Finance

by Jeffrey Hill Engineers who develop satellite-based comms-on-the-move (COTM) systems face efficiency and bandwidth management challenges with physics that prevent 100 percent signal efficiency, according to a panel of engineers […]

By Jason Bates Welcome to the SATELLITE 2010 pre-conference, a day that offers attendees a variety of options to discuss satellite-related subjects concerning “New Faces, New Content and New Opportunities.” […]

By Mark Holmes Despite a difficult 2009, 
the satellite industry appeared to fairly resilient. The Satellite 2010 Show Daily spoke to Andrea Maleter, technical director, Futron; Maury Mechanick, counsel with […]

By Mark Holmes The demand for satellite -based communications and broadcast services in emerging regions such as Latin America, the Middle East, Africa and Asia appears very strong, particularly as […]

By Greg Berlocher On Jan. 12, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit 10 miles west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, devastating the western end of Hispaniola and making life even more difficult for […]

By Jeff Hill In an effort to refocus the satellite sector’s approach to managing and prevent RF interference (RFI) and establish the carrier ID concept, SES is adopting training services […]

The launch services marketplace always has been a tough place to earn a living. These days, there is a combination of strong demand and heavy backload, high barriers to entry, […]

[Satellite News 01-25-10] U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), chair of the U.S. Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee, is pushing back against President Obama’s proposed 2010 fiscal year NASA budget due to […]

[Satellite News 12-22-09] The global recession may have dominated global business plans and future outlooks in 2009, but the satellite industry finds itself standing at the end of one of […]

[Satellite News 12-09-09] Arianespace is on schedule to introduce its new medium-lift launch service in 2010, according to CEO Jean-Yves Le Gall, who celebrated the company’s 30th anniversary at its […]

On Nov. 14 2008, it was announced that the Eurozone (European Union Member States) had gone into recession, and on Nov. 27, the European (EU) unveiled the EU Recovery Plan […]

SpeedCast, a subsidiary of AsiaSat, is a multi-faceted service provider in Asia specializing in delivering to land or sea communications solutions ranging from broadband Internet to managed bandwidth to triple-play […]

Richard Deasington, director of vertical markets for iDirect, says the market for VSAT communications is expanding rapidly as vessels require a growing number of business applications. “Traditionally, deploying VSAT required […]

With Offshore Communications 2009 in the rear-view mirror, its time to look ahead to 2010 and try to figure out what role satellite will play in the maritime, shipping and […]

Inmarsat achieved growth in all of its mobile satellite services markets in the 2009 third quarter, which generated an 8.7 percent revenue increase over 2008 at $176.7 million, the company […]

Telesat’s launch of service on the Nimiq 4 and Telstar 11N satellites and the stronger standing of the U.S. dollar produced revenues of $187 million in the 2009 third quarter, […]

Intelsat saw its 2009 third quarter revenues increase $19.4 million to $617.9 million, up from $598.5 million in 2008, the operator announced in its financial results, released Nov. 9.     […]

Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) will acquire Mabuhay Satellite Corp. (MSC), ABS announced Nov. 6.     ABS will gain MSC’s Agila-2 satellite, built by Space Systems/Loral  and launched in August 1997. […]

GlobeCast has equipped French multi-hull yacht Crêpes Whaou with a GlobeCast Content Exchange solution for the Transat Jacques Vabre, a transatlantic sailing competition, GlobeCast announced Nov. 6.     The solution […]

Orbit Technology Group believes it is in a strong position to sell one of its latest satellite communications antenna solutions to train operators in Asia, after successful trials in Europe, […]

Hughes Communications reported 17,000 subscriber net adds in its 2009 third quarter results, a 49 percent increase over the previous year and a record for the company, Hughes announced Nov. […]

U.K. satellite and wireless data supplier Excelerate Technology unveiled the first of its next-generation rapid response vehicles, the company announced.     The vehicle is a Land Rover Discover equipped with […]

EMS Technologies reported 2009 third-quarter revenues of $85.7 million and earnings from continuing operations of $5.8 million, a 17 percent increase compared with the same period in 2008 due to […]

Maritime satellite communications provider Global Technology has re-branded to H2O Satellite, the company announced.     A partner of Inmarsat, H2O Satellite offers several transmission packages on a variety of platforms, […]

As the convention comes to a close, Offshore Communications 2009 has left a profound impression on me that maritime, shipping and oil and gas end-users are just as, if not […]

Digi International CEO Joe Dunsmore is confident that the company can make a strong impact in the satellite market using the recently acquired assets of the U.S., Indian and Singapore […]

KVH has launched a 505 Emergency Calling over Inmarsat FleedBroadband, a new safety service for mariners that enables ship personnel to send out an S.O.S. distress signal by dialing ‘505’ […]

Machine-to-machine (M2M) products and services provider Numerex Corp. has repaid all but $500 thousand of its remaining $2 million of long-term structured debt, the company announced Nov. 4.     Part […]

Iridium Communications appointed U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Peter Dawkins (Ret.) to its board of directors, the company announced.     Dawkins, who is a founder and principal of ShiningStar Capital, previously […]

U.S. telecommunications and network solutions provider Broadpoint signed a contract extension to deploy additional voice, fax and Internet connectivity sites for Northstar Interests, an exploration and production company based in […]