Focus: Telecom

[Satellite News 08-20-12] Increased connectivity demands from mobile workers, maritime, cargo transportation and remote applications are driving strong growth for the international mobile satellite industry, which is expected to continue […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-17-12] NASA has selected Ball Aerospace to lead a team that will conduct a technology demonstration of a high-performance “green” propellant alternative to hydrazine fuel, Ball Aerospace announced […]

[Satellite News 08-17-12] Pay-TV operator Dish Network may be planning to introduce a satellite broadband Internet service in the United States that will use capacity from an EchoStar satellite, according […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-17-12] Harris Corp. has issued a subcontract to Sagetech to support its effort to provide integrated Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) payloads for Iridium’s Aireon air traffic management entity, […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-17-12] SkyNet Satellite Communications has been awarded a contract extension from Bristow Group to centime providing air safety services with its expanded Aeronautical Information System (AIS) platform, SkyNet […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-16-12] Hybrid connectivity provider SkyVision Networks has signed an agreement with telecommunications and infrastructure company Broadlink to deliver Virtual Private Network (VPN) and Internet connectivity services to its […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-16-12] MTN Satellite Communications (MTN) and Wireless Maritime Services (WMS) have teamed up to launch the Connect at Sea voice application, which aims to enable maritime passengers and […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-16-12] Harris Corp. has been awarded a contract to supply reflector deployment booms to Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) for use on two unnamed high-throughput communications satellites, Harris announced Aug. […]

[Satellite News 08-15-12] FSS operator Intelsat is now actively talking to customers in Asia about its new EpicNG open architecture platform and hopes to land contracts in the region before […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 08-15-12] The mobile network operator sector is set to lose nearly a quarter of revenues — approximately $300 billion — from a combination of fraud and billing […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-15-12] Russian manufacturer ISS Reshetnev confirmed Aug. 14 that it has made contact with PT Telkom’s Telkom-3 satellite that was placed in a useless orbit following a failed […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-15-12] Arianespace will launch the Indian Space Research Organization’s (ISRO) next communication satellite, GSAT-10, on an Ariane-5 rocket from the European spaceport in Kourou on Sept. 21, the […]

[Satellite News 08-14-12] Gilat Satellite Networks has surpassed a significant milestone for its broadband VSAT business by successfully deploying its first 10,000 VSAT units for Australian operator Optus as part […]

[Satellite News 08-14-12] Gilat Satellite Networks has surpassed a significant milestone for its broadband VSAT business by successfully deploying its first 10,000 VSAT units for Australian operator Optus as part […]

[Satellite News 08-14-12] After Kratos acquired Integral Systems in May 2011, the newly formed Kratos Integral Systems has been focused on providing a slew of satellite support services, such as […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 08-14-12] Global satellite data communications provider Orbcomm has reported its second consecutive quarter of Automatic Identification System (AIS) revenue growth after a year of struggles to get […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-13-12] Northrop Grumman has joined the Hosted Payload Alliance (HPA), the company announced Aug. 10.    HPA formed in March 2011 as a group of satellite manufacturers, spacecraft […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 08-10-12] A strong performance from Globalstar’s Spot service helped boost the company’s 2012 second-quarter revenues to $20 million – a full $1 million more than the $19 […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-10-12] Canadian satellite Norsat continued to drive revenue growth in both its Sinclair Technologies subsidiary and its microwave products segment during its second fiscal quarter of 2012, according […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-10-12] JSC Azerkosmos has signed an agreement with British insurance broker Marsh to insure Azerbaijan’s first telecommunication satellite, Azerspace-1, JSC Azerkosmos confirmed Aug. 9.    The one-year contract […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-10-12] Intelsat and the Global VSAT forum (GVF) are sponsoring a communications training session that will be conducted at the Pacific Endeavor convention in Singapore, featuring government and […]

[Satellite News 08-09-12] The failed launch of a Russian Proton rocket carrying two communications satellites earlier this week has forced EchoStar to push back the launch of a satellite that […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-09-12] Gilat Satellite Networks has been contracted by Argentina’s Servicio Satelital to provide its SkyEdge 2 Hub and broadband satellite platform that Servicio Satelital will use to upgrade […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-09-12] Voice, video and data distribution networks provider Wegener Corp. has signed new equipment orders with media network Microspace and an unnamed international customer managing a governmental media […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-09-12] RF over fiber equipment manufacturer Pulse Power and Measurement (PPM) has launched a new sales organization in the United States, which will trade under the brand name […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 08-08-12] International commercial satellite operators grew their capacity leasing revenues by $635 million between 2010 and 2011, according to a study published Aug. 7 by analysis firm […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-08-12] Russia failed to launch two communications satellites into orbit after anomaly occurred on the Proton M rocket’s Breeze M upper stage engine, Russian space agency Roskosmos confirmed […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-08-12] Kratos Defense & Security Solutions subsidiary SAT Corp. has opened new facilities in Maryland and Hawaii in an effort to expand its Interference Detection and Geolocation (iDetGeo) […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 08-07-12] Sea Launch has sent its platform vessels from its homeport in Long Beach, Calif. to the equator in preparation for the important Aug. 16 launch of […]

[Satellite News 08-07-12] ATK recently expanded its product line of small, agile satellite buses to meet design requirements for a wider range of missions in civil, national security and commercial […]