Jeffrey Hill

[Satellite TODAY 06-30-11] Satellite operator Eutelsat Communications will join the Space Data Association (SDA) board as an executive member, SDA announced June 29.    Eutelsat will join the existing executive […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 06-29-11] Satellite operator TerreStar has canceled its bankruptcy auction and declared Dish Network’s $1.375 billion acquisition offer the winning bid, according to bankruptcy court documents released June […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-29-11] Canadian information solutions provider MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) has signed three contract amendments with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) totaling $10.5 million for the design phase […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-29-11] Hybrid satellite 4G-LTE network operator LightSquared has entered into a multi-year agreement with telecommunications and consumer electronics company NetTalk.com, which will make NetTalk a wholesale reseller of […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-29-11] Hermes Data Communications Middle East, a specialist providing WAN communications to the upstream oil and gas industry, has won a contract renewal to provide VSAT communications to […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-29-11] RRsat Global Communications Network has launched Fight Now TV, a 24-hour HD sports channel on EchoStar’s Ku-band payload on the Galaxy 23 satellite, RRsat announced June 28. […]

[Satellite News 06-28-11] EchoStar and Dish Network Chairman Charlie Ergen has spent the last six months leading an aggressive acquisition campaign to merge major U.S. broadband assets together to compete […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 06-28-11] DTH revenues will skyrocket past the sector’s 2010 $71 billion mark to reach $86 billion in 2016 and command nearly half of global pay TV revenues, […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-28-11] Hughes Network Systems has been awarded a contract by the State of Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) to provide primary business Internet and access continuity services, […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-28-11] Thales Alenia Space has issued a subcontract to MT Aerospace Satellite Products to manufacture 81 propellant tanks for the Iridium Next satellite constellation, MT announced June 27. […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-28-11] Comtech EF Data received a contract from Bharti Airtel to supply satellite communications equipment to support Bharti’s network upgrade and service expansion across its operations in 16 […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-28-11] EchoStar Corp. has appointed Anders Johnson as president of EchoStar Satellite Services, effective immediately, the company announced June 27.     Johnson will report directly to EchoStar President […]

[Satellite News 06-28-11] ASC Signal has been developing communication products to sell to a wide variety of customers. That variety approach goes both vertically between markets and reaches out across […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 06-27-11] The acquisition moves continue for Dish Network and its sister company Echostar as Dish Network won permission from a bankruptcy court to open up bidding for […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-27-11] The European Commission (EC) purchased six more satellites to add to the total Galileo global positioning satellite network and cut $717 million from the final bill, according […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-27-11] SES World Skies has signed a new capacity deal with ESPN Brazil to deliver HD sports content to homes across the region, the operator announced June 24. […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-27-11] TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) has received $12.8 million in funding from the U.S. Army for equipment and field services to support of Secret IP Router and Non-secure IP […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-27-11] Hughes Network Systems introduced its new business-grade satellite Internet service plans for small- and mid-sized businesses, the company announced June 24.    HughesNet Business Internet aims to […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 06-24-11] The European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Union (EU) awarded major ground segment contracts to Astrium and Thales Alenia Space for Galileo — Europe’s global […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-24-11] Inmarsat is set to launch IsatPhone Link — a new global fixed satellite phone service based on its IsatPhone Pro handheld satellite phone, the mobile satellite operator […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-24-11] Navigation technology developer DeLorme will release an Iridium-based personal communicator delivering global two-way satellite services in the fall of this year, DeLorme announced June 23.    The […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-24-11] Hughes Network Systems is offering a new, service package for the government market with plans that aim to enable government agencies in remote locations to purchase low-cost […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-24-11] Passive components and interconnect solutions developer AVX Corp. has expanded its HQ-series of surface-mount RF power capacitors to include P90 dielectric versions for high-power and high-frequency applications, […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 06-23-11] Commercial GPS adoption growth is accelerating and is expected to create $122.4 billion in annual benefits and directly affect more than 5.8 million jobs in the […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-23-11] Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, has selected Panasonic Avionics Corp.’s Global Communications Suite for worldwide in-flight broadband connectivity, mobile phone service and […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-23-11] Satellite operator Spacecom has pre-sold $12.5 million worth of Amos-5 Ku- and C-band capacity to an unnamed Southern African Internet technology provider, Spacecom announced June 22.    […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-23-11] Integral Systems Europe (ISE UK) has been awarded a contract by AsiaSat to upgrade two satellite terminals at its Tai Po Earth Station, Integral Systems announced June […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-23-11] IPX International, a Rockville-based VSAT company, has received a $15 million contract to manage a broadband logistics operations center as part of a larger $115 million broadband […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 06-22-11] Analysis firm Raymond James is raising its Orbcomm 2011 and 2012 EBITDA estimates by 3 percent and 15 percent, respectively, following the company’s successful acquisition of […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-22-11] Ukrainian telecommunications operator Datagroup signed an agreement with Eutelsat’s broadband affiliate Skylogic to deliver broadband solutions to consumers and enterprises in the Ukraine, Skylogic announced June 20. […]