Connectivity

[Satellite TODAY 01-28-11] Iridium Next prime contractor Thales Alenia Space awarded a systems integration and testing contract to Orbital Sciences, to integrate the low-Earth orbit constellation’s communications payloads and platforms,...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 01-26-11] Sky Deutschland has raised approximately 165 million euros ($225.08 million) in financing as part of an effort to kick-start 2011 as a turnaround year, the satellite...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 01-27-11] Enterprise users, emerging markets and social networks will help boost worldwide SMS traffic revenues up to $136.9 billion in 2015 from the $105.5 billion the sector...

[Satellite TODAY 01-27-11] The U.S. Federal Communication Commission (FCC) granted a LightSquared request to drop its requirement that mobile phones using satellite airwaves must be able to communicate with satellites,...

[Satellite TODAY 01-27-11] Shaanxi Broadcast, a Shanghai-based digital cable TV network operator, selected Irdeto’s Cloaked Conditional Access (CA) technology to begin testing as part of its strategy to transition over...

[Satellite TODAY 01-27-11] Sirius XM Radio filed a request with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to not extend its subscription price cap on the company’s satellite radio service beyond...

[Satellite News 01-26-11] Astrium Services continues to serve as an important part of Astrium’s space business following its acquisition of ND SatCom its partnership agreements with Cisco and Telesat. The...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 01-26-11] Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) has developed a satellite, Surrey’s Training, Research and Nanosatellite Demonstrator (Strand-1), containing advanced commercial-off-the-shelf technologies that include a smartphone payload, the...

[Satellite TODAY 01-26-11] Arqiva renewed its contract to provide Filipino multimedia company ABS-CBN’s U.S. operations with distribution services for a period of five years, Arqiva announced Jan. 25.      Arqiva...

[Satellite TODAY 01-26-11] Thomson Video Networks (TVN) will supply headend technology to broadcast network operator Teracom for Sweden’s roll out of DVB-T2, scheduled to take place at the end of...