Connectivity

[Satellite Today  07-03-07] Orbcomm Inc. reported net additions of more than 40,000 billable subscriber communicators, the company announced July 2. The gains included about 32,400 satellite and 8,100 terrestrial subscriber. […]

[Satellite Today  07-03-07] OmniGlobe Networks Inc. signed an agreement with the city of Kingston, Ontario, to enhance the telecommunications infrastructure in unserved areas of the region, the company announced July […]

[Satellite Today  7-02-08] Arianespace is scheduled to loft the ProtoStar 1 and Badr-6 satellites into orbit July 7.     ProtoStar I is based on Space Systems/Loral’s 1300 platform and is […]

[Satellite Today  07-03-07] ND SatCom received a contract from Internet Solutions of South Africa to set up a VSAT network, ND SatCom announced.     Internet Solutions will use ND SatCom’s […]

[Satellite Today – 7-02-08]  Asiasat has been contracted by Eurovision to supply multiple transponders on the Asiasat 2 satellite during the Beijing Olympic Games in August, Asiasat announced July 1. […]

[Satellite Today – 7-02-08] BT Latam Colombia has chosen VT iDirect Inc. to support a high-speed IP satellite network that will enable the Colombian government to improve the collection and […]

[Satellite Today – 7-02-08] WorldSpace Satellite Radio reached an agreement with four of its creditors to defer debt payments for the second time in less than a month, WorldSpace announced […]

[Satellite Today – 7-02-08]  Taide Network, a member of the Vizada Group, has rebranded itself Vizada Networks, the company announced .     Formed in September, Vizada incorporated the former Telenor […]

[Satellite Today – 7-02-08] ASC Signal Corp. will supply commercial-off-the-shelf antenna products to an unnamed customers under a subcontract from Globecomm Systems Inc., ASC announced July 1.     Under the […]

[Satellite Today – 7-02-08]  Arqiva has secured a five-year contract with France’s Multi7 to manage the broadcaster’s multiplex platform, delivering a digital terrestrial television (DTT) service, Arqiva announced July 1. […]

[Satellite News – 7-1-08] A proposed deal that could see News Corp. give up its majority ownership of conditional access and middleware vendor NDS could be the first step that […]

 [Satellite Today – 7-01-08] Research and consulting firm CFI Group has found that customers who have called satellite TV companies for help rate their satisfaction with cable and satellite service […]

[Satellite Today – 7-01-08] Satlynx has completed a 300-site supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) network for Electrictie De France (EDF) Energy Networks in the United Kingdom, Satlynx announced June […]

[Satellite Today – 7-01-08] International Launch Services (ILS) is aiming for an August. 14 launch of its Proton-M, the company’s first mission since a March launch failure, ILS announced July […]

After a very active tenure in the satellite industry, Joseph Wright resigned as chairman and director of Intelsat Ltd. and has moved on to a different business, but his impact […]

[Satellite Today – 7-01-08] The European Commission reopened the procurement process for the Galileo satellite navigation systems, The European Space Agency (ESA) announced July 1.     The program, initially envisioned […]

The importance of the launch sector to the growth of the global satellite communications industry was highlighted in 2007, as two of the three major providers suffered failures, forcing some […]

America’s commercial space industry holds a dominant position in the global market, but due to a number of factors, other countries are beginning to gain more market share. Many small […]

[Satellite Today – 6-30-08] The global satellite communications sector has asked the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) not to allow terrestrial fixed services to operate in the 14.0-14.5 gigahertz band […]

[Satellite Today – 6-30-08] Under a proposed transaction News Corp. will no longer be the majority shareholder of NDS Group, News Corp. announced June 27.     News Corp. and a […]

[Satellite Today – 6-30-08] The launch of TerreStar Networks Inc.‘s TerreStar-1 satellite may be pushed into the second quarter of 2009 due to damaged sustained during construction, TerreStar Corp. announced […]

[Satellite Today – 6-27-08] Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) conducted a full launch dress rehearsal and hold down firing of the Falcon 1 Flight 3 vehicle June 26, the company […]

[Satellite Today – 6-27-08] The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne a contract for the fabrication and ground test of a solar thermal propulsion […]

[Satellite Today – 6-27-08] Avanti Communications has won a key satellite broadband contract in Scotland, the company said June 26.     Avanti will provide broadband services to premises throughout Scotland, […]

[Satellite News – 6-26-08] Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. will provide a broadband satellite network to Alldean Satellite Networks (Kenya) Ltd., Gilat announced June 25.     The SkyEdge 2 hub and […]

[Satellite News – 6-26-08] The European Commission (EC) has cleared the proposed acquisition of joint control over Spain’s Hispasat by Abertis and a group of Spanish state-owned entities, the EC […]

[Satellite Today – 8-25-08] STM Group has completed the development of a DVB-RCS compatible mesh VSAT network system that serves as an extension of its SatLink product platform, STM announced. […]

[Satellite Today – 8-25-08] EMS Satcom introduced an Iridium-based packet data terminal for use in force tracking systems, the company announced June 23.     The eNcompass PDT-300i terminal operates around […]

[Satellite Today – 8-25-08] Revenues from consumer satellite broadband services will overtake enterprise class broadband VSAT network services by 2013, according to a study from NSR LLC.     By the […]