E-letter: News Feed

[Satellite TODAY 02-28-11] Oil and gas company R&M Energy Systems selected Stratos to deploy a global SCADA network based on Inmarsat‘s BGAN mobile broadband satellite service,Stratos announced Feb. 25.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-28-11] Liberty Global’s 2010 fourth-quarter profits fell 43 percent to $57.5 million from $100 million in the same period last year due to weaker tax benefits and losses […]

[Satellite News 02-28-11] TAM Airlines, which operates direct flights to 45 cities in Brazil and 18 cities in South America, the United States and Europe, has beefed up its connectivity […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-25-11] Media content protection and value-added service technology firm Kudelski Group reported a 7.6 percent increase in total revenues and operating income for its 2010 full-year fiscal period, […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 02-25-11] Engineers from satellite navigation systems manufacturer Garmin International filed a report in January with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) claiming that LightSquared’s 4G LTE mobile […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 02-25-11] Australian satellite pay-TV operators Foxtel and Austar reported disappointing subscriber growth in 2010 due to the challenging market environment created by the economic recession, the companies […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-25-11] The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) contracted Northrop Grumman and the University of Minnesota to co-develop a collaborative navigation system under AFRL’s Collaborative Robust Integrated Sensor […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-25-11] NewSat’s Jabiru satellite program and core services business helped the provider generate a 26 percent increase in 2011 half-year revenues to $15 million compared to the same […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-25-11] Chinese in-car navigation supplier Guangdong Coagent Electronic & Science Technology Co. selected U-blox’ Neo-6 GPS device as its preferred receiver module and will design it into all […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-25-11] Miteq subsidiary MCL has introduced the MT2100 model high-power airborne amplifier to its TWTA product line, Miteq announced Feb. 24.     The MT2100’s design was engineered to […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-25-11] NewCom International has released a turnkey mobile solution, Office Without Borders, which aims to deliver voice, Internet, SCADA, Fax, videoconferencing and data services to the oil and […]

[Satellite News 02-25-11] EchoStar’s $2 billion acquisition of Hughes Communications and its subsidiaries is expected to close later this year, creating a synergy that will allow Hughes to both use […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 02-24-11] Gilat’s acquisition of RaySat Antenna Systems and Wavestream enabled the company to capitalize on cross-selling opportunities to larger markets and generate significant gains during its 2010 […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-24-11] Korea Telecom (KT) contracted satellite telecommunications service provider SpeedCast to deliver its global maritime network services via SpeedCast’s global Ku-band network, KT announced Feb. 23.     In […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-24-11] Stratos Global rolled out its FBBPlus managed global broadband service for the commercial maritime industry, the company announced Feb. 23.     The FBBPlus solution aims to offer […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-24-11] Vizada has launched its Pharostar proprietary VSAT fixed satellite communications service as part of its maritime broadband portfolio, the company announced Feb. 23.     The Pharostar VSAT […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-24-11] The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) named GE Satellite President and CEO Andrew Jordan to the CASBAA board, the broadcasting association announced Feb. 23. […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-24-11] Optimized bandwidth aggregation solutions provider Freedom Networks launched its ExpressBits program, which aims to reduce costs for network resellers deploying private and public cloud-customer solutions, the company […]

[Satellite News 02-24-11] In 2009, Showtime Arabia and Orbit merged and created a join platform, OSN, now the dominant pay-TV service in the Middle East.     Under the direction of […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 02-24-11] DirecTV‘s fourth quarter 2010 revenues increased 11 percent to $6.62 billion compared to the same period in 2009, which helped the company generate net profits of […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 02-23-11] The U.S. Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) placed another $6.8 million limited production Multi-functional Information Distribution System Joint Tactical Radio System (MIDS JTRS) terminal […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-23-11] Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) has approved a 3-D TV delivery system specification for frame compatible plano-stereoscopic 3-D services, the broadcasting consortium announced Feb. 22.     The system […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 02-23-11] The Canadian Department of National Defense (DND) has contracted Astrium Services to deliver AirPatrol airborne satcom terminals to support Canada’s Radar and Imaging for the Land/Littoral […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-23-11] LightSquared closed its $586 million financing deal with UBS and JP Morgan to provide funds for general corporate purposes and support the construction of LightSquared’s 4G LTE-network, […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-23-11] The U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) exercised an option under its existing indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity order with MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates (MDA), the Canadian information solutions provider […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-23-11] The Russian Space Agency halted all Rokot missions so that it can complete an investigation of the Feb. 1 launch failure that destroyed Russia’s Geo IK-2 military […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-23-11] Inmarsat subsidiary Segovia won a four-year, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract to provide professional and technical services support to NATO security forces in Afghanistan, Segovia announced Feb. […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 02-21-11] Inmarsat expects to sign the launch contract for its Inmarsat-5 constellation fleet of three Ka-band satellites later this year to support the launch of its Global […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-21-11] Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) signed a deal with Spacecom to provide Ku-band capacity on the ABS-7 satellite, the satellite operator confirmed Feb. 21.     SpaceCom plans to […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-21-11] Thales-Raytheon Systems has developed a mobile application for its Command View C4I product, which aims to enable users to gain situational awareness and decisionmaking information on a […]