E-letter: Briefs

[Satellite Today 03-20-09] XipLink has named Diem Technologies, based in Genova, Italy, a value-added reseller to provide delivery and logistics support for XipLink’s XA-Series of appliances and the XipStick portable...

[Satellite Today 03-20-09] Stratos Global Corp. signed an agreement to become a global distributor of two new ViaSat ruggedized BGAN terminals, the companies announced March 19.     Stratos will distribute...

[Satellite Today 03-20-09] IPStar Co., subsidiary of Thaicom, has received the necessary licenses from the Japanese government to bring satellite broadband services to Japan, the Thai satellite operator announced March....

[Satellite Today 03-20-09] Mobision has selected Newtec’s Horizon HZ420 equipment for use in what Newtec claims is the Middle East’s first ever paid mobile television service for mobile phones and...

[Satellite Today 03-19-09] GeoEye Inc. has signed agreements with several international resellers to provide high-resolution satellite imagery and value-added products from GeoEye-1 to Beijing Earth Observation (BEO), Space Imaging Middle...

[Satellite Today 03-19-09] GlobeCast has launched its second MCPC platform on the AsiaSat 3S satellite, GlobeCast announced March 18.     The C-band platform is located at 105.5 degrees East with...

[Satellite Today 03-19-09] There has been a revival in the satellite broadband market thanks to the falling price of terminals and the emergence of Ka-band satellites, according to the findings...

[Satellite Today 03-19-09] Faria’s WatchDog 750 long-range identification and tracking (LRIT) ship terminal has completed compliance and testing requirements for operation on the Iridium satellite network, Faria announced March 17....

[Satellite Today 03-19-09] The Civil and Commercial Applications Project (CCAP) group within the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) asid the geolocation accuracy and performance of Infoterra’s TerraSAR-X data product exceeds...

[Satellite Today 03-19-09] Türk Telekom has selected Envivio Inc.’s Convergence series video headend for its IPTV project in Turkey, Envivio announced March 17.     Türk Telekom will use Envivio 4Caster...