Focus: Telecom

The Gazprom-owned Yamal-402 satellite eventually reached orbit early Tuesday after its course was corrected by space officials.

Telecommunications company Vivacom has increased the download speeds and doubled the monthly bandwidth allowance for its satellite-based internet services.

[Satellite TODAY Insider 12-11-12] Australian satellite communications company NewSat has selected a new Evolution universal satellite hub from technology developer iDirect to enhance its network infrastructure, along with an upgrade […]

Gilat Satellite Networks’ Wavestream Ku-band Matchbox Mini Block Upconverter is available immediately

[Satellite News 12-10-12] After two years of frustrating decline, Comtech’s MTS/BFT business declined 61 percent to $10 million in the 2013 first quarter and now consists primarily of support services […]

Tags: Satellite Launch, VSAT, Azerbaijan, Arianespace, Orbital Sciences Corp. Publication: Trend.az Publication Date: 12/03/2012 Artist’s impression of Azerspace -1. Image credit: Orbital Sciences Corp. Azerbaijan has moved a step losing to having its own […]

This year marks fifty years since the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) licensed its first satellite in 1962. Satellites, and satellite rules, have greatly evolved since then. The satellite industry […]

In my last column, I discussed how the cost of providing satellite broadband had fallen to the point where it was thinkable for Dish Network to deploy it broadly to […]

With a series of new developments in electric-propulsion, high-throughput and Ka-band satellites as well as industry consolidation, 2012 has been quite a year in the satellite industry. There have been […]

The role of the teleport operator in the satellite eco-system could be changing as satellite operators themselves look to offer services that have traditionally been the preserve of these operators. […]

Last month, we discussed the return of industrial M&A in the space sector with the announcement of the acquisition of U.S. satellite manufacturer Space Systems Loral (SS/L) by Canadian manufacturer […]

Intelsat General is a thriving part of Intelsat’s business that has made many key deals in the government and military sector. However, 2013 could be a key year for the […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 11-28-12] Hughes Network Systems has released new high-performance broadband plans for government agencies, offering speeds up to 15Mbps and designed to reach remote locations across the United […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-28-12] Sea Launch and Asia Satellite Telecommunications (AsiaSat) have entered into an option agreement for backup launch services utilizing Sea Launch’s Zenit 3SL rocket, the companies announced Nov. […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-28-12] NewCom International has launched a satellite-powered distance education network covering 26 schools in the Nudo de Paramillo Region in Northern Colombia built on the iDirect satellite communications […]

[Satellite News 11-27-12] Recent advancements in high-throughput Ku-band satellites will allow commercial Ku-based aeronautical mobile satellite systems (AMSS) to equal or exceed commercial Ka-band AMSS systems on cost and performance, […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-27-12] Polaris Wireless will participate in the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) advisory committee, Communications Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council (CSRIC)’s indoor location technology market trial Nov. 15 through […]

[Satellite News 11-27-12] It has been less than a year since Errol Olivier was appointed president and CEO of MTN Satellite Communications, but he already finds himself leading the company […]

 [Satellite TODAY 11-27-12] GTX has approved a custom designed GPS tracking devise for use on AirNet and Cargolux, made available as an add-on service exclusively to customers of the expedited […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-27-12] Intelsat has named Jean-Luc Froeliger as Vice President of Satellite Operations and Engineering, effective immediately, the company announced Nov. 26. In his new role, Froeliger will oversee […]

 [Satellite TODAY 11-27-12] China successfully launched a satellite made by Thales Alenia Space aboard a Chinese rocket on Tuesday to provide telecommunications services to Asia, Africa and Europe, the Xinhua […]

 [Satellite TODAY 11-27-12] The Sea Launch consortium’s Zenit-3SL rocket launch with the Eutelsat-70B satellite on board has been postponed 24 hours due to the delayed arrival of the Odyssey platform […]

 [Satellite TODAY 11-26-12] Astrium Services will display its advances in maritime communications at the upcoming Seatrade Middle East 2012 in Dubai Nov. 27 to 29, the satellite-based mobility services provider […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-26-12] Hermes Datacomms has developed a mobile wireless VSAT solution, the oil and gas industry communications provider announced Nov. 26. The solution is a trailer-mounted system and is […]

[Satellite News 11-26-12] Increases in the use of mobile data have a positive effect on the GDP-per-capita growth rates across 14 countries, according to recent studies released by the GSMA […]

[Satellite News 11-26-12] Pay-TV operator Dish Network is not happy with a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) proposal reported last week that would allow the company to use some of its […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 11-26-12] The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is potentially exploring the idea of importing or building a six-ton high-throughput Ka-band satellite that would feature 100 beams compared […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-26-12] Orbital Sciences, under a contract with Boeing, has completed work on the Mexsat Bicentenario communications satellite to provide Mexico and the surrounding maritime area with communications solutions, […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-26-12] EchoStar and Arianespace will collaborate to launch several new satellites from the French Guiana spaceport over a multi-year period, providing EchoStar with launch capacity and flexibility for […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-23-12] SES and Astrium Services have signed capacity deals to deliver connectivity to vessels around Latin America as well as in the North Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea […]