Connectivity

[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 06-29-10] Arianespace launched the Arabsat-5A and COMS satellites into geostationary transfer orbit on an Ariane 5 ECA rocket, the company announced June 26.     The Arabsat-5A satellite was […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-29-10] Globalstar has installed hardware and software upgrades at its satellite operations and control center (SOCC) in Milpitas, Calif., and its backup control center in El Dorado Hills, […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-29-10] Marlink has teamed up with Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) to extend its Ku-band maritime VSAT services to Hong Kong, the Middle East and the Indian Ocean, Marlink […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-29-10] German telecommunications and broadcast solutions provider Atrexx has teamed up with Microsoft and iDirect to provide a remote communications solution for VAOS, a Libyan provider of construction […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-29-10] ViaSat is providing its DVB-S2 multi-stream modulator IP core, SkyPHY-MSM, to Sencore as part of a new satellite modulator offering scheduled for rollout in 2011, Sencore announced […]

[Satellite News 06-28-10] Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSB) CEO Cato Halsaa told Satellite News that better than expected take-up capacity on Thor 6 meant the operator was accelerating its plans for […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-28-10] Satellite pay-TV operator Sky Deutschland is expanding its cooperation with German cable operator Kabel BW to combine the CleverKabel Internet and telephone offers with Sky subscription packages […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-28-10] CapRock Communications signed a three-year contract with BW to deploy CapRock’s SeaAccess service onboard BW’s fleet of approximately 100 vessels including very large crude carriers (VLCCs) and […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-28-10] Eutelsat and client Noorsat have shut down European broadcasts of the Al-Aqsa TV Gaza-based television station after the French CSA Broadcasting Authority and the European Commission ordered […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-25-10] Applied Satellite Technology (AST) has signed a service level agreement with the United Kingdom’s Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) to install and provide technical support partner for […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-25-10] SES Astra has merged its wholly owned affiliate SES Sirius into SES Astra, which terminates the SES Sirius brand, the operator announced June 23      The integration […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-25-10] Ofcom, the U.K. communications regulator, has started the net neutrality debate in the United Kingdom by publishing a discussion paper on the practice of Internet traffic management, […]

[Satellite News 06-25-10] SES World Skies is in talks with equipment manufacturers Samsung and Panasonic to create a 3-D ecosystem in Asia similar to what the operator has done in […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-24-10] Arianespace has ordered 10 additional Russian Soyuz-ST rockets from Roscosmos to support upcoming missions from the French Guiana Space Center, Roscosmos confirmed.     The order provides Arianespace […]

[Satellite News 06-24-10] DishTV was the first operator in India to launch DTH services and has since been by competitors Tata Sky, Videocon, Bharti Airtel and Reliance Communications, among others. […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-24-10] Spacenet has introduced its Emergency Communications Service (ECS) VSAT satellite solution, which leverages an always-on pay-as-you-use service plan with dedicated satellite bandwidth for emergency communications, the company […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-24-10]  Eutelsat Communications has appointed two members to its board, the operator announced June 22.     Francisco Reynes, CEO of Abertis, will replace Carlos Sagasta Reussi for the […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-24-10] Microwave component supplier M2 Global has extended the frequency range of its hybrid coax drop-in models up to 14 gigahertz and expanded optional configurations for the product […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-23-10] Gilat Satellite Networks will provide a SkyEdge 2 broadband satellite communications network to Vietnam Telecom International (VTI), a subsidiary of VNPT, Vietnam’s national telecommunications service provider, Gilat […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-23-10] Iridium Communications has set up Iridium South Africa, an entity that will allow Iridium to operate, provide and sell mobile satellite services (MSS) in the country, Iridium […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-23-10] Skyware Global has opened a facility in Shenzhen, China, to provide technical support and consultancy for the company’s products and services and to build on Asian expansion […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-23-10] MTN Satellite Communications and partners Jetstream and e3 Systems have been chosen by Blue Ocean Yacht Management (BOYM) to provide VSAT services for its 557-foot MY Eclipse […]

Skyware Global has opened a new facility in Shenzhen, China to provide technical support and consultancy for the company’s products and services and to build on Asian expansion efforts, the […]

[Satellite News 06-22-10] The BBC is one of the most recognized names around the globe, however, the U.K.-based broadcaster only launched its channel business in Asia in the last three […]

The BBC is one of the most recognized names around the globe, however, the U.K.-based broadcaster only launched its channel business in Asia in the last three years. Now the […]

DishTV was the first operator in India to launch DTH services and has since been by competitors Tata Sky, Videocon, Bharti Airtel and Reliance Communications, among others. Rajiv Khattar, president, […]

It would be hard to classify the economic mood in the Asia-Pacific region as a rebound, since many communications sector executives have maintained that the area never suffered that much […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-22-10] Integral Systems Europe (ISE) has been awarded a satellite ground station contract from British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) for Harlequin 1, Sky’s state-of-the-art broadcast facility, the U.K.-based Integral […]

Inmarsat has officially launched its IsatPhone Pro global handheld satellite phone, the mobile satellite company announced June 18.     The new service, initially revealed in April, represents Inmarsat’s debut in […]