E-letter: Briefs

[Satellite TODAY 03-05-10] OnAir and Oman Air have tested the full spectrum of mobile and Wi-Fi Internet connectivity services based on Inmarsat SwiftBroadband on a commercial airliner, the companies announced...

[Satellite TODAY 03-05-10] NASA has started an initiative to launch small cube-shaped satellites, dubbed CubeSats, as auxiliary payloads on launch vehicles already scheduled for 2011 and 2012, the agency announced...

[Satellite TODAY 03-05-10] Northrop Grumman appointed Elizabeth Iversen sector vice president and general manager of its navigation systems division, the company announced March 1.     Iversen will have executive responsibility...

[Satellite TODAY 03-05-10] Machine-to-machine (M2M) industry analyst and consulting firm Beecham Research has been awarded a 200,000 euro contract ($275,000) by the European Space Agency (ESA) to conduct a study...

[Satellite TODAY 03-05-10] French Broadcaster Canal+ Group reported 2009 revenues of 4.55 billion euros ($6.2 billion), a 1.6 percent increase compared to 2008, in its latest financial results, released March...

[Satellite Today 03-05-10] OmniGlobe Networks EMEA, a supplier of communications equipment and systems for satellite and terrestrial transmissions, signed a letter of intent to acquire the capital and assets of...

[Satellite Today 03-05-10] Comtech Telecommunications Corp. recorded sales of $171.1 million in its 2010 second quarter, up from sales of $143.9 million in the same period in 2009, the company...

[Satellite TODAY 03-05-10] Eutelsat signed a capacity deal for a new pay-TV platform in Africa, the company announced March 2.    Upstar Comunicações, a joint venture of Portuguese media group...

[Satellite TODAY 03-04-10] Hughes Network Systems has launched a digital signage application for its Hughes MediaSignage offering on the Apple iPhone and iPod touch devices, the company announced March 2....

[Satellite TODAY 03-04-10] Dish Network now has more than 14 million subscribers in the United States, the company announced in its 2009 full-year financial results, issued March 1. The U.S....