E-letter: Briefs

[Satellite TODAY 08-09-11] Inmarsat has rolled out a free voice distress service on FleetBroadband to help users in case of emergency, the mobile satellite operator announced Aug. 8.    Built […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-09-11] Officials from China’s National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation confirmed Aug. 8 that the Chinese government is set to launch a high-definition civil survey satellite by […]

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[Satellite TODAY 08-08-11]FSS satellite operator Intelsat has received multiple contracts from oil and gas managed communications provider RigNet to acquire new satellite capacity and renew its existing leases, Intelsat announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-08-11] The delayed launch of ViaSat’s ViaSat-1 satellite took a toll on the company’s 2011 first quarter net income, which dropped $3.26 million from the same period last […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-08-11] Mobile satellite operator Inmarsat saw its 2011 second quarter earnings increase 32 percent from the same period last year to $222.7 million, however, analysts were much more […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-08-11] LightSquared has entered into a multi-year wholesale agreement with integrated telecommunications services provider PowerNet Global, the companies announced Aug. 5.    PowerNet will become a wholesale customer […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-05-11] FSS operator Intelsat reported a 1 percent increase in its overall 2011 second quarter revenues at $642.5 million, compared with 635.3 million reported in the same period […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-05-11] Lower sales across its businesses caused Alliant Techsystems’ (ATK) 2011 fiscal first-quarter earnings to fall 4.2 percent from $74.6 million in the same period last year to […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-05-11] An unnamed U.S. government agency has contracted Globecomm Systems to lead efforts in providing government program management and services with subcontractor L-3 Narda Satellite Networks, Globecomm announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-05-11] Inmarsat and its machine-to-machine (M2M) technology partner SkyWave Mobile Communications have launched the IsatData Pro low data rate service for managing and communicating with remote assets, the […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-04-11] Wholesale 4G-LTE wireless satellite network operator LightSquared has successfully transitioned approximately 50,000 public safety and enterprise customers from its MSAT satellites to LightSquared’s new SkyTerra 1 satellite, […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-04-11] Machine-to-machine (M2M) products and services provider Numerex launched a new multi-year, battery-powered satellite solution that uses a lightweight, rugged global tracking tag, the company announced Aug. 3. […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-04-11] Dish Network renewed its multi-year partnership with U.S. rural communications services provider Frontier and will expand its bundled pay-TV offerings to Frontier’s markets, Dish Network announced Aug.3. […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-04-11] Commercial satellite manufacturer Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has expanded its senior management team, the company announced Aug. 3. SS/L promoted David Bernstein to the role of senior vice […]

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[Satellite TODAY 08-03-11] Despite increased deployment and utilization of LTE networks, mobile network operator data delivery costs could multiply 2010 cost levels by seven and surpass $370 billion annually by […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-03-11] Spacecom, the operator of the Amos satellite fleet, has signed an agreement with an unnamed European company to provide satellite services to a new DTH platform that […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-03-11] Harmonic has unveiled its new ProMedia product family of software solutions that aim to optimize live and file-based multi-screen video production and processing for content and service […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-03-11] Com Dev International has received an authorization to proceed with an agreement to make equipment for two commercial satellites from an unnamed prime contractor, the company announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-02-11] Mobile satellite operator Inmarsat has contracted International Launch Services (ILS) to launch three of its Inmarsat-5 satellites on its Proton rocket between 2013 and 2014 from the […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-02-11] Wholesale 4G LTE network operator LightSquared raised $265 million in additional funding that was drawn from both existing and new investors, the company announced July 5.    […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-02-11] Gilat Satellite Networks has signed an agreement to deliver network equipment and Ka-band end-user terminals for SES’ satellite-based Internet service Astra2Connect, Gilat announced Aug. 1.    Gilat […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-02-11] News Corp. promoted British Sky Broadcasting Group (BSkyB) Customer Group Managing Director Andrea Zappia to serve as CEO of its Sky Italia satellite television unit, effective immediately, […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-01-11] Canadian satellite company MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) grew its 2011 second quarter operating earnings to $29 million from $23 million in the same period last year, […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-01-11] The Vietnamese government has authorized the construction of its second Earth observation microsatellite VnRedSat-1B and has selected Belgian space systems company Spacebel as its prime contractor.             […]

EchoStar Satellite Services Hires Former SES Executive as President EchoStar Corp. has appointed Anders Johnson as president of EchoStar Satellite Services, effective immediately. Johnson will report directly to EchoStar president […]

Comtech Xicom Unveils XTD-400KHE Ku-band TWTA Comtech Xicom Technology introduced a new 400-Watt Ku-Band traveling wave tube amplifier (TWTA) that features the size, weight and prime-power requirements of traditional 200-Watt […]

Hughes Rolls Out Satellite Internet Service for Enterprise Market Hughes Network Systems introduced its new business-grade satellite Internet service plans for small- and mid-sized businesses.     HughesNet Business Internet aims […]

Integral Systems Europe Awarded Asiasat contract Integral Systems Europe (ISE UK) has been awarded a contract by AsiaSat to upgrade two satellite terminals at its Tai Po Earth Station. Construction […]