Jeffrey Hill

[Satellite TODAY 11-21-12] It has been an extremely busy day for International Launch Services (ILS). The launch provider announced Nov. 21 that ILS President Frank McKenna left the company immediately […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-21-12] World Reach has launched its new online satellite phone store, SatPhone Shop as a Telstra Dealer to provide a wide range of satellite products for the Iridium […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-21-12] Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, there will be no SatelliteTODAY Daily News Feed published Friday, Nov. 23. We will resume our normal schedule on Monday, Nov. 26.

[Satellite TODAY 11-20-12] Managed network communication solutions provider Globecomm is marketing its Access Maritime service platform for worldwide communications to owners, ship managers, officers and crew, the company announced Nov. […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-20-12] Pan-African satellite operator RascomStar and its satellite and mobility communications partner ViaSat successfully conducted a live demonstration of their GSM cellulars service for underserved areas during the […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 11-20-12] Mobile data roaming revenues will grow by 21 percent per year between 2012 and 2017, reaching over $35 billion in 2017, according to a new report […]

[Satellite News 11-20-12] NAV Canada finalized the terms of its participation in the Aireon joint venture with Iridium Communications yesterday in a move that analysts are calling a “crucial milestone” […]

[Satellite News 11-20-12] So far in 2012, the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) has authorized almost a billion-and-a-half dollars in satellite transactions. Yesterday, the Ex-Im Bank added […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 11-19-12] Israeli satellite operator Spacecom has signed a significant agreement with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) to plan, manufacture, prepare for launch and provide ground control operations for […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 11-16-12] Internet search engine company Google has been in discussions with satellite pay-TV provider Dish Network in recent weeks regarding a potential mobile network joint venture, according […]

[Satellite News 11-16-12] Gilat Satellite Network CEO Erez Antebi expects the company’s 2012 fourth quarter to be stronger than its third quarter, as Gilat continues to invest back into its […]

 Satellite TODAY 11-15-12] The OilComm 2012 Conference and Exposition held last week at the Houston Marriott Westchase in Houston had more than 1,350 participants this year – the largest turnout […]

[Satellite News 11-15-12] While the impending budgetary compromise may have recently dominated mass media news cycles, budgetary pressures are nothing new to the Pentagon – a fact that Air Force […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 11-14-12] Raytheon has submitted a proposal to the Air Force for its Space Fence program to tackle the increasingly critical issue of space debris in orbit.  The […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-14-12] Communications solutions provider Globecomm Systems received a $4.5 million contract from the NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) to upgrade its previously deployed GPS-Based Force tracking […]

[Satellite News 11-13-12] The prevailing business conversation at this year’s OilComm conference in Houston focused on a single statistic that the average bandwidth usage for an oilrig is around 2MB […]

Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) will design the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation Protected Military Satellite Communications (Milsatcom) program, the organizations announced Nov. 5.    The contract for design concepts was issued by […]

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Honeywell, Intel Corp., Lockheed Martin and RSA/EMC have founded the Cyber Security Research Alliance (CSRA) as a private, non-profit research consortium formed to develop public-private collaboration […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 11-12-12] Airline passengers from the United States who used personal electronic devices such as tablets and smartphones onboard flights lasting longer than one hour spent an average […]

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has awarded a $34 million contract to Orbital Sciences to develop an ESPA Augmented Geostationary Laboratory Equipment (EAGLE) system for small payloads functioning […]

With the satellite industry in the midst of a technological transition period, operators used the exposure of the 2012 OilComm conference to display new possibilities for wide-beam Ku- and C-band […]

While oil companies are expanding their bandwidth budgets to accommodate its new, tech-savvy generation of employees, IT and recruitment managers are also expanding their efforts to find the right balance […]

As I mentioned in the previous OilComm E-daily, attendees at the 2012 OilComm conference in Houston witnessed several transformations of the show compared to last year. One of those changes […]

ViaSat has reported its better-than-expected results for the 2013 fiscal second quarter with revenue of $283 million and a loss of $1.9 million or 4 cents a share, excluding charges. […]

FSS satellite operator SES’s 2012 third-quarter earnings beat market forecasts backed by strong demand for digital and HDTV, which offset losses from Germany’s analog service switch-off, according to the company’s […]

TP-Link will provide its registered Value Added Resellers (VAR’s) with free replacement and shipping for any damaged TP-Link products due to Hurricane Sandy, the network product supplier announced Nov. 8. […]

Intelsat reported $654.9 million revenue and a net loss of $34.5 million for its 2012 third quarter ending Sept. 30, the satellite service provider announced Nov. 5. XXXXX Intelsat also reported […]

Government sequestration in the United States will significantly harm ongoing national defense operations and procurement of new systems needed by warfighters, Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) CEO Marion Blakey said in […]

Judging by recent plans unveiled for new satellite models and the buzz surrounding hosted payloads, the commercial satellite sector seems to have noticed the trend of increasing demand for smaller, […]

Hughes Europe and Bentley Walker have entered into a partnership to launch Ka-band communications services into the Middle East over the Avanti Hylas 2 satellite.    Bentley Walker has purchased […]