Jeffrey Hill

[Satellite TODAY 09-30-10] LightSquared has teamed up with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Indian Health Service (IHS) to provide telecommunications service access to U.S. tribal communities, LightSquared […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-29-10] A total of 113 DTH operators provided television services to more than 130 million subscribers in 2009, a 14 percent increase from the prior year, according to […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-29-10] Integral Systems has been awarded a sole source contract from an unnamed satellite service provider to expand its existing satellite fleet control system to support four Boeing […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-29-10] Manufacturer Com Dev won a follow-on contract with an unnamed customer to provide components for a commercial communications satellite, the company announced Sept. 28.    Com Dev […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-29-10] France Telecom awarded a contract to Gilat to provide satellite communications equipment to Orange Business Services, France Telecom’s enterprise communications subsidiary, Gilat announced Sept. 28.     The […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-29-10] Glowlink has enhanced its geolocation products to include the capability to locate satellite interference emitters using a single satellite, the company announced Sept. 28.     The single-satellite […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-29-10] Thales Alenia Space and Zodiac Data Systems have partnered to develop satellite transmission monitoring and interference protection solutions, the companies announced Sept. 28.     The two companies […]

[Satellite News 09-29-10] Orbcomm, a two-way machine-to-machine (M2M) communications and automatic identification system (AIS) service specialist, awarded a contract to German manufacturer OHB System to build and launch two AIS-enabled […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-28-10] The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) questioned the U.S. Air Force‘s ability to maintain a minimum number of healthy GPS satellites in orbit in a report released […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-28-10] ViaSat won an additional $5.5 million Multifunctional Information Distribution System-Low Volume Terminals (MIDS-LVT) and spares order from the U.S. Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR), ViaSat […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-28-10] Globecomm Systems has been awarded $4 million in contracts from unnamed U.S. government agencies to supply its network management software product, AxxSys Orion, and associated engineering support […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-28-10] Boeing has acquired initial on-orbit signals from the U.S. Air Force’s first Space Based Space Surveillance (SBSS) satellite following its Sept. 25 launch by Orbital Sciences from […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-28-10] MTN Satellite Communications (MTN) appointed Korean marine electronics company Mesco to be MTN’s authorized reseller in Korea, MTN announced Sept. 27.     Mesco will provide sales, service, […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-27-10] Strategy Analytics’ Advanced Defense Systems (ADS) data model projects the radio semiconductor market will see growth due to increasing sophistication of military satcom networks’ terrestrial portion, the […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-27-10] NASA and the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have awarded a sole source contract to Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. to design, build and test […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-24-10] AirAsia has launched OnAir’s in-flight connectivity services aboard the carrier’s Airbus A320 fleet in Asia, OnAir announced Sept. 24.      Passengers flying on South East Asian routes […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-27-10] Comtech’s 2010 fourth quarter revenues more than doubled to $257 million compared to the same period in 2009, beating consensus estimates of $238 million by 8 percent, […]

[Satellite Today 09-27-10] Globecomm Systems has been awarded a $4 million one-year contract from an unnamed U.S. government agency to provide Ku-band space segment bandwidth and bandwidth management services, the […]

[Satellite News 09-26-10] While 3-D TV continues to dominate headlines and discussions due to early efforts by broadcasters such as DirecTV, Discovery and ESPN, many industry analysts remain cautious about […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-24-10] Despite economic downturn and expanded service regulations, the worldwide mobile roaming market is set to expand by 86 percent over the next five years, generating $67 billion […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-24-10] Cerberus Satellite has completed its $78 million purchase of 80,000 GeoEye shares, which the imagery company will use to develop and launch the GeoEye-2 next-generation imaging satellite, […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-24-10] Canadian information solutions provider MDA has received a $6.1 million contract extension from NASA to continue providing sustaining engineering services supporting the agency’s Space Shuttle Canadarm program, […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-24-10] Vislink News Entertainment has completed testing of its ENPS content delivery solution for The Associated Press (AP) across Vislink’s microwave and advanced gateway systems, the company announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-24-10] Integral Systems has expanded the management team of its Integral Systems Service Solutions (IS3) business unit to support growth in demand for its managed network services, the […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-23-10] Russian satellite operator Gazprom Space Systems has secured about $731 million in total debt financing to fund the construction and launch of the Yamal-401 and Yamal-402 satellites, […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-23-10] JetBlue Airways and ViaSat have entered into a non-binding agreement to use ViaSat’s satellite technology to install broadband connectivity on JetBlue’s entire 160-aircraft fleet, ViaSat confirmed Sept. […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-23-10] The Norwegian government signed a cooperation agreement with the European Union (EU) to provide hardware and polar ground stations for the EU’s future Galileo satellite positioning system […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-23-10] Eutelsat and telecommunications service provider SpeedCast have expanded the reach of their maritime broadband service coverage to include the Mediterranean and Caribbean regions, the companies announced Sept. […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-23-10] Slovenian IPTV provider Telekom Slovenije has contracted Edgeware to develop delivery systems to support an IPTV platform, Edgeware announced Sept. 22.     Edgeware will provide its video […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-22-10] TerreStar and AT&T have released the satellite-augmented Genus dual-mode smartphone to market, the companies announced Sept. 21.     The handset has access to AT&T’s cellular wireless capability […]