Jeffrey Hill

[Satellite TODAY Insider 01-09-12] LightSquared has entered into a strategic wholesale partnership with the ISP Store, an Internet service aggregator and reseller to small- and medium-sized providers, the 4G LTE […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-09-12] China will launch Bolivia’s first telecommunications satellite, Tupac Katari, into orbit in December 2013, Chinese Ambassador to Bolivia Shen Zhiliang announced Jan 5.    The satellite is […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-09-12] GlobeCast has relocated a group of premium Arabic channels from the Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU) to the Arabsat 5C satellite located over Africa, the companies confirmed […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-09-12] Canadian space and satellite information solutions company MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA), has issued a contract to EarthView Image valued at $3 million, the companies announced Jan. […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-09-12] Skycasters has reached a milestone in the company’s teleport expansion project with the completion of a new 8.1-meter uplink antenna, the broadband satellite solutions provider announced Jan. […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-06-12] Arqiva has won a contract to distribute the France 24 news channel in the United Kingdom. The company announced Jan. 5 that the five-year deal also includes […]

[Satellite News 01-06-12] The British government has taken up plans to foster domestic research and technology work and develop its satellite applications industry through the construction of a new facility […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-06-12] ViaSat has entered into a five-year wholesale distribution agreement with the National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC) to provide next-generation satellite broadband service similar to retail offerings through […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-06-12] SiriusXM Radio ended 2011 with nearly 21.9 million subscribers after adding approximately 540,000 net new subscribers in its 2011 fiscal fourth quarter and 1.7 million new customers […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-06-12] United Cargo has agreed to accept new asset-tracking technology from machine-to-machine (M2M) wireless solutions provider OnAsset Intelligence, the companies confirmed Jan. 5.     United Cargo said it […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 01-06-12] Arianespace carried out nine successful launches in 2011 between its Ariane 5 and revamped Soyuz rocket, and hopes for 12 more in 2012, the company announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-05-12] Hughes Network Systems has unveiled the latest version of its satellite Internet service, HughesNet Gen4, which will launch in the first half of 2012, the company announced […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 01-05-12] GeoEye and its Russian partner ScanEx Research and Development Center have been contracted by the Russian government to provide millions of square kilometers of high-resolution satellite […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-05-12] Glowlink has been awarded a competitive contract by the U.S. Air Force for satellite carrier monitoring and interference geo-location capabilities, the company confirmed Jan. 4.    The […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-05-12] Communications infrastructure and media service company Arqiva has secured a contract renewal to deliver Electronic Program Guide (EPG) data to the Freesat platform, the company announced Jan. […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-05-12] U.S. pay-TV operator DirecTV will raise its rates by an average of 4 percent beginning in February, the company confirmed Jan. 4.    In a statement, DirecTV […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 01-04-12] New Inmarsat CEO Rupert Pearce spent his week on the job detailing a company reorganization process that will include its subsidiary companies within a new structure. […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-04-12] Comtech Mobile Datacom has received multiple orders totaling $16.6 million to support the U.S. Army’s Movement Tracking System (MTS) and Blue-Force Tracking-1 (BFT-1) programs, parent company Comtech […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-04-12] Gilat Satellite Networks won a $16 million, nine-month extension of a Colombian government contract to provide rural communications satellite communications services in the country, Gilat announced Jan. […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-04-12] The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will award about $36 million in contracts to companies interested in building system components for its Phoenix program, which […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-04-12] Thales Group expects their acquisition of privately held RF and microwave developer Tampa Microwave to close in early 2012 following regulatory approvals, the company confirmed Jan. 3. […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-03-12] UAE telecoms operator Etisalat has entered into an agreement to establish uplink services on YahLive’s Y1A satellite for HD broadcasts across the Middle East and North Africa, […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-03-12] Globalstar’s Europe Satellite Services subsidiary has signed an authorized distribution agreement with TS2 Satellite Technologies to act as its distributor for mobile satellite voice and duplex data […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-03-12] LightSquared has hired telecommunications industry veteran Marc Montagner to serve at its new CFO, the 4G LTE wholesale network operator announced Jan. 3.    Montagner will report […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-03-12] SiriusXM Radio has introduced the SiriusXM Lynx Portable Radio – the first to support the operator’s 2.0 radio platform with new features and an expanded channel lineup […]

[Satellite News 12-03-12] In late December, Pole Star, Absolute Software and Absolute Maritime Tracking Services completed a three-company merge into a London-based entity providing a combination of monitoring and security […]

[Satellite News 01-03-12] The Pentagon has awarded a significant satellite ground infrastructure contract to aerospace, defense and information solutions provider ITT Exelis, which will provide mission support to its Wideband […]

MSS players have come a long way in recent years. Savvy operators like Inmarsat, Iridium and Globalstar are looking beyond niche markets for growth. The question is, can MSS technology […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-30-11] Pole Star, Absolute Software and Absolute Maritime Tracking Services have completed a three-company merge into a London-based entity providing a combination of monitoring and security related services, […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-30-11] Global Marine Networks (GMN) signed a distribution agreement with Vobal to make its voice-over-IP (VoIP) services available to maritime customers and incorporate Vobal technology as part of […]