Connectivity

After what seemed to be a quiet start, the “battle” for C-band spectrum — or at least awareness that there is a battle — is picking up. C-band was the […]

Africa remains a hotbed of opportunities for satellite operators, but what traditionally has been a market reserved for international operators is finally seeing some homegrown competition. Nigerian Communication Satellite Ltd. […]

Fresh off a better-than-expected 2007 second quarter, Eutelsat has revealed plans to take its Ka-band strategy to the next level. The operator intends to launch a dedicated Ka-band satellite with […]

BSkyB Sees Profits Fall As Broadband Investments Take Bite BSkyB saw a double-digit increase in overall revenues for the year that closed June 30, the company announced July 27. BSkyB […]

Aided by a competitor’s woes, Iridium Satellite LLC picked up 44,000 subscribers to reach 203,000 at the end of June, a 28 percent increase in the past year, the company […]

SES Americom and partner Hiwire have launched a test of a digital video broadcast-handheld (DVB-H) mobile TV service they claim will deliver twice the channels and higher-quality pictures than other […]

Middle East satellite operator Nilesat is judging bids to manufacture its new 201 satellite and expects to make a decision “imminently,” possibly before the end of August. “We still have […]

Middle East satellite operator Nilesat is judging bids to manufacture its new 201 satellite and expects to make a decision “imminently,” possibly before the end of August. “We still have […]

Lockheed Martin Corp. reported second quarter 2007 earnings of $778 million, a 34 percent increase over profits of  $580 million for the same period of 2006, the company announced July […]

SES Americom and partner Hiwire have launched a test of a digital video broadcast-handheld (DVB-H) mobile TV service they claim will deliver twice the channels and higher-quality pictures than other […]

Analyst: Satellite Industry Could Find Opportunity In Working With WiMax While many in the satellite industry fear the potential loss of some C-band spectrum to terrestrial providers, by working together […]

BT is rolling out a sports-content package which promises customers a low-cost option for watching Premiership soccer. BT hopes its offering will tap into a market unwilling to pay more […]

Strengthened by increased revenues in its satellites and related space systems segment and the launch vehicles segment, Orbital Sciences Corp saw second quarter revenues increase to $273.3 million, up 39 […]

The proposed merger of Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio is likely to pass “on merits” unless political pressures hold sway against federal regulators, Bear Stearns said in a […]

Inmarsat has forged a partnership to bring satellite-based communications solutions to 1,000 islands off the coast of Brazil, hoping to showcase the impact its Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) technology […]

Department store chain JCPenney is a satellite-network veteran, having used the medium to deliver various content among widespread operating locations for more than two decades. Recently, JCPenney was looking to […]

Concern over the potential loss of C-band spectrum for providing satellite services runs high in the Asia-Pacific region, an area of the globe that relies on the spectrum due to […]

The WiMax Forum is an industry-led, not-for-profit organization that certifies and promotes the compatibility and interoperability of broadband wireless products based upon the harmonized IEEE 802.16/ETSI Hiperman standard. The Forum […]

C-Band spectrum, as well as being used for commercial purposes, is also vital in terms of certain defense strategies. The U.S. The Department of Defense (DoD) “has many radars and […]

The Satellite Users Interference Reduction Group (SUIRG) is an important voice for the satellite industry in the C-band debate. The organization is dedicated to combating the increasing and costly problem […]

The Global VSAT Forum is playing a vital role in promoting satellite’s arguments in the C-band debate. The  association of key companies involved in elivering  digital fixed satellite systems and […]

Christopher Baugh, president of research and consulting firm NSR, sees WiMax as more of an opportunity for satellite players than a threat to the industry. "Satellite-WiMax ‘inter-working’ will produce a […]

Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) is a  new operator looking to build a successful business in Asia. The company was founded in September 2006 when it acquired Lockheed Martin Intersputnik renamed […]

The Office of the Telecommunications Authority (OFTA) is the telecoms regulator in Hong Kong and is uniquely placed to assess the needs of satellite and telecoms players in terms of […]

A would-be player in the proposed merger of Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio is making a new pitch for an old plan, even though he has little confidence […]

Competition for the direct-to-home (DTH) market in Africa is warming up with MultiChoice Africa’s pre-eminence in the region likely to come under threat from Gateway Broadcast Services as the latter […]

Revenues among mobile satellite services (MSS) manufacturers will increase by slightly more than 50 percent by 2012, analyst Tim Farrar forecast in a report released July 9.   Revenues will […]

DTH in Africa is a hot topic this year with Multichoice’s pre-eminence in the region likely to come under threat from Gateway Broadcast Services, which is looking to tap into […]

Romtelecom, a telecommunications provider in Romania, is looking to have a strong impact in the nascent satellite pay-TV market there, and could offer a template for other telcos in the […]

All systems are go for German pay-TV operator Premiere and its new Premiere Star subsidiary as the companies plan the September launch of the latter’s eponymous direct-to-home (DTH) offering. Premiere […]