Focus: Telecom

[Satellite TODAY 04-24-13] KVH Industries is aiming to meet the demand for reliable, mobile broadband communications at remote well sites in the oil and gas industry with the new TracPhone […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-24-13] Hughes Network Systems has announced that its new Hughes 9502 BGAN M2M (machine-to-machine) terminal with integrated antenna has been fully “Type Approved” by Inmarsat, and commercial shipments […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-24-13] Hermes Datacomms Middle East has been approved as a CommScope partner in Iraq. This means Hermes Datacomms’ local Iraqi/expat engineers and expat project managers in Iraq are […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-18-13] Intelsat has taken the next step on what it hopes will be a successful IPO process, a process in which it hopes to derive over $470 million […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-18-13] Digitürk, Turkey’s leading pay-TV operator, is the latest DTH operator to enter into the 4K arena. The company has launched a dedicated demonstration 4K channel in partnership […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-17-13] Eutelsat Communication’s Eutelsat 3D satellite is now undergoing final preparations for launch aboard an International Launch Services (ILS) Proton Breeze M rocket at the Baikonour Cosmodrome in […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-17-13] TrustComm, a small-business provider of secure Comsatcom solutions to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), has announced completion of its reorganization after the American investor group Global […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-17-13] C-Com Satellite Systems, a provider of mobile auto-deploying satellite antenna systems, has seen a significant increase in revenues and profits in the first quarter. This was one […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-17-13] Content distributor In Demand has renewed its capacity agreement with SES for the delivery of PPV and Video On Demand sports and entertainment television content to cable […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-17-13] Thuraya has boosted its position in Latin America by extending its GSM roaming coverage to 11 additional countries across the Americas in partnership with leading telecommunications providers, […]

Spacecom has announced that it has won a three-year contract worth $6.5 million from one of Africa's largest Internet Communications Service Providers (ISPs) for provision of Very Small Aperture Terminals (VSAT) satellite services from the AMOS-5 satellite located at the 17 degrees east orbital position.

DMC International Imaging (DMCii) has signed an agreement with Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) that will increase the volume of imagery acquired and the speed in which it can be delivered.

Satellite communications service provider NSSLGlobal has announced the opening of a new office in Singapore. The move is a result of the company’s expansion plans and its increased business growth in the Asian market for the past few years.

DISH Network Corporation has announced its intentions to acquire the third largest wireless carrier in the United States.

SkyStream FZ has renewed a multi-year deal on SES' NSS-6 satellite at 95 degrees east to provide reliable connectivity to its maritime, and oil & gas customers via secure VSAT networks.

Gilat Satellite Networks and Hispasat have signed a deal to expand the Spanish satellite operator’s broadband satellite-based network with an additional SkyEdge II system.

The Rural Telecommunications Group (RTG) has appointed of Andrew Silberstein, senior vice president and general manager of Globecomm Network Services to the RTG Board of Directors.

Boeing and Honeywell have signed a new technical services agreement as they look to come up with the next generation of high-speed in-flight connectivity services on passenger devices such as iPads, smartphones, tablets and laptops.

Orbital Sciences has selected ITT Exelis to manufacture, assemble, test and deliver three composite-based bus structures for its GEOStar-3 communications satellite platform.

Norsat International has introduced its new Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) and custom microwave products for airborne and Ka multi-band applications.

[Satellite TODAY 04-09-13] Via Satellite has launched its first dedicated edition for Asia. The issue will be distributed at the Asia Pacific Operators Summit (APOS) hosted by Media Partners Asia […]

Ball Aerospace & Technologies has started integration for DigitalGlobe’s next generation commercial remote-sensing satellite.

Panasonic Avionics Corporation has announced completion of commercial agreement with Australian Satellite Communications (ASC) and is now ready to enter into service with a full transponder of capacity on the Eutelsat 172A satellite pending imminent regulatory approval.

MEASAT Satellite Systems has announced an agreement with CET Teleport GmbH for capacity on the Africasat-1a satellite.

LGS Innovations, an independent subsidiary of Alcatel-Lucent, has announced the appointment of Rich Martin to chief information officer.

The take-up rate of in-flight connectivity services is proving to be lower than expected. Euroconsult recently released the “Prospects for In-Flight Entertainment and Connectivity” report

C-COM Satellite Systems has announced its iNetVuKa-98H mobile antenna system, combined with the HNS 2W Dual IFL Transceiver, is suitable to operate over the Middle East satellite operator Yahsat’s Yahclick network.

KVH Industries has introduced its new TracPhone V3-IP satellite communications systems and announced the availability of an integrated service package that pairs its mini-VSAT Broadband service with the Iridium OpenPort broadband service.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions’ subsidiary RT Logic has launched two new products for building cost-effective satellite control centers: the Software Front End Processor (FEP) and the Software Gateway. Both are based on a "software only" architecture that replaces the hardware/software appliances used in the industry today.

Azercosmos and MEASAT have announced that the Azerspace-1/Africasat-1a satellite has successfully completed in-orbit testing and entered full commercial service.