Focus: Telecom

[Satellite TODAY 03-11-13] Libyan satellite provider Sana is planning to offer broadband services to businesses and government organizations that are helping rebuild Libya through the help of Avanti Communications’ Hylas […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-08-13] Five American film studios and the country’s three largest exhibitors have reached an agreement to partner on the first digital theatrical delivery service via satellite. Regal, AMC […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-08-13] SES will launch a new broadband Internet service for small communities in Germany next month. SES Broadband Services will provide connectivity for rural towns with limited or […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-07-13] Pricing and service package changes implemented by MSS operator Inmarsat in January and May 2012, along with increased take-up and usage of FleetBroadband terminals, helped the company […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-07-13] SES’ service company SES TechCom has signed a contract with BT to provide satellite communications services for the Galileo Data Dissemination Network (GDDN) to support the Galileo […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-07-13] Rohde & Schwarz will showcase the first solution for standard compliant certification tests, the R&S TS8997 test system, at the EMV 2013 international trade fair in Stuttgart. […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-06-13] Satellite companies with exposure to Defense Department and broader government budgets in the United States should expect to see incremental headwinds as across-the-board cuts as a result […]

The ViaSat-1 satellite has earned the Guinness World Records title for the highest-capacity communications satellite in the world.

[Satellite TODAY 03-06-13] GE Aviation has singed a new agreement to provide inertial reference units for Boeing’s wideband phased array satellite communications systems for airborne mobile communications.    The inertial […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-06-13] Inmarsat has signed a deal with Kymeta, a company that designs and commercializes metamaterials-based antennas for satellite communications, to develop the Kymeta Aero Antenna, a new satellite […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-06-13] Communications & Power Industries (CPI) has received a new order worth $6 million in Ka-band high-power satcom amplifiers. According to CPI, an international customer will use the […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-04-13] China has announced its plan to take over a more prominent role in the global commercial satellite launching business. The country, which currently has 3 percent of […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-04-13] The first satellite powered by a Google Nexus One smartphone is successfully working from its orbit. The United Kingdom Space Agency’s STRaND-1 was launched on Feb. 25 […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-01-13] The European SABER project has announced it will publish practical guidelines in April to help regional authorities specify, procure and fund satellite broadband solutions. The announcement follows […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-01-13] Russian pay-TV operator Orion Express has announced plans to create a Hotbird-style satellite hotspot for Russia at the 85 degrees east orbital position. The company is the […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-28-13] Aerospace manufacturers Thales Alenia Space and ISS Reshetnev have signed an agreement to create a joint venture between the two companies that will be based in Krasnoyarsk, […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-28-13] FSS operator Intelsat is already well into its plans to make up for the early February loss of the Intelsat 27 satellite (IS-27), which include shifting its […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-28-13] MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA), has reported its financial results for the full 2012 year and fourth quarter. Consolidated revenues for the full year increased to $880 […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-27-13] European satellite equipment developer Newtec has been selected by California-based X2nSat to provide equipment for a new B2B broadband and SCADA service, under the brand name ST4G, […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-27-13] TS2 Satellite Technologies has expanded its Internet service in Afghanistan using Avanti’s Hylas 2 satellite, which is equipped with Ka bandwidth transponders that enable bidirectional data transmission […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-27-13] CET Teleport has announced a new three year contract with SES for NSS-12 Ku-band capacity linking Europe and East Africa, where CET has identified an increased demand […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-27-13] Advantech Wireless has announced new orders for more than $2 million of its high power, high linearity GaN based SSPA line, covering both C-Band and Ku-Band.   […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-26-13] The true value of the wireless spectrum owned by Clearwire is two or three times higher than the value reflected in the price that cellular operator Sprint […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-26-13] Gilat Satcom has announced a new deal with a pan-African Internet service provider and mobile WiMAX carrier to deliver broadband services throughout Mozambique. Additionally, Gilat Satcom is […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-26-13] Maritime Broadband has selected Revmar Dynamics as the full-service exclusive distributor of the company’s C-Bird VSAT in Greece and Cyprus, two of the most important markets in […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-26-13] TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) has introduced its Cloud Messaging Service, which delivers short message service (SMS) messages over 2G, 3G and LTE networks. Since TCS’ new service is […]

As private companies gain more ground in the space and satellite industry, a startup company from Las Vegas, Nev., is attempting to get in on the race by developing a commercial weather satellite.

[SatelliteTODAY 02-25-13] Europe has launched the biennial Satellite Broadband for European Regions (SABER) project aimed at bringing broadband coverage to the estimated 10 million European households that still do not […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-25-13] As part of its growing focus on Ka-band, Israeli networking technology, solutions and services provider Gilat Satellite Networks unveiled its new SkyEdge 2-c Internet connectivity solution, which […]

[SatelliteTODAY 02-25-13] NewSat announced it has secured approximately $108 million in required equity for its Jabiru-1 satellite, which takes it one step closer to finally launching after being deferred from […]