Connectivity

[Satellite TODAY 10-29-10] Iridium Communications has closed the $1.8 billion financing facility for its next-generation satellite constellation, Iridium Next, the company announced Oct. 27. The closing of the financing puts...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-29-10] The Broadband Stakeholder Group (BSG) recently commissioned global telecoms, media and technology adviser Analysys Mason to study the costs and capabilities of wireless and satellite technologies...

[Satellite TODAY 10-29-10] TAM Airlines is offering Inmarsat SwiftBroadband in-flight mobile connectivity services, provided by OnAir, on TAM Airbus A321 flights operating out of Brazil, OnAir announced Oct. 28.    ...

[Satellite TODAY Insider10-28-10] The HD broadcasting market has been healthy for Luxembourg-based operator SES, helping push the satellite operator’s 2010 third quarter EBITDA 12.4 percent over its 2009 third quarter...

[Satellite TODAY 10-28-10] Orbit Communication Systems received a $6.25 million order to provide multiple telemetry and communications systems to an unnamed customer, the company announced Oct. 27.     Orbit will...

[Satellite TODAY 10-28-10] CapRock Communications has completed rollout of iDirect’s next-generation Evolution platform to more than 300 energy and maritime vessels in the Gulf of Mexico, with more sites scheduled...

[Satellite TODAY 10-28-10] Tecom Industries issued a $4 million contract to ITS Electronics to supply its high-power Transceiver-HPT RF electronics subsystem, which will enable an antenna system for an unnamed...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-27-10] Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), the designer and manufacturer of Intelsat’s IS-17 satellite, delivered the spacecraft to Arianespace’s European Spaceport in Kourou. The satellite, delivered nearly two months...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-27-10] EchoStar signed separate agreements with Arqiva and International Datacasting Corp. (IDC) to support its international plans to roll out new digital content, EchoStar announced Oct. 26....

[Satellite TODAY 10-27-10] Satellite communications provider Vizada is set to launch a maritime VSAT fixed-satellite broadband service, the company announced Oct. 26.     The service will fall under the Vizada...