E-letter: News Feed

[Satellite TODAY 12-11-09] There’s still time to register for Via Satellite’s highly anticipated Dec. 16 Webinar, "Addressing the Issues of Government and Military Bandwidth Acquisition."     Via Satellite’s bandwidth acquisition […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-10-09] Gilat Satellite Networks was awarded a contract from STL Ghana to provide its SkyEdge 2 broadband satellite network to serve STL Ghana’s customers throughout West Africa, Gilat […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-10-09] Hughes Network Systems won a seven-year contract from the State of New York to provide a suite of managed services and connectivity under its comprehensive telecommunications services […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-10-09] Eutelsat has signed a contract with Italian telecoms operator Brennercom to deploy Eutelsat’s Tooway broadband satellite service in the Tyrol region, Eutelsat announced Dec. 9. Brennercom will […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-10-09] ICO Global Communications CEO and CFO Michael Corkery has resigned from the company, effective Dec. 31, ICO announced Dec. 9.     Corkery, who joined ICO in 2007 […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-10-09] Comtech Telecommunications Corp.’s profits fell 58 percent in the first quarter of its 2010 fiscal year to $49.7 million, down from $86.9 million reported in the same […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-09-09] International Datacasting Corp.’s (IDC) 2010 third quarter revenues dipped to $5.4 million from the $7.6 million it reported during the same period last year, according to the […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-09-09] Measat Satellite Systems (Measat) has appointed Janice Boo director of occasional use and broadcast services, the company announced Dec. 7.     Boo previously held senior sales positions […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-09-09] Arianespace has postponed the launch of the French Space Agency’s (CNES) Helios 2B military observation satellite due to an anomaly in the launcher’s subsystem, Arianespace announced Dec. […]

[Satellite News 12-09-09] Arianespace is on schedule to introduce its new medium-lift launch service in 2010, according to CEO Jean-Yves Le Gall, who celebrated the company’s 30th anniversary at its […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-09-09] Hughes and Sky Perfect JSAT are providing capacity to expand satellite broadband services over Afghanistan to support increased demand in the region, the companies announced.      Hughes […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-09-09] The Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) is delivering digital TV packages to Siberia and the Far East, the company announced Dec. 8.     The digital program package […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-09-09] Boeing has acquired the first on-orbit signals from the WGS-3 spacecraft, the third of six Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) satellites built for the U.S. Department of Defense, […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-09-09] Integral Systems revenues dropped 16 percent to $38.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2009 compared to the same period last year, according to Integral Systems’ financial […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-08-09] International Datacasting Corp. (IDC) completed its acquisition of select terrestrial, satellite and IP product lines and related technology from Logic Innovations for $600,000, IDC announced Dec. 7. […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-08-09] Spanish service provider Satconxion signed a 663,000 euro ($984,000) deal with Avanti Communications to purchase additional Hylas 1 broadband capacity, the company announced Dec. 7.     Satconxion, […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-08-09] SES World Skies and SatLink Communications have launched a new DS3 fiber link to connect their teleport facilities, the two companies announced Dec. 7. The new link […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-08-09] Orange Business Services has expanded its satellite network to include a DVB-S2 broadband service based on iDirect’s Evolution platform, iDirect announced Dec. 7. Orange has integrated the […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-08-09] German telecommunications provider Atrexx has introduced a point-to-point and point-to-multipoint connectivity service via satellite through single channel per carrier (SCPC) technology, the company announced Dec. 7.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-08-09] Iridium Communications has activated its 1,000th Iridium OpenPort marine satellite terminal, the company announced Dec. 7.     The company reached the milestone with the activation of an […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-08-09] The Dec. 7 story, “Boeing ships DirecTV 12 to Baikonur,” should have read — Boeing has shipped the DirecTV 12 to the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch facility in […]

[Satellite News 12-08-09] After hitting 50,000 connections for Astra2Connect in October, SES Astra now is looking outside of Europe, particularly to the Middle East and Africa, to expand the service, […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-07-09] Vizada renewed their agreement with Météo-France to provide professional digital weather information and software to the maritime community, Vizada announced Dec. 4.      The partnership renewal will […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-07-09] The U.S. House of Representatives has passed an updated version of HR 3750, commonly known as the Satellite Reauthorization Bill, Congress announced Dev. 4.     The bill, […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-07-09] Globecomm Systems has rolled out an operational commercial X-band service offering for U.S. military and coalition forces operating in Southwest Asia, the Middle East and Africa, the […]

[Satellite News 12-07-09] In one of the biggest pay-TV consolidations of 2009, Middle East DTH platforms Showtime Arabia and Orbit merged in August to create Orbit Showtime. The platform, equally […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-07-09] SkyWave Mobile Communications (SkyWave) introduced a Glonass navigation capability to its DMR-800L satellite data communication terminal, targeted to its shipping customers in Russia, the company announced Dec. […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-07-09] Boeing has shipped the DirecTV 12 to the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch facility in Kazakhstan in preparation for its launch next year, Boeing announced.     The Boeing 702 […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-04-09] TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) has entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire Networks In Motion, a California-based provider of wireless navigation solutions for GPS-enabled mobile phones, for […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-04-09] Thales Alenia Space has completed platform integration testing on the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Galileo satellites, Thales Alenia Space announced Dec. 3.     The Galileo platform is […]