Focus: Telecom

[Satellite TODAY 11-02-11] Satellite operator SES confirmed its plans to invest $400 million in the South Asia and Asia-Pacific regions to increase its coverage across the region’s growth economies.   […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-02-11] Pendrell Corp., formerly ICO, has completed its acquisition of a controlling interest in ContentGuard Holdings, a developer and licensor of digital content distribution patents, subsidiary Pendrell Technologies […]

Asian telco SingTel prides itself on progressive strategies towards satellite. It has recently launched its ST-2 satellite, a joint-venture project with Taiwanese telco Chunghwa Telecom, which aims to give SingTel […]

Oil and gas companies are potentially lucrative customers for satellite-based communications. However, while demand for services like HD video on oil rigs is good news, the competition from fiber based […]

The Middle East and Africa remain fertile grounds for satellite with the demand for capacity significantly increasing. Yet, with fiber rollouts growing, do these markets still represent a golden opportunity […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-01-11] Australian satellite operator Optus has selected Arianespace’s Ariane 5 rocket to launch its new Optus 10 spacecraft into geostationary transfer orbit in the middle of 2013 from […]

While the United States may invest more than any other nation in milsatcom assets and capacity, there is a great deal of innovation to be seen in international milsatcom strategies. […]

[Satellite News 11-01-11] Nigerian Communication Satellite Ltd. (NigComSat) is hoping that lightning won’t strike twice as China Great Wall Industry Corp. (CGWIC) gets set to launch its NigComSat 1R satellite […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-28-11] Machine-to-machine (M2M) service provider Numerex saw its M2M subscription base grow 22 percent in the 2011 third quarter compared with the same period last year, which led […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-28-11] Wholesale 4G LTE operator LightSquared has entered into a collaborative partnership with antenna solutions provider PCTEL to develop technology in order to resolve concerns regarding LightSquared’s network […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-28-11] Danish software developer GateHouse has combined Inmarsat’s BGAN satellite communications capability with software-defined radio (SDR) technology to rollout an SDR implementation of a BGAN terminal, Inmarsat announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-27-11] Intelsat has partnered with integrated telecommunications service provider Du in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to jointly offer turnkey multi-channel per carrier (MCPC) television program distribution solutions […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-26-11] Non-profit satellite organization Global VSAT Forum (GVF) has re-elected iDirect CTO and Senior Vice President of Engineering David Bettinger to its board of directors for a second […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-26-11] Ofcom, the independent regulator and competition authority for British communications industries, has filed a request with the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) to rescind its 2GHz spectrum […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-26-11] Eutelsat has activated commercial service on its Atlantic Bird 7 satellite at the 7 degrees West orbital position, the operator announced Oct. 24.    Sea Launch carried […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-26-11] Hughes Network System was contracted by GTech to provide an advanced HN satellite networking solution to support lottery operations in Bogota, Colombia, Hughes announced Oct. 25.   […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-26-11] Gilat Satellite Networks’ wholly owned subsidiary Spacenet was selected by Cumberland Farms to upgrade and manage its communications infrastructure for more than 600 stores across 11 U.S. […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-25-11] FSS operator SES’ new Astra 1N satellite has entered commercial service at the orbital position of 28.2 degrees East, the company confirmed Oct. 24.    The satellite […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-25-11] Satellite manufacturer Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) shipped theAsiaSat 7 communications satellite it designed and built for Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat) one month ahead of schedule, SS/L […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-25-11] Iridium Communications’ complete suite of Iridium AxcessPoint products and services is now available to customers in commercial markets, the MSS operator announced Oct. 24.    The suite […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-25-11] Connectivity solutions provider Orbit Communication Systems is set to unveil its expanded tracking and telemetry portfolio of aeronautical antennas, the company announced Oct. 24.               The new […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-24-11] Arianespace has successfully launched its first Soyuz rocket from the European Spaceport and Guiana Space Center (CSG) in Kourou, the company confirmed Oct. 21.    The debut […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-24-11] ETSI has published a new specification that explores the technical challenges for satellite networks to provide inter-working and interoperability with standard terrestrial label-switching routers, the organization announced […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-21-11] Orbital Sciences saw its overall third quarter 2011 revenues increase 9 percent to $342.2 million compared with the same period last year due to strong growth […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-21-11] SES CEO Romain Bausch plans to invest more than 3 billion euros ($4.1 billion) to expand its presence in Latin America and Asian markets, according to a […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-21-11] Fixed-site remote communications solutions provider Stratos Global has introduced StratosMAX 2 Nomadic — a new version of its StratosMAX 2 broadband service offered via its microwave network, […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-21-11] Libyan oil and gas communications provider Hermes Datacomms resumed full operational status in Libya after violence due to the country’s recent political unrest subsided, the company announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-20-11] The four-year-long effort to send ViaSat’s high-throughput, all Ka-band satellite ViaSat-1 into orbit ended successfully and on schedule as International Launch Services (ILS) launched the spacecraft Oct. […]

[Satellite News 10-20-11] It began in January 2008, when Eutelsat and ViaSat announced that the two companies had ordered a pair of all Ka-band satellites under collaboration to develop more […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-20-11] Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) has launched a new, low-cost maritime communications package to allow shipping companies to optimize operational costs and enhance welfare for their crew, the […]