Connectivity

[Satellite TODAY 07-08-10] Vizada is offering the full range of its solutions package with the Iridium OpenPort service to shipping customers through a direct interconnection with the Iridium network, Vizada […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-07-10] Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has been awarded a contract from broadcaster Hispasat Group to build the Amazonas 3 spacecraft, SS/L announced July 6.     Amazonas 3 will be […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-07-10] Indian mobile network operator Reliance Communications (RCom) has agreed to acquire cable television distribution firm Digicable in an all-stock deal, the companies announced July 6.     RCom […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-07-10] U.K. satellite operator Bentley Walker has purchased two iDirect 5IF Hubs to expand services via Eutelsat SkyLogic’s teleports in Turin and Cagliari, Italy, iDirect announced July 6. […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-07-10] Kudelski Group subsidiary Nagravision was selected by Spanish broadband communication and entertainment provider ONO to provide security technology supporting its next generation, hybrid television platform, Nagravision announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-06-10] A class-action lawsuit was filed July 1 against DirecTV field service provider Multiband Corp. on behalf of satellite installers and technicians who claim they were treated as […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-06-10] A majority of Satellite TODAY’s June Quick Poll respondents said that they have bad experiences with manufacturers after they have been acquired or have merged with a […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-06-10] TerreStar expects to begin commercial rollout of its TerreStar Genus dual-mode satellite-cellular smartphone in September, the company announced July 5.     TerraStar unveiled the smartphone and its […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-06-10] Thailand’s Pheu Thai Party will launch Asia Update, a new C-band satellite TV service, next week from a transponder on an unnamed foreign-owned satellite, party deputy spokesman […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-05-10] The Nilesat-201 and Rascom-QAF1R satellites have been delivered to Arianespace in French Guiana in preparation for their Aug. 3 launch on an Ariane 5 rocket, Arianespace announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-05-10]  Eutelsat has appointed Andrew Wallace CCO, the company announced July 2.     Wallace replaces Olivier Milliès-Lacroix, who will leave the company this month to pursue other interests […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-05-10] DirecTV and its 3-D technology partner, Panasonic, have launched three new 3-D channels on DirecTV’s pay-TV platform, the companies announced July 2.     One of the channels, […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-02-10] International Datacasting Corp. (IDC) signed a deal worth $16 million with The Wananchi Group to develop a DTH broadcasting service in the sub-Saharan region of Africa, IDC […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-02-10]  The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has made recommendations to the Indian government that international companies play more of a role in the country’s DTH sector, […]

[Satellite News 07-02-10] While China Satellite Communications Corp. (CASC) is planning to use capacity on its satellites to support a new DTH service in China, which could launch this year, […]

In what has been described as an unprecedented event, the Orbital Sciences-built, Intelsat-owned-and-operated Galaxy 15 satellite stopped communicating with ground controllers April 5. But the satellite’s C-band payload remained operational […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-01-10] Eutelsat Communications has selected Astrium to build the W5A satellite based on its Eurostar E3000 platform, the operator announced June 30.     Scheduled for launch in the […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-01-10] L-3 Telemetry-West has been contracted by Orbcomm to upgrade its satellite control center for the Orbcomm Generation 2 (OG2) program, L-3 TW announced June 30.     The […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-01-10]  SES Astra signed a satellite broadband deal with French WiMax operator Wibox for the distribution of SES Astra’s satellite-based broadband service Astra2Connect, the operator announced June 30. […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-30-10] Vizada Networks has launched a portfolio of new and expanded services for the Middle East on Eutelsat‘s W7 Ku-band satellite using the iDirect platform and Vizada’s in-house […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-01-10] Thuraya has launched an enhanced version of its Thuraya ECO product, the company announced June 30.     Thuraya customers will now be offered one-year validity for SIM […]

With the ability to provide signal gain, double-hop elimination, IP multiplexing and mesh networking without a teleport, what impact can on-board processing have on satellite communications? On-board processing has the […]

Eutelsat’s Middle East aspirations were given a shot in the arm thanks to a deal in Qatar. In mid-May, the operator signed a deal with ictQatar (representing the State of […]

The opening of CommunicAsia comes at what could be the beginning of a new era in the Asia-Pacific region. For many years, the satellite communications sector has viewed the region […]

What is telecommunications? Most people will point to the Greek prefix tele, meaning “distance,” and say that telecommunications is “communications at a distance.” Dictionaries define telecommunications as the science and […]

Saudi-based Rotana is one of the Middle East’s major media groups, and earlier this year, News Corp. reached an agreement to buy a 9 percent stake in the Rotana Group. […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-30-10] Telenor has signed a set-top box testing deal with Mirifice, which will see the broadcast company use Mirifice’s MiriATE system to automate testing of digital television set-top […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-30-10] XStreamHD, an HD consumer entertainment delivery and distribution company, has entered into a long-term satellite service agreement with EchoStar to use capacity from EchoStar’s leased AMC-16 satellite, […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-30-10] The Rural Telecommunications Group (RTG), a trade association representing small, rural wireless carriers, hailed U.S. President Barack Obama’s memorandum to help unleash 500 megahertz (MHz) of wireless […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-30-10] Hughes Network Systems has been awarded a contract by the South Carolina Division of State Information Technology (DSIT), which allows the company to provide its Spaceway 3 […]