E-letter: Briefs

Sogecable’s direct-to-home (DTH) platform Digital+ is preparing to bring high-definition (HD) services to its 2 million customers in Spain. The operator said that beginning in August, its iPlus service will […]

Inmarsat and Axiom Telecom signed an exclusive agreement for Axiom to manage the global distribution of Inmarsat’s forthcoming mobile and fixed satellite phones, Inmarsat announced June 7. Axiom will support […]

SkyWave Mobile Communications, a supplier of D+ communications products and services, announced June 6 that it had obtained the mandatory CE marking for its SureLinx 8100 D+/GPRS integrated wireless controller. […]

Boeing Co. has demonstrated that its Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT) can provide warfighters with rapid access to integrated voice, data and video services, the company announced June 6. Dubbed […]

DigitalGlobe, a content provider of the world’s highest-resolution commercial satellite imagery and geospatial information products, announced June 5 the promotion of three vice presidents: Dawn Sienicki to government relations; Mike […]

Gateway Broadcast Services, a subsidiary of Gateway Telecommunications, has raised an additional $40 million as it looks to make GTV – its new pan-Africa, direct-to-home (DTH), pay-TV service – a […]

Chellomedia, the European-based content division of Liberty Global, is launching a range of interactive advertising solutions for television platforms, including satellite, in the United Kingdom. The systems are designed to […]

Sirius Satellite Radio has obtained a $250 million senior secured term loan commitment from Morgan Stanley Senior Funding Inc., Sirius announced June 5. The facility will mature in five and […]

Satellite technology and services are underpinning the Group of 8 (G8) political summit meeting in Germany. ND Satcom is working with the German Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW) during […]

The Kudelski Group, which supplies middleware and conditional access solutions to direct-to-home operators worldwide, has settled a patent dispute with Assa Abloy Identification Technologies. Kudelski’s subsidiary, NagraID, settled the dispute […]

Developed by Thales Alenia Space Italia for the Italian Space Agency and the Italian Ministry of Defense, a COSMO-SkyMed spacecraft was awaiting a June 7 launch aboard a Delta 2 […]

Thuraya plans to re-launch its mobile satellite services in a bid to gain customers while promising significant discounts to existing subscribers, the operator announced June 5. Branded ThurayaECO, the new […]

DirecTV-10 has been delivered to a space center in Kazakhstan in preparation for a launch scheduled for early July, the RIA Novosti newspaper quoted a Russian space company on June […]

The U.S. Navy awarded ViaSat an undefinitized, firm-fixed-price delivery order for multifunctional information distribution system-joint tactical radio system (MIDS-JTRS) production transition terminals (PTTs), the U.S. Department of Defense announced June […]

Northrop Grumman Space and Mission Systems Corp. and General Dynamics C4 Systems have both been awarded multi-million, firm-fixed-price and cost-plus-fixed-fee contract modifications, the U.S. Department of Defense announced June 4. […]

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) completed its baseline design review for a geostationary mini-satellite platform, the company announced June 5.   The 2.28 million euro ($3.1 million) pre-development project receives […]

Microspace Communications (Microspace) has entered into a strategic partnership with Vista Satellite Communications Inc. to offer alternative uplinking services to Vista’s customer base, Microspace announced June 5.  

Boeing Co. has completed end-to-end testing of the Wideband Global SatCom (WGS) payload command and control system in preparation for the launch of the first WGS satellite this summer, Boeing […]

In collaboration with Hakusan Corp. and JSAT Corp., Advantech Satellite Networks has demonstrated the industry’s first DVB-RCS VSAT terminal operating in a mesh topology where each VSAT terminal relays data […]

C2SAT and Telemar Scandinavia AB have signed a global service level agreement, C2SAT announced June 5. The agreement includes global installation, service and maintenance of the unique 4 axes C2SAT […]

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) has signed a contract worth 2.8 million Canadian dollars ($2.6 million) with the Canadian Department of National Defense to conduct the definition phase for […]

Lockheed Martin completed a successful system design review (SDR) of the TSAT Mission Operations System (TMOS) with the U.S. Air Force, the company announced June 4. In January, the company […]

Pace Micro Technology expected its performance for the year ending June 2 to be slightly ahead of current market expectations, the company announced June 4. The technology vendor, which works […]

Shin Satellite is teaming with Asia Mobile Holdings (AMH) as Shin aims for a better performance in Cambodia and Laos, the company announced June 4. The satellite operator said it […]

DRS Technologies Inc. has demonstrated its X-band satellite communications-on-the-move (COTM) capabilities with an Xtar satellite during the U.S. Navy’s  annual Trident Warrior exercise, DRS Technologies announced June 4. DRS Codem […]

Worldspace Satellite Radio closed the refinancing of its $155 million in convertible notes, redeeming $50 million of the existing notes for cash and issuing new notes and warrants in exchange […]

Alan W. Baldwin, a director of Integral Systems Inc., has been named its interim CEO, the company announced June 1. Bill Lewis was named the interim chief financial officer (CFO). […]

Rick Howe has been named vice president of business development for Ensequence, the interactive video company announced June 4. Howe will represent Ensequence with cable, satellite and IPTV operators, working […]

The BBC/ITV-backed Freesat direct-to-home platform, set to launch in 2008, will be critical in helping the United Kingdom become an all-digital nation, according to Emma Scott, project director for Freesat. […]

Arqiva and Intelsat signed a multi-year renewal and expansion contract to distribute content to the French territories of the Caribbean for direct-to-home operator Media Overseas, Arqiva announced June 1. Arqiva […]