E-letter: Briefs

Intelsat said May 17 that the satellite operator is unaware of any communiqués from the U.S. Department of Justice with regard to the unauthorized broadcasts on the Intelsat 12 satellite […]

Telesat Canada has reached an agreement with MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) to operate MDA’s Radarsat-2 for the lifetime of the satellite, Telesat announced May 17. Telesat operates the […]

Coinciding with the U.S. National Weather Service’s National Hurricane Preparedness Week, Iridium Satellite LLC is promoting May 21-25 as "Test Your Satellite Phone" Week. Similar to the popular biannual testing […]

Canal+ France ended March with 5.2 million subscribers, an increase of about 200,000 compared to the combined Canalsat/TPS numbers from the same quarter of 2006. The two platforms were combined […]

Helius Inc. signed a definitive agreement to acquire PointeCast Corp., a global provider of communication and online training solutions, Helius announced May 16. The acquisition of PointeCast’s product lines will […]

Ministers responsible for space activities among the European Space Agency’s (ESA) member states will meet May 22 with officials responsible for the internal market, industry and research in the European […]

Comtech EF Data Corp. named Robert Turner vice president of government programs, the company announced. Turner will manage the government programs group, the company’s primary interface to government, military and […]

Advantech appointed Richard McPhaden vice president of sales and Michael DiPaolo senior director of business development, the company announced May 16. Prior to joining Advantech, McPhaden was vice president of […]

Progress plans to sign a contract with the European Space Agency at the Paris Air Show for the launch of four Soyuz-ST carrier rockets from the Kourou Space Center in […]

Shiron’s certified distributor and support center in Russia, JSC Cedicom, has contracted with Elvis-Telecom Co. for delivery of InterSky DVB-S2 broadband satellite solution, JSC Cedicom announced May 16. Shiron’s broadband […]

Rad Data Communications has been appointed by Inmarsat as a solutions partner for the Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) service, RAD Data announced May 16.

Globalstar Inc. will add a gateway in Asia and extended a value-added reseller partnership, the company announced. Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. will construct and operate a Globalstar gateway ground station in […]

Eutelsat Communications announced May 15 that its HotBird-2 satellite has been rebranded as Eurobird-9 and redeployed to 9° East, marking the opening of a video neighborhood adjacent to Eutelsat’s premium […]

Thales reported a revenue increase of nearly 7 percent in the 2007 first quarter to 2.2 billion euros ($3 billion), the company announced May 15. The majority of revenues were […]

Norsat International Inc. reported first quarter earnings of $540,000 on revenues of $4.4 million, posting a profit for the second consecutive quarter, the company announced May 15. In the 2006 […]

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted TerreStar Networks Inc. a reservation for 20 megahertz of spectrum in the 2GHz frequency band. TerreStar, a majority owned subsidiary of Motient Corp., […]

The Sri Lanka Ministry of Defense reported that its embassy in Washington, D.C., has logged complains with the U.S. Departments of Justice and State as well as the Federal Bureau […]

Globalstar Inc. reported revenues of $23.2 million in the 2007 first quarter, down from $30.3 million in the same period a year ago, the company announced May 14. Service revenue […]

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) awarded contracts to International Launch Services Inc. (ILS) and Sea Launch Co. to launch next-generation satellites, ILS and Sea Launch announced May 15.   The ILS […]

Orbcomm and its subsidiaries have signed a settlement with Quake Global Inc. dismissing all legal proceedings between the companies, Orbcomm announced May 14. Furthermore, they inked a 10-year manufacturing agreement […]

Citing profits from its latest mobile satellite services products, Inmarsat Holdings Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Inmarsat, reported a 16 percent increase in first-quarter revenues for the period ending […]

The U.S. Department of the Interior is seeking nominations for membership on the new National Geospatial Advisory Committee (NGAC), Interior Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett announced on May 14. The […]

GeoEye has appointed Uyen Dinh as its senior director for government affairs, the satellite imaging company announced May 11. Dinh becomes responsible for the overall development and execution of the […]

Modern Times Group (MTG), owner of the Viasat DTH platforms in the Nordic and Baltic regions, has sold one of its direct-shopping channels to a German company, MTG announced. MTG […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) has furnished Novatel Inc. with a 10-year license for the company to sell precise-positioning receivers for tracking Galileo signals, Novatel announced May 14. Galileo is […]

Access Intelligence has named Scott Chase as chairman for the SATELLITE 2008 Conference and Exhibition. Active in the satellite industry since 1981, for the past four years Chase has been […]

Shin Satellite issued its results May 14, showing that by first quarter 2007’s end the satellite operator had approximately 75,000 IPStar customers after adding just over 9,000 customers for the […]

Zoombak is the new name for the former Connectid, a mobile location-based services company and subsidiary of Liberty Media Corp. The change is part a wider rebranding initiative by the […]

Romain Bausch, CEO of SES Global, expressed optimism that the company will find a strong market for its Astra2Connect wholesale broadband service, and revealed being in discussions with telcos in […]

Thrane & Thrane has appointed NSSL as a key distributor for its satellite radio and communication equipment. NSSL will have a special focus on the European market as part of […]