E-letter: Briefs

[Satellite TODAY 12-01-09] Nagravision, a Kudelski Group company, signed a global license agreement with Neotion, a French manufacturer of conditional access modules (CAM) to integrate, produce and market Neotion CAMs...

[Satellite TODAY 12-01-09] Thaicom signed a 10-year contract with Thai broadcaster Nation Broadcasting Corp. (NBC), Thaicom announced Nov. 26.      Thaicom will broadcast NBC’s Nation Channel on a free-to-air basis...

[Satellite TODAY 12-01-09] Space insurers are expected to generate more than $400 million in profit for 2009, according to a statement released Nov. 30 by Aon International Space Brokers, a...

[Satellite TODAY 11-30-09] Sea Launch has rescheduled the launch of the Intelsat 15 communications satellite from the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan to Nov. 30, Sea Launch announced Nov. 29....

[Satellite TODAY 11-30-09] SES World Skies and Astel have teamed up to provide mobile broadband and phone services on trains in Kazakhstan, SES World Skies announced Nov. 26.     Astel...

[Satellite TODAY 11-30-09] The Kudelski Group has closed the subsequent offering period of its tender offer to acquire Class A shares of OpenTV not already owned by Kudelski or its...

[Satellite TODAY 11-30-09] Solaris Mobile started a major hybrid satellite and cellular network trial in Paris with the help of its project collaborators Alcatel-Lucent and TowerCast, Solaris announced Nov. 27. ...

[Satellite TODAY 11-26-09] Gilat Satellite Networks has been contracted by Telefonica del Peru to provide its SkyEdge 2 broadband satellite communications network to cover more than 3,500 rural sites in...

[Satellite TODAY 11-26-09] French telecom SFR has selected Eutelsat‘s Tooway broadband service to connect subscribers of SFR’s new Satellite Internet Pack service beyond the range of ADSL coverage, Eutelsat announced...

[Satellite TODAY 11-26-09] iDirect has provided and installed its series 15000 universal satellite hub for BSS in order to strengthen the capabilities and reach of BSS’ IP-satellite broadband service, iDirect...