E-letter: Briefs

[Satellite Today 06-19-09] XipLink added Datacom Systems to its network of value added distributors, XipLink announced June 17.     Datacom Systems, based out of Hong Kong, will provide delivery and...

[Satellite Today 06-19-09] Hispasat won a contract from Thales Alenia Space España to develop and supply the RedSat advanced communication payload for the AG1, a geostationary satellite mission within the...

[Satellite Today 06-19-09] The U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) has awarded Harris Corp. with a potential five-year, $27 million contract to provide network and systems engineering to support DISA’s...

[Satellite Today 06-19-09] Uplogix has formed a partnership with Orange Business Services to offer Uplogix solutions for management of hybrid networks to a variety of Orange’s customers in government, military,...

[Satellite Today 06-19-09] A new high throughput broadband satellite by Hughes will cost about $400 million after insurance, Hughes CEO Pradman Kaul told Satellite Today, in an interview.     Kaul...

[Satellite Today 06-19-09] Sirius XM Radio is releasing a free application on Apple‘s App Store that will allow iPhone and iPod touch users to access Sirius XM content, the company announced...

[Satellite Today 06-18-09] Hughes Network Systems will launch a next-generation, high throughput satellite in the first quarter of 2012 to expand its broadband Internet service across North America, the company...

[Satellite Today 06-18-09] SES Americom-New Skies closed a multi-year deal with TAS (Teleport Access Services Inc.) to provide three transponders on the NSS-11 satellite to distribute up to 50 Chinese...

[Satellite Today 06-18-09] ST Electronics commissioned an 11-meter  Ku-Band  antenna  system  to  SingTel for  Communication  System  Monitoring  (CSM)  and  communication  that  carries commercial  traffic  on  SingTel  satellites, ST Electronics announced...

[Satellite Today 06-18-09] Measat Satellite Systems renewed an agreement with Celestial Movies Channel Ltd. to distribute Celestial Movies and Celestial Classic Movies on Measat-3, Measat announced June 17.     “We...