Connectivity

[Satellite TODAY Insider 03-09-11] Iridium Communications reported a 16 percent increase in its 2010 fourth-quarter revenues to $87.9 million compared with the same period in 2009, driven by strong gains […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-09-11] Globecomm Systems has integrated its maritime business units with its global managed communications platform and engineering capabilities to launch the Globecomm Maritime business unit, the company announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-09-11] Harris Corp. strategically realigned its operating businesses to enable the company to integrate its technology, products and services for government and commercial markets, the company announced March […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 03-08-11] Sea Launch has entered into a framework agreement with SES to provide the satellite operator with detailed technical information regarding its launch vehicle system on a […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 03-08-11] Inmarsat saw its 2010 full-year revenues increase 13 percent to $1.17 billion, with operating profits jumping 70 percent to reach $333.5 million, the company announced in […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-08-11] The Turkish government and satellite operator Turksat signed a $571 million contract with Japan’s Mitsubishi Electric Corp. to procure and launch two communications satellites by 2014, Turksat […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-08-11] DVB-RCS satellite network systems provider STM Group has introduced two SatLink Hub systems for private VSAT networks at small and medium enterprises and for entry-level requirements at […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-08-11] Retired NASA Astronaut Garrett Reisman has joined SpaceX as senior engineer of astronaut safety and mission assurance, the company announced March 7.     Reisman will join another […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-08-11] Norsat International‘s board appointed Fabio Doninelli chairman and member of Norsat’s audit committee, the Canadian satellite company announced March 7.     Doninelli previously served as a strategy […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 03-07-11] Romanian telco RomTelecom has agreed to acquire DTH operator Boom TV in a deal that represents a significant consolidation of the Romanian DTH market, RomTelecom announced […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 03-07-11] Hughes Communications posted a sharp increase in 2010 fourth-quarter net income at $16.9 million, compared with $2.4 million in 2009, driven by a 40 percent net […]

[Satellite News 03-08-11] Cisco Systems launched its Internet Router in Space (IRIS) program on the Intelsat 14 satellite when the spacecraft was orbited in November 2009.      The router’s configuration, […]

[Satellite News 03-07-11] Satellite telecommunications service provider SpeedCast has seen solid growth in recent years and expects this trend to continue in 2011 as it begins an initiative to expand […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-04-11] AsiaSat has launched a new DVB-S2 DTH radio and television platform in Australia and New Zealand, the operator announced March 23.     Taiwanese broadcaster Teleport Access Services […]

[Satellite News 03-04-11] SES World Skies recently commissioned the SES 8 satellite to bring more capacity to DTH markets in Asia as part of its plan to expand its presence […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 03-04-11] SES Astra’s latest Astra2Connect subdistribution service launch in Germany, unveiled March 2, will lower the operator’s hardware and installation costs and allow the company to provide […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-04-11] ViaSat is expanding its Ku-band international mobility coverage to include Ka-band and support the growth of its in-flight Yonder mobile broadband network service, the company announced March […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-04-11] Harris Corp. won a contract from Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems to build Ka-band antennas for the three-satellite Inmarsat-5 constellation, which will provide the backbone for Inmarsat’s […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-04-11] Canadian operator Telesat saw its full-year consolidated revenues increase 4 percent from 2009 to $821 million in 2010 but reported income of $228 million in 2010, compared […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 03-03-11] Inmarsat has selected Cobham as its maritime satellite terminal launch partner to support Inmarsat’s upcoming Global Xpress service, the mobile operator announced March 2.     Inmarsat […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-03-11] SES Astra has launched an Astra2Connect-powered broadband sub-distribution service based in Germany to provide connectivity to European customers in areas without terrestrial broadband, the operator announced March […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-03-11] ViaSat has rolled out its ECC66100-series Forward-Error Correction (FEC) core off-the-shelf product for optical transport, ViaSat announced March 2.     The technology was designed to provide cost […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 03-02-11] High-throughput satellites (HTS) and the increased presence of oil and gas operations in remote environments will help the satellite enterprise communications industry grow sector-wide revenues from […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-02-11] SES Astra has completed the sale of its stake in German satellite equipment provider and ground system integrator ND SatCom to Astrium, SES announced March 1.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-02-11] Thales Alenia Space established a separately owned German subsidiary, Thales Alenia Space Deutschland GmbH, in Stuttgart, the manufacturer announced March 1.     Thales said the subsidiary aims […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-02-11] Spanish broadcaster Starmax HD has contracted GlobeCast to provide aggregation, encryption and delivery of the full bouquet of channels broadcast to households across Spain, GlobeCast announced March […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-02-11] MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) reported a 2010 fourth-quarter loss of $55.6 million, compared with income of $31.2 million in the same period a year ago, due […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-01-11] Transcendent Global Networks, a satellite telecommunication services provider to teleport operators, has added a professional services division to its business, the company announced Feb. 28.      Transcendent’s […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-01-11] Globecomm Systems has received authorized service provider and video partner status from Cisco Systems after having fulfilled the training requirements and program prerequisites to sell, deploy and […]

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