Connectivity

[Satellite TODAY 05-14-10] Taiwan-based Helioversal Technology has ordered mass production volumes of GPS and GSM modules from U-blox for integration with Helioversal’s miniBee GPS Tracker, U-blox announced May 13.    ...

[Satellite TODAY 05-14-10] ESPN Star Sports selected GlobeCast as its technical broadcast partner to deliver ICC World Twenty20 cricket sporting events from the West Indies to more than 181 territories...

[Satellite TODAY 05-13-10] Under Sea Launch’s reorganization plan, Aker and Boeing may not receive the full $1.76 billion in claims the two companies filed against the launch provider after it...

[Satellite TODAY 05-12-10] The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has dismissed protests from Artel, CapRock Communications and Segovia over the U.S. Navy’s Commercial Broadband Satellite Program (CBSP) contract award to...

[Satellite TODAY 05-13-10] Russian international and long-distance operator Rostelecom has contracted Hughes Network Systems to supply its HX System to provide a variety of broadband communications services in Russia’s eastern...

[Satellite TODAY 05-12-10] Thaicom cut its first quarter losses to $4.8 million in 2010, down from $6.8 million in net losses in the 2009 first quarter, the company announced in...

[Satellite TODAY 05-13-10] Solaris Mobile has been granted 18-year licenses by the European Commission to operate mobile satellite services in France, Sweden and Germany, the company announced May 12.    ...

[Satellite TODAY 05-13-10] PolarSat has received more than $1 million in multiple MF-TDMA VSAT equipment orders for immediate deliver to help expand an existing air traffic control network in Asia,...

[Satellite TODAY 05-12-10] Loral CEO Michael Targoff confirmed that the company intends to sell a portion of its stake in Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) while announcing Loral’s 2010 first quarter results,...

[Satellite TODAY 05-12-10] Lockheed Martin won a contract from the Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) to build the Vinasat-2 satellite, with delivery due by the second quarter of 2012,...