E-letter: Briefs

[Satellite TODAY 03-31-11] Hughes Network Systems signed a distribution agreement with NextAlarm Monitoring Services to offer NextAlarm’s complete line of burglary and fire protection products to HughesNet subscribers, the satellite...

[Satellite TODAY 03-31-11] Applied Satellite Technology (AST) has released Onsatmail, a free compressed e-mail service for IsatPhone Pro handheld satellite phones, AST announced March 30.     The service will leverage...

[Satellite TODAY 03-31-11] Advantech Wireless has released the latest version of its Transcend 800 microwave radio and will target the product for broadcasting backhaul markets, the manufacturer announced March 30....

[Satellite TODAY 03-30-11] Vizada was awarded a U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Schedule 70 Future Comsatcom Services Acquisition (FCSA) contract to provide U.S. government and military customers access to Vizada’s...

[Satellite TODAY 03-30-11] Middle East regional operator Measat Satellite Systems signed an agreement with Global Crossing to distribute Setanta Sports via the Measat-3a satellite at 91.5 degrees East, Measat announced...

[Satellite TODAY 03-30-11] Mobile auto-deploying satellite antenna supplier C-Com Satellite Systems saw its 2010 full-year revenues increase 14.4 percent to $10.4 million, backed by a 57.6 percent operational profit boost...

[Satellite TODAY 03-30-11] MDA received an $11.9 million contract from Canada’s Department of National Defense (DND) to operate and maintain its Sapphire System for five years following the system’s launch...

[Satellite TODAY 03-29-11] MTN Government Services (MTNGS) has been added to the Future Commercial Satellite Communications Services Acquisition (FCSA) contract under the U.S. General Services Administration‘s (GSA) federal supply Schedule...

[Satellite TODAY 03-29-11] Integral Systems Service Solutions (IS3) has activated two additional satellite interference monitoring, detection and geolocation sites in the Republic of Cyprus and the Republic of South Korea...

[Satellite TODAY 03-29-11] U.K. digital entertainment solutions provider Amino Technologies secured a follow-on order to provide its hybrid, over-the-top (OTT) technology to support Telecom Italia‘s Cubovision broadband service deployment, Amino...