E-letter: Briefs

[Satellite Today 09-25-08] Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) is cooperating with the Fairfax (Va.) County Office of Emergency Management and the Fairfax (Va.) County Department of Public Safety Communications to create […]

[Satellite Today 09-25-08] 3Di Technologies, a provider of VSAT systems and enterprise Internet telephony services, has implemented more than 20 iDirect SkyCelerator network accelerators on a secure U.S. government type […]

[Satellite Today 09-25-08] DigitalGlobe has extended its service agreement with Google to provide high-resolution satellite imagery for Google Maps and Google Earth, DigitalGlobe announced Sept. 25.      Financial terms of […]

[Satellite Today 09-25-08] ViaSat Inc. and Hughes Network Systems have received Inmarsat case approval for their Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) terminals, the companies announced.     The approval for ViaSat’sVRT-100 […]

[Satellite Today 09-25-08] Com Dev’s U.S. subsidiary has been awarded a $1.6 million authorization to proceed to supply passive microwave components for a U.S. government civil space program, Com Dev […]

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[Satellite Today 09-24-08] GlobeCast signed a five-year deal with Showtime Arabia to provide content management and delivery services for 13 of its global channels, GlobeCast announced Sept. 24.     The […]

[Satellite Today 09-24-08] Stratos Global Corp. reached an agreement with IceWarp to provide Stratos’ broadband connectivity service, AmosConnect, with IceWarp’s messaging platform, the companies announced Sept. 24.      IceWarp’s server […]

[Satellite Today 09-24-08] Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) is postponing its upcoming Falcon 1 to replace a vehicle component.     In a statement posted on the company’s Web site, SpaceX […]

[Satellite Today 09-24-08] MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) signed a contract valued at $4 million Canadian dollars ($3.8 million) with the European Space Agency (ESA) to provide the data and […]

[Satellite Today 09-24-08] Orbcomm signed a deal with a Canadian wireless carrier to incorporate GSM Wireless services into Orbcomm’s service package and expand the company’s terrestrial and dual mode wireless, […]

[Satellite Today 09-24-08] Vizada unveiled new additions to its Solutions portfolio, which aim to optimize the basic broadband and IP-based connectivity services of mobile satellite network operators, Vizada announced Sept. […]

[Satellite Today 09-24-08] Special guest Roger Rusch, president of TelAstra comments on the acquisition of Iridium on Satellite Today’s blog:     “There is no question that Iridium has done an […]

[Satellite Today 09-24-08] OmniGlobe Networks Inc. named Robert Bouchard to its board, the company announced Sept. 23.     Bouchard previously served as executive vice president and COO of Bell Canada […]

[Satellite Today 09-23-08] Satellite Today News Editor Jeffrey Hill asks on our blog: Google Inc. has thrown money behind O3b Networks‘ low-Earth orbit constellation, which aims to supply emerging markets […]

[Satellite Today 09-23-08] Revenue in the Russian information technology and communications market is expected to total 50 billion euros in 2008, according to a report by the European Audiovisual Observatory. […]

[Satellite Today 09-23-08] Hughes Network Systems introduced its Wideband Configurable Demodulator Subsystem (CDS) with a capability to simultaneously demodulate multiple time division multiple access channels on a 36-megahertz satellite transponder, […]

[Satellite Today 09-22-08] In a legal dispute over a $300 million investment in Loral Space & Communications Inc. from MHR Fund Management LLC, the Delaware Chancery Court has decided that […]

[Satellite Today 09-22-08] Stratos Global Corp. has rolled out an antivirus program for the maritime satellite market, the company announced Sept. 22.     AmosConnect Anti-Virus provides onboard protection against intrusion […]

[Satellite Today 09-23-08] Oksana Ferchuk has been appointed CEO of Viasat Ukraine, one its shareholders, Modern Times Group (MTG), said Sept. 23. Ferchuk replaces Rich Caproni, who will assume the […]

[Satellite Today 09-23-08] Inmarsat is expanding its FleetBroadband range of services to target the lower end of the maritime market, the company said Sept. 23.     The operator will offer […]

[Satellite Today 09-23-08] Arrowhead Global Solutions has been awarded a task order by the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency to provide space segment and operations and maintenance support for the […]

[Satellite Today 09-23-08] Sea Launch signed a launch services agreement with O3b Networks for up to two launches, Sea Launch announced Sept. 23.     According to Sea Launch, the first […]

[Satellite Today 09-22-08] Orbit Technology Group has reached an agreement with Milano Teleport to provide Ku-band maritime OrSat Systems for Milano Teleport’s ISeaGlobal broadband marine communication platform, Orbit announced.      […]

[Satellite Today 09-22-08] DataPath Inc. has received a $1.6 million order from the U.S. Military to provide technical personnel to support forward-deployed battlefield satcom systems deployed in remote locations in […]

[Satellite Today 09-22-08] Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV), ICO Global Communications Ltd. and Qualcomm Inc. have reached an agreement to integrate satellite communications into mass-market cellular handsets and devices, the companies […]

[Satellite Today 09-22-08] Gilat Satellite Networks will design a line of satellite ground-segment equipment for O3b networks, Gilat said Sept. 22.     Gilat’s planned line of VSAT terminals and gateway […]

[Satellite Today 09-22-08] The U.S. subsidiary of Norsat International Inc. has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Department of Defense to provide portable satellite terminals, ancillary equipment and associated […]

[Satellite Today 09-22-08] Arianespace will acquire 10 Soyuz launch vehicles from the Russian Space Agency, Roskosmos, Arianespace said Sept. 22.     The contract provides for the supply of Soyuz ST […]

[Satellite Today 09-22-08] United Service Source Inc. (USSI), a communications service provider, has acquired Ascent Media’s Palm Bay satellite systems engineering and field business unit, USSI announced Sept. 22.     […]