Connectivity

Australian telco Optus plays a key role in bringing the benefits of satellite technology to all areas of Australia. The company, part of the SingTel group, is preparing for the […]

Thuraya has appointed Teknikkom Electronic as a national handheld voice service provider in Malaysia, Thuraya announced June 17.     Teknikkom will distribute Thuraya’s satellite mobile handhelds as a complementary solution […]

After visiting multiple shows throughout the past several years, I am still amazed at the pace of change in the communications and broadcast arenas. We saw our second 3D HD […]

Tandberg Television will supply encoders and multiplexing for more than 50 channels of standard-definition content for Indonesian pay-TV service provider Aora, Tandberg announced June 16. The channels are broadcast in […]

[Satellite Today 06-18-09] Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) has selected Space Systems / Loral (SS/L) to manufacture the ABS-2 spacecraft, ABS announced June 17.     ABS-2, scheduled for launch in 2012 with Arianespace, […]

[Satellite Today 06-18-09] Measat Satellite Systems renewed an agreement with Celestial Movies Channel Ltd. to distribute Celestial Movies and Celestial Classic Movies on Measat-3, Measat announced June 17.     “We […]

[Satellite Today 06-18-09] Vietnam Multimedia Corp. (VTC) signed a contract with Tandberg Television for encoding, multiplexing and modulation for 10 high-definition (HD) and 32 standard-definition (SD) channels simultaneously played out […]

[Satellite Today 06-18-09] ST Electronics commissioned an 11-meter  Ku-Band  antenna  system  to  SingTel for  Communication  System  Monitoring  (CSM)  and  communication  that  carries commercial  traffic  on  SingTel  satellites, ST Electronics announced […]

[Satellite Today 06-18-09] Boeing has handed over the IndoStar 2/ProtoStar 2 commercial satellite to ProtoStar after completing in-orbit tests, which confirmed the satellite’s readiness to enter service, Boeing announced June […]

[Satellite Today 06-18-09] Hughes Network Systems will launch a next-generation, high throughput satellite in the first quarter of 2012 to expand its broadband Internet service across North America, the company […]

[Satellite Today 06-18-09] SES Americom-New Skies closed a multi-year deal with TAS (Teleport Access Services Inc.) to provide three transponders on the NSS-11 satellite to distribute up to 50 Chinese […]

By Mark Holmes Thaicom is undergoing a familiar style of leadership change, as Dumrong Kasemset, the man behind the company’s IPStar satellite broadband strategy, is stepping as executive chairman and […]

Vietnam Multimedia Corp. (VTC) signed a contract with Tandberg Television for encoding, multiplexing and modulation for 10 high-definition (HD) and 32 standard-definition (SD) channels simultaneously played out over satellite and […]

Measat Satellite Systems renewed an agreement with Celestial Movies Channel Ltd. to distribute Celestial Movies and Celestial Classic Movies on Measat-3, Measat announced.     “We are delighted with the on-going […]

SES Americom-New Skies closed a multi-year deal with TAS (Teleport Access Services Inc.) to provide three transponders on the NSS-11 satellite to distribute up to 50 Chinese television channels to […]

ST-2 Satellite Ventures Pte Ltd. (STS) awarded a contract to Arianespace to launch the ST-2 satellite, Arianespace announced July 16. ST-2 is being manufactured by Mitsubishi Electric Corp. using the […]

Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) has selected Space Systems / Loral (SS/L) to manufacture the ABS-2 spacecraft, ABS announced June 17.    ABS-2, scheduled for launch in 2012 with Arianespace, will be equipped […]

By Jason Bates A word that can be seen and heard throughout the show floor is “optimization.” Network operators are looking to use their available bandwidth as efficiently as possible, […]

[Satellite News 06-17-09] Thaicom is undergoing a familiar style of leadership change, as Dumrong Kasemset, the man behind the company’s IPStar satellite broadband strategy, is stepping as executive chairman and […]

By Mark Holmes SpeedCast, a subsidiary of AsiaSat, is a multi-faceted service provider in Asia specializing in delivering to land or sea communications solutions ranging from broadband Internet to managed […]

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. introduced NetEdge, a high-performance satellite communications platform designed to meet the requirements of multi-star private networks for corporations and for cellular backhaul applications, the company announced. […]

SpeedCast, a subsidiary of AsiaSat, is a multi-faceted service provider in Asia specializing in delivering to land or sea communications solutions ranging from broadband Internet to managed bandwidth to triple-play […]

[Satellite Today 06-16-09] SES Americom-New Skies closed a multi-year deal with TAS (Teleport Access Services Inc.) to provide three transponders on the NSS-11 satellite to distribute up to 50 Chinese […]

By Jason Bates An era in which many countries in the Asia-Pacific region wished to own and operate their own satellite crippled transponder prices in the area for many years. […]

[Satellite Today 06-16-09] Measat Satellite Systems renewed an agreement with Celestial Movies Channel Ltd. to distribute Celestial Movies and Celestial Classic Movies on Measat-3, the Measat announced June 15.     […]

[Satellite Today 06-16-09] Eurovision and Eutelsat signed a pair of contracts for capacity on Eutelsat’s W2A satellite, the companies announced July 15.     Eurovision will use Ku-band capacity on the […]

[Satellite Today 06-16-09] Vietnam Multimedia Corp. (VTC) signed a contract with Tandberg Television for encoding, multiplexing and modulation for 10 high-definition (HD) and 32 standard-definition (SD) channels simultaneously played out […]

[Satellite Today 06-16-09] Thuraya signed a distribution agreement with Sharaf DG, one of the largest information technology and consumer electronics retailers in the United Arab Emirates, Thuraya announced June 14. […]

By Mark Holmes Sat-GE, a subsidiary of GE, will see strong growth in Asia throughout the next 12 months, CEO Andrew Jordan told CommunicAsia E-Daily.     “Prospects for Sat-GE are […]

By Mark Holmes Mahesh Prasad, president of Reliance, spoke with CommunicAsia E-Daily about DTH competition in India and why telcos believe they need a satellite component to their TV service. […]