Connectivity

[Satellite Today 08-28-08] Pacific Century Matrix has been renamed GlobeCast Hong Kong Ltd. following its acquisition by GlobeCast earlier this summer, the new company announced Aug. 28.     The integration […]

[Satellite Today 08-28-08] Norsat International Inc. has entered into a strategic partnership with Navisystem Marine Electronics, a provider of maritime VSAT based in Italy, the company announced Aug. 28.     […]

[Satellite News 08-26-08] OverHorizon, a new satellite services operator addressing the global mobile satellite communication market, hopes to launch services in the next two years.     In July, the government […]

[Satellite Today 08-27-08] Orbital Sciences Corp. named Frank Culbertson Jr. senior vice president and deputy general manager of the advanced programs group, and Mark Pieczynski vice president of the company’s […]

[Satellite Today 08-27-08]  Harmonic has appointed Ian Graham vice president of sales and support for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), the company announced Aug. 27.     Graham previously […]

[Satellite Today 08-27-08]  GeoEye Inc. has provided high-resolution images taken from its Ikonos satellite for integration into Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X video game from UbiSoft, GeoEye announced Aug. 26.     The […]

[Satellite Today 08-27-08] Channelot and Udcast have made the Channelot 100i available to the market, the companies announced Aug. 27.    The DVB-T/H micro-transmission station is embedded with a UDcast […]

[Satellite Today 08-27-08] Streambox Inc. and Thrane & Thrane have forged a partnership, the companies announced Aug. 27.     The partnership is aimed to develop enhanced integration between the Streambox […]

[Satellite Today 08-27-08] The RapidEye constellation is ready for launch from Baikonur Aug. 29, according to an announcement from Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL).    All five satellites, designed and […]

[Satellite Today 08-27-08] Avanti Communications has signed wholesale partnership agreement with a satellite telecommunications service provider in Albania, opening its first business in the country, Avanti said Aug. 26.     […]

[Satellite Today 08-27-08] Hughes Network has made HughesNet Business Internet service plans available, the company announced Aug. 27. The plan aims to provide high-performance broadband access to small- and mid-sized […]

[Satellite Today 08-27-08] Thales Alenia Space has begun production assembly, integration and testing of the first Globalstar second-generation flight model satellites, Globalstar, Thales Alenia Space and Arianespace announced on Aug. […]

[Satellite Today 08-26-08] Thrane & Thrane, a manufacturer of equipment and systems for global mobile communication based on satellite and radio technology, reported a sharp increase in revenues and profits […]

[Satellite Today 08-26-08] Pace is targeting three areas of its business to make its products more environmentally friendly, the company announced Aug. 26. Pack is “taking action to reduce our […]

[Satellite Today 08-26-08] AETN All Asia Networks (AAAN) launched the History Channel HD in Hong Kong and Singapore, the company announced Aug. 26. The channel will offer a separate schedule […]

[Satellite News 08-26-08] Stratos Global executives returned from a trip to Japan with a new joint venture, JSAT Mobile Communications, in hand. The entity, developed partnership with JSAT,  is set […]

[Satellite News 08-25-08] ManSat and the Office of Communications (Ofcom), an independent regulator and competition authority for the U.K. communications industries won a favorable ruling Aug. 13 in the High […]

[Satellite Today 08-25-08] WildBlue Communications has introduced an equipment lease program for new customers, the company announced Aug. 25.     Under the program, customers will no longer be required to […]

[Satellite Today 08-25-08] Hong Kong Satellite Communication International Ltd., Japan Digital Communications and AA Techneq have signed commercial partnerships with Thuraya, the mobile satellite company announced Aug 25.     The […]

[Satellite Today 08-25-08] Mary Frost stepped down as CEO of GlobeCast America, the company announced Aug. 25.     Christian Pinon, chairman and CEO of GlobeCast, will serve as interim CEO […]

[Satellite Today 08-25-08] A consortium of investors that entered an agreement in March to purchase Gilat Satellite Networks has informed the company that it will not close the merger transaction, […]

[Satellite News 08-22-08] AsiaSat expects to announce who has won the contract for the AsiaSat 6 satellite in the next three months.     AsiaSat CEO Peter Jackson told Satellite News, […]

[Satellite News 08-22-08] Global Satcom Connections founder C.J. Foster and her partner John Dugan say their organization, which matches executives with employment, was created because of high demand.     “When […]

[Satellite Today 08-21-08] JSAT has formed a joint venture with Stratos Global Corp. to serve the mobile satellite communications needs of Japanese businesses and government agencies, the companies announced Aug. […]

[Satellite Today 08-21-08] Orbital Sciences Corp. has been selected by Intelsat to manufacture the Intelsat-18 (IS-18) satellite, Orbital Sciences announced Aug. 21.      The satellite will be based on the […]

[Satellite Today 08-20-08] Israel Aerospace Industries’ (IAI) second quarter income was $19 million, an increase of 36 percent compared to a profit of $14 million for the second quarter of […]

[Satellite Today 08-19-08] The board of Integral Systems Inc. has approved and declared a stock split, the company announced Aug. 19.     One share of common stock will be distributed […]

[Satellite Today 08-19-08] SpaceDev Inc. signed a multi-year contract with Scaled Composites to assist in the development of a production rocket motor for a commercial space vehicle designed for space […]

[Satellite Today 08-19-08] The third of Inmarsat’s I-4 satellites was placed into orbit Aug. 19 by a commercial Proton launch, Inmarsat and International Launch Services announced.     The Proton Breeze […]

[Satellite Today 08-18-08] HughesNet digital signage customers will be able to display real-time weather information at their retail sites from AccuWeather Inc., Hughes announced Aug. 18.     The service initially […]