Connectivity

By Owen D. Kurtin The announcement Dec. 14 that SES Global agreed to acquire New Skies Satellites for approximately $1.16 billion in cash and assumed debt capped a transformative year […]

Thrane & Thrane Inc. (www.tt.dk) unveiled its Sailor VMS Systems, which provides global connectivity for commercial fisherman on Inmarsat-C, a network for safety at sea and global maritime communications. Thrane […]

EMS Satcom (www.emssatcom.com), a division of EMS Technologies Inc., said that Venezuela’s Insituto National de Aviacion Civil awarded EMS Satcom a $2.9 million contract for the company’s search and rescue […]

Great Circle Shipping (www.preciousshipping.com), a Bangkok-based ship management company, is fitting 34 of its bulk cargo carriers with Thrane & Thrane’s maritime Iridium terminals under a service contract with Singapore […]

Iridium Satellite LLC (www.iridium.com) is providing satellite data links to enable e-mail, Internet and intraship communications for the passengers and crew of M/V Polar Star, an expedition cruise ship that […]

Loral Skynet do Brasil (www.loralskynetdobrasil.com.br) received a contract from Universidade de Santo Amaro to provide Ku-band services for a distance-learning initiative. The Sao Paulo, Brazil-based university will use Skynet’s Estrela […]

Prime Satcom Consulting Ltd. (www.primesatcom.com) activated a motorized, transportable satellite terminal on Gloucestershire Fire & Rescue’s Incident Command Vehicle. The service uses Skylogic’s hub based in Turin, Italy. Likewise, the […]

Seamobile, Inc. (www.seamobile.com), a global provider of advanced at-sea wireless voice and data communications services, signed an agreement with Silversea Cruises, a luxury cruise line, to provide communication solutions for […]

Facing mounting competition from cable and telecom companies, it is no surprise that industry rumors resurfaced that AT&T may buy Echostar outright rather than merely reselling the satellite television company’s […]

IP VPN (Internet Protocol Virtual Private Network) via satellite is a distinct application targeted specifically at the large, small and medium enterprise (SME), and small office/home office (SoHo) sectors. A […]

Weida Communications Inc. (www.weida.com) received three new contracts to provide satellite communications systems for electric power utilities in China. The first contract is with the Fuxin Electric Power Bureau, which […]

By Gerry Oberst In the last days of December, the European Union was poised to adopt rules on data traffic retention that telecommunications providers must save for law enforcement purposes […]

When a corporation has production information that must be transmitted from remote sites in the field to its headquarters in an area lacking a traditional communications infrastructure, IT network managers […]

Blue Sky Network (www.blueskynetwork.com) announced a new satellite-based panel-mounted control head for aircraft. The ACH1000 offers cockpit integrated voice capabilities and short code messaging to its D1000-series global satellite flight […]

by Nick Mitsis As the CEO of Arianespace, Jean-Yves Le Gall shepherded the European launch services company in 2005 through one of the most challenging periods it has faced since […]

Satellite imagery, long the domain of governments and militaries around the globe, is finding its way into the commercial marketplace. Commercial satellite operators had hoped that the launch of several […]

Delphi Corp. (www.delphi.com) delivered the first shipment of the new DS300 satellite transceiver modem to Stellar Satellite Communications. The modem, aimed at the asset-tracking market, delivers data via the Orbcomm […]

By Jason Bates The first deregulation efforts in Africa helped establish VSAT networks as one of the leading communications solutions across the continent. Companies such as Gilat and Hughes Network […]

In today’s highly competitive business arena, executive trainers not only are seeking technology that can streamline their training and corporate communications but also advanced network platforms that will enable them […]

Mobile Satellite Services provider MVS (www.mvsusa.com) introduced a new ship tracking solution that uses the Iridium Satellite LLC satellite constellation for short-burst data transmissions. The system provides real-time vessel monitoring […]

If you hear rumors that Echostar Communications Corp. is unhappy about offering a package of channels that are considered family friendly, ignore them. In truth, making Congress happy by providing […]

Globalstar LLC will use its planned system of terrestrial repeaters to boost the availability of its Mobile Satellite Service (MSS) in urban areas and within buildings, but the company also […]

Eutelsat ended 2005 in hectic fashion, closing the saga of its efforts to go public with a successful initial public offering (IPO) Dec. 2 after an earlier false start. With […]

"…Via Satellite can’t be merely good, it will have to be better, striving to be the best…" Those were the words of then Editor and Publisher Irl Marshall, in 1986, […]

By Gerry Oberst With its enormous landmass and advanced space program, the Russian Federation might be expected to have a thriving satellite communications market. But a high-level meeting took place […]

By Peter J. Brown As Hurricane Katrina approached the U.S. Gulf Coast, she let everyone know that well before a natural disaster occurs, officials need satellite links close at hand. […]

By Nick Mitsis and Jason Bates In a year dominated by IPOs and high-profile mergers, it is easy to characterize 2005 as a year of beginnings instead of a year […]

By James Careless Distance learning via satellite is as close you can get to a true killer app. However, to fully provide competitive satellite distance learning solutions, you need to […]

By Owen D. Kurtin Early last year, we predicted that just as the story of 2004 was the entry of private equity firms into the satellite operator sector, the story […]

By Gerry Oberst Europe seeks to decrease barriers to the use of satellite networks. Pending before the Electronic Communications Committee of the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT) […]