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Connectivity

  • Aeroflex Unveils Test Mobile System for China

    [Satellite Today 10-23-08] Aeroflex revealed its new TM500 TDLTE test mobile designed to support time division duplex for 3G LTE, Aeroflex announced Oct. 23.     The TM500 TD-LTE test mobile […]

  • Cash Flow Problems Led to WorldSpace Bankruptcy Filing

    [Satellite News 10-23-08] WorldSpace Inc.’s filed to reorganize under bankruptcy protection primarily due to liquidation and cash flow problems the satellite radio operator faced, spokeswoman Judith Pryor told Satellite News. […]

  • Globecomm Lands VSAT Development Contract from Atlantique Telecom

    [Satellite Today 10-23-08] Globecomm Systems Inc. signed a contract with Atlantique Telecom to develop a VSAT network connecting seven GSM networks in seven Central African countries, Globecomm announced Oct. 23. […]

  • Bankruptcy Court Approves Financing for WorldSpace

    [Satellite Today 10-23-08] WorldSpace Inc. received approval from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware for the first part of an interim debtor-in-possession financing in an amount up to $2 million, […]

  • Viasat Ready to Launch VoD Services

    [Satellite Today 10-23-08] Viasat will launch video-on-demand (VoD) services to its satellite subscriber base in Sweden within  a week, with plans to expand the availability of the service across Scandinavia, […]

  • RRSat Launches New Ku-Band Platform

    [Satellite Today 10-23-08] RRsat has launched an additional platform on Galaxy-25 satellite Ku-Band, which provides services to DTH viewers and cable operators in the United States, RRSat announced Oct. 23. […]

  • ICO Wins Lawsuit Judgment Against Boeing

    [Satellite News 10-22-08] ICO Global Communications has been awarded at least $371 million plus interest in its breach of contract lawsuit filed against Boeing Co. and Boeing Satellite Systems International. […]

  • Arianespace Wins Rascom Contract

    [Satellite News 10-22-08] Arianespace won a contract to launch the Rascom-QAF 1R satellite in 2010 aboard an Ariane 5 or Soyuz rocket from French Guiana, Arianespace announced Oct. 22.     […]

  • ICO Wins Judgment Against Boeing

    [Satellite News 10-22-08] A jury awarded ICO Global Communications at least $371 million plus interest in its breach of contract lawsuit filed against Boeing Co. and Boeing Satellite Systems International […]

  • Spacenet Enhances Connexstar Service

    [Satellite News 10-22-08] Spacenet Inc. has increased the speed of its commercial grade Connexstar performance series service to include a 5 megabit per second option, the company announced Oct. 22. […]

  • Viasat Sees DTH Subs Fall; IPTV Subs Increase

    [Satellite News 10-22-08] Viasat Broadcasting continues to see the numbers of DTH subscribers fall in Scandinavia, the company announced Oct. 21. The company, a subsidiary of the Modern Times Group […]

  • RRSat Broadcasts HD Fashion TV over EMEA, Asian Regions

    [Satellite News 10-22-08] RRSat Global Communications Network will provide uplink and playout services for the new Fashion TV Paris high-definition channel, FTV HD, over Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East and […]

  • iDirect CTO Elected to Global VSAT Board

    [Satellite News 10-22-08] VT iDirect  CTO Dave Bettinger has been elected to the board of the Global VSAT Forum, a London-based non-profit international association of the VSAT industry.     The […]

  • Satamatics Relocates U.S. Operations

    [Satellite News 10-22-08] Satamatics has relocated its U.S. operation to larger premises in Marion, Ill., the company said Oct. 21.      The office will become the central point for all […]

  • Abertis Strengthens Hispasat Position

    [Satellite News 10-22-08] Abertis Telecom, a subsidiary of Abertis, has reached an agreement to increase its stake in Hispasat, the Spanish satellite operator, Abertis said Oct. 21.     Abertis will […]

  • SS/L Secures $100 Million In Credit

    [Satellite News 10-22-08] Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has entered into a three-year, fully secured $100 million revolving credit agreement led by J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and syndicated among six of the […]

  • Integral Systems Reorganizes Corporate Structure

    [Satellite Today 10-21-08] Integral Systems has reorganized its business operations, the company announced Oct. 20.      Integral’s SAT Corp. subsidiary will move under the company’s space communications services group, joining […]

  • Boeing, Lockheed Martin Do Not Acknowledge TSAT Delay

    [Satellite News 10-21-08] Niether Boeing nor Lockheed Martin were notified by the U.S. Department of Defense of any delay in the Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT) program, despite the Pentagon’s […]

  • Paradise Datacom CEO Hails Key Contract Win over Comtech

    [Satellite News 10-21-08] Paradise Datacom won a significant satellite modem contract in Asia, which the company believes shows it can compete better with archrival Comtech EF Data.     Paradise Datacom […]

  • Third Cosmo-SkyMed Satellite Ready for Launch

    [Satellite Today 10-21-08] The third satellite in the Earth observation constellation, Cosmo-SkyMed is set to be launched Oct. 24 aboard a Boeing Delta 2 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force, Calif., […]

  • Blue Sky Network GPS Systems Installed in Bond Offshore Helicopters

    [Satellite Today 10-21-08] Bond Offshore Helicopters has selected Blue Sky Network’s solution to provide GPS flight following, text and voice capabilities aboard its fleet of 10 helicopters based in Aberdeen, […]

  • Nynex, Bentley Walker Secure DVB-S2 Networks from iDirect

    [Satellite Today 10-21-08] Nynex Network Solutions, a satellite network operator headquartered in Germany, has launched a DVB-S2 network with adaptive coding and modulation based on iDirect’s Evolution product line.     […]

  • SES Astra Sees HD Upsurge

    [Satellite Today 10-21-08] SES Astra has seen a significant increase in the number of high-definition (HD) channels broadcast via its Astra satellite system, the company said Oct. 20.     At […]

  • Astra 1M Launch Delayed

    [Satellite Today 10-21-08] The launch of the Astra 1M satellite on a Proton rocket was postponed after an anomaly was discovered with ground equipment at the launch site in Bakinour, […]

  • KVH Reports Loss in Third Quarter

    [Satellite Today 10-21-08] KVH Industries reported third quarter revenue of $15.7 million, a 10 percent decrease from the same quarter in 2007. Net loss for the period was $800,000, the […]

  • Lockheed Martin Satellite Sales Down in Third Quarter

    [Satellite Today 10-21-08] Net sales for Lockheed Martin’s space systems unit decreased by 14 percent for the quarter and 1 percent for the nine months of 2008 from the comparable […]

  • Eutelsat Signs New Roots Deal

    [Satellite Today 10-21-08] Eutelsat Communications signed an extended capacity deal with Roots Global, a new pan-European TV platform for South Asian communities in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. […]

  • SpaceDev to be Acquired by SNC

    [Satellite Today 10-21-08] SpaceDev Inc. signed an agreement to be acquired by the privately held Sierra Nevada Corp., SpaceDev announced Oct. 20.       Under the agreement, SNC would acquire the […]

  • Hughes Secures Intelsat Capacity to Service Latin American Market

    [Satellite Today 10-20-08] Hughes do Brasil, the Brazilian operating entity of Hughes Network Systems, will implement services on new Ku-band capacity on Intelsat’s Galaxy-28 satellite, Hughes announced Oct. 20.     […]

  • WorldSpace Enters Chapter 11

    [Satellite Today 10-20-08] WorldSpace Inc. has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the companies announced Oct. 17.     WorldSpace and U.S. subsidiaries WorldSpace Systems Corp. and AfriSpace Inc. filed voluntary […]