Focus: Telecom
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Connectivity
SES Certifies Inverto’s Multibox SAT-IP Converter
[Satellite TODAY 07-13-12] SES has certified the first SAT-IP converter by Inverto Digital Labs, a Luxembourg-based developer and marketer of consumer and professional broadcast reception products, the operator announced July […]
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Arinc, Lemko Demonstrate 4G LTE Transmission Via Satellite
[Satellite TODAY 07-13-12] Arinc and Lemko have successful demonstrated seamless 4G LTE data transmission and streaming video via Arinc’s RapydConnex mobile edge satellite broadband communications platform and Lemko’s distributed mobile […]
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Insurance Firm Forecasts Space Debris to Drive Up Policy Costs
[Satellite TODAY Insider 07-13-12] There may be as many as 300,000 stray objects in space between 1 centimeter and 10 centimeters in size, and 35 million objects smaller than 1 […]
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ViaSat Wins $240 Million Ground, Network System Contract from NBN
[Satellite TODAY 07-13-12] ViaSat has been selected by Australia’s wholesale-only national broadband network NBN to provide the ground-based communications, network management and data processing systems for the long-term satellite service […]
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Avanti Selects MDA to Build Hylas 3 Satellite Payload
[Satellite TODAY 07-12-12] Canadian information solutions firm MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) has signed a contract valued at approximately $35 million with United Kingdom-based Avanti Communications to provide a Ka-band […]
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Report: App-Enabled Wireless Device Market Set for Five-Year Boost
[Satellite TODAY 07-12-12] Smart devices that link to the handset to carry out specific tasks will become a major new market for hardware manufacturers during the next five years, according […]
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Entropic Acquires DBS Technology from PLX for Long-Term Sat-IP Strategy
[Satellite TODAY Insider 07-12-12] Entropic Communications, a semiconductor solutions provider for the connected household market, has acquired specific direct broadcast satellite (DBS) intellectual property and corresponding technologies from PLX Technology, […]
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SES-5 Provides Valuable Frequency Growth to Operator’s Global Strategy
[Satellite TODAY Insider 07-11-12] European satellite operator SES’ new SES-5 spacecraft, launched earlier this week on an ILS Proton Breeze M rocket, aims to serve as a valuable cornerstone in […]
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Gilat Expands SkyEdge 2 Deal with Panama’s C&W
[Satellite TODAY 07-11-12] Gilat Satellite Networks has been selected by Cable & Wireless Panama (C&W) to provide a SkyEdge 2 broadband network that will be used to deliver broadband Internet […]
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ILS Sends SES-5 into Orbit
[Satellite TODAY 07-10-12] International Launch Services (ILS) has successfully launched SES’ telecoms satellite SES-5 into orbit onboard a Russian Proton-M rocket from the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan after a […]
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Report: Armenia to Purchase Commercial Satellite from Russia
[Satellite TODAY 07-10-12] The Armenian government is planning to order a commercial communications satellite from Russia under the terms of a memorandum of understanding signed July 9, according to a […]
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NigComSat Orders Hub, Evolution Platform from iDirect
[Satellite TODAY 07-10-12] African satellite network operator Nigerian Communications Satellite Ltd. (NigComSat) has purchased a new Series 15100 Universal Satellite hub from iDirect and will deploy an Evolution-based service in […]
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JCSAT-13 Boosts Sky Perfect JSAT’s Businesses in New, Emerging Markets
[Satellite News 07-10-12] Sky Perfect JSAT is now ready to commence service on the Lockheed Martin-built JCSAT-13 telecommunications satellite at 124 degrees East following successful on-orbit deployment and checkout of […]
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SSTL Confirms ExactView-1 Launch Date
[Satellite TODAY 07-09-12] Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) will launch the ExactView-1 Automatic Identification System (AIS) satellite July 22 on a Soyuz launch vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, […]
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HellasSat Secures Orbital Slot Rights from Cyprus Government
[Satellite TODAY 07-09-12] Greek satellite operator HellasSat has reached an agreement with the government of Cyprus to acquire rights to the 39 degrees East orbital slot for an additional 20 […]
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Boeing Exec Confident About More Electric Satellite Deals (Part Two)
[Satellite News 07-09-12] Boeing Satellite Systems International (BSSI) created a stir this past March at SATELLITE 2012 when it announced that it had sold 702SP electric propulsion satellites to Asia […]
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EchoStar 17 Launch Brings Hughes’ Next-Gen Ka-band into Space
[Satellite TODAY Insider 07-09-12] Arianespace has successfully launched the EchoStar 17 satellite into geostationary transfer on an Ariane 5 rocket for Hughes Network Systems, kicking off the company’s Ka-band-powered fourth-generation […]
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Com Dev Inks Ka-band Hardware Deal with SS/L
[Satellite TODAY 07-09-12] Com Dev has been awarded contracts from Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) worth more than $10 million to deliver Ka-band microwave components and assemblies to the satellite manufacturer, Com […]
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Vietnam Prepares to Bring its Second Satellite Online
[Satellite TODAY Insider 07-06-12] Vietnam’s second telecommunications satellite, Vinasat-2, has completed on-orbit deployment and checkout of all spacecraft systems and is ready to commence service, the satellite’s state-owned operator Vietnam […]
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Eutelsat Responds to EU Digital Scorecard with Enhanced Tooway Service
[Satellite TODAY 07-06-12] Eutelsat Communications has unveiled improvements to its Ka-band Tooway satellite service that aim to enhance the speed and affordability of its consumer satellite broadband across Europe and […]
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Beam Deploys MSS Maritime Hardware to China
[Satellite TODAY 07-06-12] Beam Communications has received a $170,000 order from a China based satellite communications company for maritime hardware, the company announced July 5. Beam said the initial […]
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Boeing Exec Confident About More Electric Satellite Deals (Part One)
[Satellite News 07-06-12] Boeing Satellite Systems International (BSSI) created a stir this past March at SATELLITE 2012 when it announced that it had sold 702SP electric propulsion satellites to Asia […]
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Abertis Representatives Resign from Eutelsat Board of Directors
[Satellite TODAY 07-04-12] Eutelsat Communications confirmed in a July 3 statement that two members of its board of directors have resigned. Francisco Reynes Massanet and Marta Casas Caba, representing […]
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Arqiva Agrees U.K. Wi-Fi Operator Deal
[Satellite TODAY 07-03-12] Arqiva, the U.K. media infrastructure company, has agreed to a deal which will make it one of the U.K.’s largest Wi-Fi hotspot providers, the company announced July […]
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MDA Investors, Analysts Hail SS/L Purchase as a Win for Both Sides
[Satellite News 07-03-12] Stocks in both Canadian essential information solutions provider MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) and satellite manufacturer Space Systems/Loral’s (SS/L) former parent company, Loral, have risen sharply since […]
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Yahsat Exec Outlines Operator’s Airborne Satcom Ambitions
[Satellite TODAY Insider 07-03-12] Yahsat, the Middle East satellite operator, which signed a deal with Astrium in May to gain the technology solutions it needs to support the United Arab […]
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Pike Research: Satellite Needs to Get on the Smart Grid
[Satellite TODAY Insider 07-02-12] Satellite communications, VSAT and BGAN service providers may want to look into opportunities with smart grid utility end-users who are increasingly searching for applications that satellite […]
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Patricio Northland CEO, Satmex
Satmex is one of Latin America’s largest regional operators, and earlier this year, was one of the first operator’s to sign up to buy an “all electric” satellite from Boeing, […]
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Internet Telephony: A Regulatory Oxymoron
When Internet telephony came on the scene in the 1990s, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) did not give it a regulatory classification. Today that is still the case. From […]
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Punit Goenka CEO, Zee Entertainment Enterprises
With a population of more than 1 billion people, India is one of the world’s biggest and most dynamic broadcast markets. The country continues to expand the size of its […]