E-letter: News Feed

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. said its Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp. has received a letter contract not to exceed $13.6 million, with initial funding of $6.7 million, for mobile data communications services […]

Globecomm Systems Inc. received a letter of award and purchase order valued at $5.7 million, with $1.4 million in follow-on provisions, from an unnamed direct-to-home video services provider in the […]

GlobeCast said it signed a deal with BettingCorp for the satellite delivery of its PlayMonteCarlo interactive gaming channel on the BSkyB platform. The channel will be broadcast over the Eurobird […]

General Dynamics C4 Systems received a boost with the news that Europe*Star approved three Ku-band antennas from its Prodelin product line for ground-based use with its satellites. Europe*Star is a […]

JSAT Corp. said its JCSAT-1B satellite experienced an anomaly on Jan. 17 with one of the spacecraft’s thrusters. According to the report, the satellite is dark, with no channels on […]

Merrimac Industries Inc. said it received a $1.3 million order from The Boeing Co. to supply its Integrated Defense Systems division with beamforming networks and RF/microwave signal processing components for […]

Globalstar announced the commercial availability of its Quick Locate service, which enables businesses and individuals to track assets that are remotely located or in areas not traditionally covered by terrestrial […]

XM Satellite Radio said Jan. 18 that it acquired Effanel Music Inc., a company specializing in live music, remote and mobile recording. “Bringing Effanel into the XM family is a […]

Federal Communications Com-mission sources confirmed Jan. 21 that Chairman Michael Powell is planning to resign after four years in a position marked by strong government efforts to increasingly deregulate telecom […]

HONOLULU–Commercial satellite companies that do business in the Asia-Pacific region, the third-largest customer region for the industry, must continue to focus on applications that highlight the core strengths of satellite-based […]

Although Zeus Holdings Ltd. has the right to terminate its acquisition of Intelsat following the recent failure of the IS-804 satellite, industry observers believe the transaction will go through, but […]

HONOLULU–Private equity companies’ investments in global satellite operators will be good for system operators in the short term and signals a confidence by the market in the fundamentals of the […]

Telesat last week said that it, in partnership with the Canadian national government, has launched broadband communications services in 30 aboriginal communities in Northern Ontario, named the Northern Indigenous Community […]

The United Kingdom digital television market has entered a new phase this week with the news that the two major cable operators, ntl and Telewest Broadband, launched Video-on-Demand (VoD) services. […]

When thinking about satellite services that do not involve satellite phones, most envision receiving the data from a stationary satellite dish. However, General Dynamics C4 Systems recently demonstrated for the […]

Cablevision Systems Corp. announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement for its Rainbow DBS Co. LLC unit to sell its direct broadcast satellite (DBS) and certain other related […]

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. said it signed an agreement with Turkey-based IsNet to supply it with SkyEdge network, including two hubs and 1,500 VSAT terminal sites. The satellite-based remote sites […]

Telenor Satellite Services and Global Relief Technologies LLC are working together with International Medical Corps (IMC) to provide an integrated support system for immediate collection and dissemination of in-the-field data […]

Eumetsat, the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, is making a satellite available to help in the future detection of Tsunamis in Asia. It will make access to […]

General Dynamics‘ C4 Systems division won an $830 million contract from Lockheed Martin to help develop a satellite-based system to support the U.S. military’s network-centric communications initiative and will hire […]

SES Americom said its Americom-12 (AMC-12) satellite arrived in Baikonur, Kazakhstan and will be undergoing final preparations for its Feb. 3 launch by International Launch Services on a Proton/Breeze M […]

Shin Satellite PLC said Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) informed the company that it successfully concluded its antenna patterns and end-to-end payload tests in compact antenna test range (CATR) for the iPSTAR-1 […]

RaySat Inc. unveiled an antenna, the SpeedRay 3000, at the Consumer Electronics Showcase in Las Vegas, that will deliver high-speed Internet services to in-motion vehicles and distributes the connection to […]

Loral Skynet said it renewed an agreement with Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. (SingTel) to distribute video, data, telecommunications and VSAT services on Loral’s Telstar 10 satellite. Additionally, SingTel also agreed to […]

Hughes Network Systems said it launched a new dedicated network operations center (NOC) to be hosted at its European teleport in Griesheim, Germany. The new NOC will support additional satellite […]

Nordic Satellite AB (NSAB) last week awarded the first competitive commercial satellite contract of this year to Lockheed Martin to design and manufacture the Sirius 4 satellite. According to NSAB, […]

Hughes Network Systems (HNS) reported last week that it had a record year in 2004 in terms of subscriber growth for its Direcway satellite broadband product, ending the year with […]

SES Astra‘s deal with the Croatian communications company Vodatel is one of the first indications of telcos in Eastern Europe deploying a progressive multimedia strategy using satellite communications. The deal […]

In what appears to be a page taken out of the playbook of the satellite radio industry, DirecTV Inc. has struck a deal with homebuilder D.R. Horton Inc. to get […]

February 11 is likely to be the key date this year for European satellite launch provider Arianespace. This is the date when we could finally see the long-awaited launch of […]