Author: Mark Holmes

[Satellite TODAY 05-30-12]  Cambridge Consultants and Iridium Communications have successfully completed initial trials of key new components of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Distributed Tactical Communications System (DTCS), a...

[Satellite TODAY 05-30-12] iDirect has been boosted by another significant customer win for its IDX 3.1 platform, the company announced May 29. Bentley Walker, a major European VSAT network operator,...

[Satellite TODAY 05-30-12]  Verimatrix has appointed Geir Bjørndal to its executive team, the company announced May 29. Bjørndal will be responsible for significantly increasing the company’s market penetration and visibility...

[Satellite TODAY 05-30-12] C-Com Satellite Systems has added Russian language support to its iNetVumobile antenna systems, the company announced May 29. C-Com says this feature is being made available to...

[Satellite TODAY 05-29-12] Two of Australia’s leading pay-TV operators have completed a merger. Austar and Foxtel, which both offer pay-TV services via satellite, have completed their merger and have combined...

[Satellite TODAY 05-29-12] Lockheed Martin has received the core structure for the U.S. Air Force’s fourth Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous satellite (GEO-4), the company announced May 24.            ...

[Satellite News 05-29-12] Both Eutelsat Communications and Avanti Communications have stepped up their plans in Africa and have announced the launch of new services in the last week.        Eutelsat...

[Satellite TODAY 05-29-12] The Dragon spacecraft has been successfully docked at the International Space Station (ISS), SpaceX announced May 25. This comes three days after the successful launch of the...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 05-29-12] Measat has signed its biggest capacity deal ever in Malaysia. The operator has reached a new agreement with the country’s leading DTH operator, Astro, which sees...

[Satellite TODAY 05-29-12] Eutelsat has signed a deal with Al Jazeera Networks to broadcast two new sports channels in France. Eutelsat will broadcast beIN SPORT 1 and beIN SPORT 2....