Focus: Telecom

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.

Intelsat has signed a multi-year deal with Digital Networks, provider of business-class satellite solutions to the energy sector. Under the agreement, Digital Networks will improve its support very small aperture terminal (VSAT) communications networks in North America using Intelsat’s capacity via its satellite fleet and IntelsatOne terrestrial network.

Satcom Direct, a developer of satellite communications solutions for corporate and military aircraft, has selected WAN optimization and network control solutions provider Exinda’s Mobile platform to be integrated into its first hardware product, the Satcom Direct Router (SDR).

Hughes Network Systems and Maju Nusa Sdn Bhd (Majunusa), a Malaysian VSAT service provider, have signed an agreement to supply an HX System 4.0 NOC (Network Operations Center) and 130 HX broadband satellite terminals. Majunusa will use the system to deliver cellular backhaul services for 2G and 3G sites in rural areas without access to cost-effective terrestrial communications.

In September 2010, at the Comsys’ VSAT conference in London, ViaSat CEO Mark Dankberg spoke optimistically about placing an order for the ViaSat-2 satellite and having it launched by 2014. However, as we head out of SATELLITE 2013, it seems this panorama has become very uncertain.

[Satellite TODAY 03-22-13] Yahsat CCO Shawkat Ahmed, whose company is playing a key role in bringing satellite broadband services to the EMEA region, told audience members of SATELLITE 2013’s closing […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-22-13] Mitsubishi Electric has completed an expansion of its satellite production facility at the company’s Kamakura Works in Kamakura, Japan. Mitsubishi said the upgraded facility aims to double […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-22-13] FSS operator Intelsat has signed a multi-year contract extension agreement with Lebanon-based ART/International Network Distribution (ART/IND), which aggregates and distributes niche and international channels in the global […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-21-13] If NovelSat CEO Itzik Wulkan is correct in his assessment, the demand for international satellite bandwidth services will have increased 2,000 percent in a 10-year timespan between […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-21-13] Hughes Network Systems waited until the final day of SATELLITE 2013 to drop its biggest announcement of the year – the broadband satellite solutions and services provider […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-19-13] SATELLITE 2013’s “big four” FSS panel consisting of the world’s largest fixed satellite operators is usually an opportunity for the industry to gauge what new threats they […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-15-13] Enterprise global satellite and cellular data communications solutions Orbcomm has acquired value-added resellers GlobalTrak and MobileNet for a combined cash purchase price of nearly $8 million, including […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-15-13] The SATELLITE 2013 conference and exhibition is set to kick off Monday, March 18 with full-day pre-conference sessions focusing on the industry’s latest technical and engineering challenges. […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-15-13] Swiss Space Systems has announced its plans to provide low-cost satellite launches at a quarter of the current market rates. The company said it targets to charge […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-15-13] ViviSat has announced the opening of the ATK Robotic Rendezvous and Proximity (RPO) testing facility to ViviSat clients at the headquarters of ATK’s Space Systems Division in […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-15-13] YahLive, the HD television satellite platform for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, was presented with the Satellite Services Provider of the Year award at […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-14-13] Global FSS operator Telesat has signed a deal with OmniAccess, a VSAT service provider and network integrator in the luxury super yacht market. Under the deal, OmniAccess […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-14-13] Inmarsat has announced the appointment of Bill Peltola as senior director for Aviation Services in the Asia-Pacific region. He will be responsible for developing market opportunities for […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-13-13] Japanese firm Sumitomo Construction Machinery has selected Orbcomm to provide wireless data connectivity for their global Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) telematics solution.     Orbcomm will provide its […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-13-13] Skycasters has selected iDirect’s Evolution Series X3 and X5 platform to provide high-speed, high-efficiency IP broadband connectivity for enterprise. The satellite routers feature highly efficient implementation of […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-13-13] Eutelsat Communications and OneAccess have announced a partnership to offer a new performance-enhanced platform for businesses, designed to deliver services operated on Eutelsat’s Ka-Sat High Throughput Satellite […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-13-13] Hughes Network Systems has rolled out its Jupiter high-throughput technology to the global market, beginning with its the HN9600 and HN9800 Ka-band satellite routers, the company announced […]