Connectivity

[Satellite Today 04-09-09] A major earthquake that struck L’Aquila, Italy, has closed a Thales Alenia Space plant, the company announced April 8.     “We have taken all necessary measures to […]

[Satellite Today 04-09-09] Fransat, a free French digital terrestrial television (DTT) offer, will launch in June with a majority of the channels available via Eutelsat’s Atlantic Bird 3 satellite, Eutelsat […]

[Satellite Today 04-09-09] ND SatCom, in cooperation with SES Astra, received a two-year frame contract from African VSAT service provider Q-Kon for SkyWAN VSAT units, ND SatCom announced April 8. […]

[Satellite Today 04-09-09] Arianespace reported total sales of 955.7 million euros ($1.3 billion) with net income of 2.5 million euros ($3.3 million) in its 2008 year-end results released April 8. […]

[Satellite News 04-09-09] DirecTV already has seen better than expected take-up of its video-on-demand (VOD) services launched in spring 2008, DirecTV CTO Rômulo Pontual told Satellite News. “We are seeing […]

[Satellite Today 04-08-09] C-Com Satellite Systems unveiled a portable solar power system for its flyaway antennas, the company announced April 7.      The iNetVu SolarPack has been designed to operate […]

[Satellite Today 04-08-09] Half of U.K. television households are using pay-TV service, according to the Digital Progress Report released by Ofcom April 6.     According to the report, 49.5 percent […]

[Satellite Today 04-08-09] The global economic crisis will have little impact on the satellite broadband sector, according to an April 7 report by NSR.     The report, “Broadband Satellite Markets, […]

[Satellite News 04-08-09] As companies cut travel budgets they communicate more, and as such, the overall information technology sector is in a good position to help other sectors in a […]

[Satellite Today 04-08-09] International Datacasting Corp. (IDC) saw yearly revenues increase by 18 percent at $29.1 million in its 2009 year-end financial reports released April 7.     The company also […]

[Satellite Today 04-08-09] CET Teleport, a teleport operator based in Germany, has purchased a universal satellite hub from iDirect, in efforts to launch a pan-African DVB-S2/ACM satellite network, iDirect announced […]

[Satellite Today 04-07-09] International Launch Services (ILS) launched a Proton Breeze-M rocket carrying the W2A satellite for Eutelsat, ILS announced April 4.     The W2A satellite, built by Thales Alenia […]

[Satellite News 04-07-09] Inmarsat’s acquisition of a 19 percent stake in SkyWave Mobile Communications was a “small investment” for the company in its efforts to expand Inmarsat’s presence in the […]

[Satellite Today 04-07-09] Thuraya has launched mobile satellite services in Korea, the company announced April 6.     The service was launched in partnership with the company’s long-standing Korean business partner, […]

[Satellite Today 04-07-09] Satlynx has purchased a “significant volume” of capacity on the Arabsat-5A satellite from Arabsat, Satlynx announced April 6.     The capacity deal covers the entire African and […]

[Satellite Today 04-07-09] Carrier to Carrier (C2C), an independent Dutch telecom provider to European enterprise markets, has uplinked on the Telstar 11N satellite, C2C announced April 6.     C2C said […]

[Satellite Today 04-07-09] NewWave Broadband has ordered $2 million in satellite communications products from iDirect to expand maritime VSAT service and land-based market, NewWave announced April 6.     Under the […]

[Satellite Today 04-06-09] SES Americom-New Skies signed a three-year capacity deal with German broadcaster Deutsche Welle for capacity aboard SES Americom’s Digital C platform, SES announced April 3.     Deutsche […]

[Satellite Today 04-06-09] GeoEye Inc.’s 2008 revenues fell by 20 percent, or $36.3 million, compared to 2007, according to its full year and fourth quarter financial results released April 3. […]

[Satellite Today 04-06-09] Antenna Technology Communications Inc. (ATCi) and SES New Skies have installed an advanced cellular and Internet communications satellite system for Ninetel Telecommunications, a broadband telephone services provider, […]

[Satellite Today 04-06-09] Australian telco Optus made new appointments to its management team, the company said April 3.     Optus, a subsidiary of SingTel with significant satellite presence in Australia, […]

[Satellite Today 04-03-09] Hughes Network Systems signed an agreement to develop and implement software that will power the satellite capability in SkyTerra‘s and TerreStar Network‘s next-generation integrated device chipsets, Hughes […]

[Satellite Today 04-03-09] Inmarsat has acquired a 19 percent stake in the Canadian-based SkyWave Mobile Communications, Inmarsat announced April 2.     The investment includes a long-term global distribution agreement and […]

[Satellite News 04-02-09] With many telcos now established as TV providers in their home markets, the question as to what impact this will have on the satellite sector was a […]

[Satellite Today 04-02-09] Infineon Technologies, SkyTerra, and TerreStar have unveiled a multi-standard mobile platform based on Infineon’s software-defined-radio (SDR) technology, the companies announced April 1.     The SDR technology, the […]

[Satellite Today 04-02-09] German pay-TV operator Premiere signed a deal with SES Astra to lease one-and-a-half additional transponders at Astra’s orbital position 19.2 degrees East in an effort to increase […]

[Satellite Today 04-02-09] Advanced Digital Broadcast (ADB) won a set-top box contract with Israeli DTH operator, Yes, to provide the company with ADB’s 7820SX high-definition (HD) digital video recorder, ADB […]

[Satellite Today 04-02-09] Gulfcom signed a five-year distribution agreement with SES New Skies to leverage a full transponder of capacity aboard SES’ AMC-3 satellite, which will service the Caribbean region […]

[Satellite Today 04-02-09] BB Sat officially launched its satellite broadband service in Japan, the company announced April 1.     BB Sat’s broadband service, operated with ViaSat’s SurfBeam system, will provide […]

[Satellite Today 04-02-09] Rockwell Collins Inc., a government and commercial communications solution provider, will acquire DataPath Inc. for about $130 million, DataPath announced April 1.     DataPath and its subsidiary, […]