Connectivity

[Satellite TODAY 06-30-11] International MSS operator Thuraya signed a partnership agreement with Indonesian radio and satellite communications retailer PTSOG to form cooperative initiatives for the Asian market, the companies announced...

[Satellite TODAY 06-30-11] Satellite operator Eutelsat Communications will join the Space Data Association (SDA) board as an executive member, SDA announced June 29.    Eutelsat will join the existing executive...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 06-29-11] Satellite operator TerreStar has canceled its bankruptcy auction and declared Dish Network’s $1.375 billion acquisition offer the winning bid, according to bankruptcy court documents released June...

[Satellite TODAY 06-29-11] Hybrid satellite 4G-LTE network operator LightSquared has entered into a multi-year agreement with telecommunications and consumer electronics company NetTalk.com, which will make NetTalk a wholesale reseller of...

[Satellite TODAY 06-29-11] Hermes Data Communications Middle East, a specialist providing WAN communications to the upstream oil and gas industry, has won a contract renewal to provide VSAT communications to...

[Satellite TODAY 06-29-11] RRsat Global Communications Network has launched Fight Now TV, a 24-hour HD sports channel on EchoStar’s Ku-band payload on the Galaxy 23 satellite, RRsat announced June 28....

[Satellite News 06-28-11] EchoStar and Dish Network Chairman Charlie Ergen has spent the last six months leading an aggressive acquisition campaign to merge major U.S. broadband assets together to compete...

[Satellite News 06-29-11] Earlier this year, SES CEO Romain Bausch said that it was “reaching crunch time” for its Solaris Mobile joint venture with Eutelsat, as its progress in gaining...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 06-28-11] DTH revenues will skyrocket past the sector’s 2010 $71 billion mark to reach $86 billion in 2016 and command nearly half of global pay TV revenues,...

[Satellite TODAY 06-28-11] Hughes Network Systems has been awarded a contract by the State of Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) to provide primary business Internet and access continuity services,...