E-letter: Briefs

TeleCommunication Systems Inc. (TCS) has been awarded a contract to provide satellite system components to the Project Manager, Defense Communications and Army Transmission System team, TCS announced June 13. Under […]

ND SatCom appointed David Bowne vice president of sales, the company announced June 13. Bowne, who will be responsible for overall sales in the Americas region, previously held positions with […]

Globalstar Inc. expanded its satellite Simplex data coverage to include all of Australia, New Zealand and the surrounding maritime region, the company announced June 13. The move expands the asset […]

Inmarsat has made SatCom Group a full distribution partner for its forthcoming satellite phone services scheduled to be introduced in the third quarter, SatCom announced June 11. Inmarsat’s voice services […]

Vodacom Group, South Africa’s largest cell phone company, and Naspers, the country’s largest media company, have formed a venture to sell satellite television services, the companies announced. Consumers will be […]

Globecomm Systems Inc. has been awarded a $16.1 million contract to install a next-generation media processing center for an unnamed telecommunications services provider in Asia, Globecomm announced. Under a previously […]

Alliant Techsystems (ATK) completed its acquisition of Swales Aerospace, a provider of satellite components and subsystems, small spacecraft and engineering services for NASA, the U.S. Department of Defense and commercial […]

Multichoice, an African direct-to-home operator, has linked up with South African mobile operator Vodacom to try and increase Multichoice’s pay-TV subscriber base. Vodacom will sell a pair of Multichoice’s digital […]

Spanish industrial group Abertis, which in January acquired a stake in Eutelsat Communications, is in talks to acquire up to 40 percent of Hispasat, Abertis reported. Hispasat announced June 8 […]

TerreStar Networks Inc. filed a request with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to extend the launch milestone for its TerreStar-1 satellite, the company announced June 11. Satellite manufacturer Space Systems/Loral […]

Astrium Services, a subsidiary of EADS Astrium, signed an agreement to become a value-added reseller of Iridium satellite communication equipment and services, Iridium announced June 11. The deal authorizes Astrium […]

Telenor Satellite Services is developing a broadband communications line of services targeting the maritime industry, Telenor announced June 12. The system, dubbed OceanRoam, will provide vessels with Internet and telephone […]

Northrop Grumman Corp. has begun work on a system development and demonstration contract for an extremely high frequency satellite communications system for the U.S. Air Force’s B-2 stealth bomber, Northrop […]

Tata Indicom VSAT Services (TIVS), an Indian VSAT service provider, is teaming up with DigiFour Technologies to deliver dynamic digital signage (DDS) services in India. Digifour is behind SCALA, a […]

Neural Technologies, a United Kingdom-based technology vendor, is helping U.S. pay-TV operator DirecTV combat fraud. Neural announced June 11 that it had completed the installation of its latest fraud-management system […]

CIP Canada Investment Inc., a fully owned subsidiary of Communications Investment Partners Ltd., increased its cash offer for Stratos Global Corp. to 7 Canadian dollars ($6.60) per share, increasing the […]

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a June 8 public notice seeking comment on the proposed merger of licensees Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. and XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. The […]

The U.S. Air Force has exercised an option on its Alternate Infrared Satellite System (AIRSS) contract with Northrop Grumman Corp. to accelerate the program to a System Design Review (SDR), […]

ViaSat Inc. has received a $3.7 million award from the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) to develop and implement a new enhanced Military UHF satellite communications waveform called the Integrated […]

Raytheon Co. has delivered a hyper-spectral imaging sensor developed to demonstrate and assess military applications from satellites launched on demand, the company announced June 11. The ARTEMIS (Advanced Responsive Tactically […]

DirecTV Latin America (DTVLA) president Bruce Churchill believes telcos will find it tough in terms of developing IPTV strategies in Latin America, but hopes it can work with telcos the […]

The Modern Times Group (MTG), owners of direct-to-home (DTH) platforms in the Nordic and Baltic regions of Europe, has outlined a number of strategic objectives as it looks to consolidate […]

The first of four satellites for Italy’s COSMO-SkyMed constellation was delivered in a June 8 launch aboard a Boeing Delta 2 booster from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, Thales […]

Sea Launch has concluded its failure investigation and expects its return to flight in October with delivery of Thuraya-3 aboard a Zenit 3SL booster, company spokeswoman Paula Korn said June […]

Asian IP solutions provider BNS has unveiled its Nautilus Middleware platform designed to power IP-based video services such as IPTV, Internet TV and MDU IPTV, the company announced June 7. […]

Viaccess, a conditional access vendor and subsidiary of France Telecom, has appointed François Moreau de Saint Martin as its new CEO. Moreau de Saint Martin had been chief technology officer […]

Air Logistics, a U.S. helicopter fleet serving the offshore oil industry, is equipping 125 aircraft with Iridium-based satellite systems for voice communications and automatic flight following, Iridium Satellite announced June […]

Stephen Tapp, president and chief operating officer of XM Canada will leave the company effective June 15 to pursue other opportunities, Canadian Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. announced on June 7. […]

Atlanta-based Crawford Communications Inc. has acquired the assets of StarLink Inc., a satellite uplink truck company based near Chattanooga, Tenn. The acquisition adds a C-band, Ku-band and C/Ku-band hybrid to […]

France Telecom Mobile Satellite Communications (FTMSC) has renamed itself Vizada as it aims for sharpened performance in the mobile satellite services market. Apax Partners acquired the erstwhile FTMSC in October […]