splitters that aims to offer up to 70 percent costs savings compared […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 02-24-12] Close to 100 satellite companies have come together to express opposition to a potential new piece of legislation from the International Institute for the Unification of […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-24-12] Dish Network boasted an 11 percent increase in 2011 full-year revenues at $14.05 billion compared with $12.64 billion for the corresponding period in 2010, according to the […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-24-12] Brazilian broadcaster Rede Novo Tempo de Comunicação has renewed and expanded its long-term capacity agreement with SES for the distribution of its video and radio channels to […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-24-12] Arqiva has built a new European Playout Center to enhance its provision of media services to broadcasters, the company announced Feb. 23.    The European Playout Center […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 02-23-12] Canadian satellite operator Telesat’s 2011 consolidated full-year fiscal revenues decreased 2 percent from the previous year to $808 million, but the total represents a 1 percent […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-23-12] Measat has secured a long-term lease agreement from Australian telecommunications carrier NewSat for capacity on the Measat-3b satellite, the operator announced Feb. 22.    NewSat said it […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-23-12] Iraq has deployed several Newtec Multimedia Exchange Network over Satellite (MENOS) TV interactive terminals that will operate within the Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU) exchange network, Newtec […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-23-12] LightSquared is preparing to cut approximately 45 percent of its 330-employee workforce to settle the financial issues associated with the regulatory block of its 4G LTE network […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-22-12] Scandinavian satellite company Viasat Broadcasting has extended its live broadcasting rights to the National Football League (NFL) in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland until the end of […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-22-12] Machine-to-machine (M2M) market specialist Numerex added 93,000 subscriptions in its 2011 fourth quarter — a 25 percent increase compared to 69,000 subscriptions added in the fourth quarter […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-22-12] Gilat Satellite Networks was contracted by Kazakhstan-based service provider JSC Nursat to deploy a broadband satellite IP network based on its SkyEdge 2 System, Gilat confirmed Feb. […]

[Satellite News 02-22-12] AsiaSat is the latest operator to sign a launch services deal with SpaceX. The company announced the deal earlier this month, joining fellow operators Thaicom and SES […]

[Satellite News 02-21-12] It was exactly one year ago when GPS manufacturer Garmin and its engineers Scott Burgett and Bronson Hokuf filed a report with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission […]

[Satellite News 02-21-12] ViaSat claims that Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) improperly filed patent applications for technology it didn’t own as far back as April 2007, according to lawsuit complaint documents filed […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-21-12] GMV has signed an agreement with prime contractor Loral to provide the flight dynamics system and the payload transponder management system for Telenor Satellite Broadcasting’s Thor 7 […]