Connectivity

[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, […]

[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, […]

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. […]

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 […]

[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 […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-30-10]  SpeedCast has selected Orbit Technologies’ OrSat-G (AL-7103) marine antenna to optimize coverage of its uninterrupted global maritime Ku-band service, the two companies announced June 29.      Orbit […]

[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 06-29-10] 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 […]