Focus: Telecom

[Satellite TODAY 10-06-11] Gulf Air Senior Manager of IFE and Communications Mohamad El Assaad will speak as a panelist on Via Satellite’s Oct. 25 webinar, “Satellite Broadband on Airplanes: A […]

[Satellite News 10-06-11] U.K. operator Avanti Communications will announce the commission of its Hylas-3 satellite in the near-term thanks to encouraging pre-sales on the future satellite, Avanti CEO David Williams […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-06-11] Independent global investment banking firm Greenhill & Co. (GHL) will sell all 9.8 million of its stock shares in mobile satellite operator Iridium Communications during a […]

[Satellite News 10-05-11] After signing a new strategic contract with SES to bring more capacity to the Russian market, Gazprom Space Systems (GSS) could announce details of a new satellite […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-04-11] U.K. satellite operator Avanti Communications signed three more clients for its broadband satellite Hylas 1, as well as one client for Hylas 2, which is scheduled to […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-04-11] Hughes Network Systems has unveiled its new 9202 Class 2 portable BGAN terminal, the company announced Oct. 3.    The Hughes 9202 Class 2 portable BGAN terminal […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-04-11] Satellite operator Globalstar has placed an order with Thales Alenia Space for an additional six satellites to its 2006 second-generation constellation contract with the manufacturer, under […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-03-11] International Launch Services (ILS) has launched operator SES’ QuetzSat-1 satellite into geostationary transfer orbit on board an Proton Breeze M rocket, the companies confirmed Sept. 30. […]

[Satellite News 09-30-11] In the second part of our two-part interview, Thales Alenia Space CEO Reynald Seznec tackles a major topic of conversation among satellite manufacturers — the possible realization […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-30-10] Eutelsat has signed another satellite broadband deal in Europe through its Skylogic subsidiary, the company announced Sept. 29.    Skylogic will provide Eutelsat’s Tooway service to Bulgarian […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-30-10] Comtech EF Data has entered into a technology partnership with Intellian Technologies to integrate Intellian’s V-Series antennas with Comtech’s Roaming Oceanic Satellite Server (ROSS) Open Antenna Management […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 09-29-11] Comtech Telecommunications reported better-than-expected EBITDA in its 2011 fourth quarter, however, the company was stung with a decline in profit and lower military MTS and BFT-1 […]

[Satellite News 09-29-11] For the past two years, Thales Alenia Space has enjoyed success as one of the world’s top satellite manufacturing companies. But Thales Alenia Space CEO Reynald Seznec […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-28-11] Stratos Global has been selected by shipping company Reederei Claus-Peter Offen (CP Offen) to provide Inmarsat FleetBroadband airtime services for its entire fleet of 122 commercial vessels, […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-28-11] Marlink and Thrane & Thrane have entered a partnership agreement to support and enhance Thrane & Thrane’s new Sailor 900 VSAT antenna, which was released earlier this […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 09-27-11] Sea Launch has successfully orbited its first satellite since emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in October 2010, the company announced 24. Sea Launch’s Zenit-3SL rocket […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-27-11] Wholesale 4G LTE hybrid network operator LightSquared signed a wholesale agreement with AirTouch Communications to develop telecommunications products that can converge the service to include voice, data, […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-27-11] German communications technology developer Rohde & Schwarz (R&S) unveiled its new 600 MHz oscilloscope as part of its RTO high-performance product line, the company announced Sept. 26. […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-26-11] Lockheed Martin Space Systems won an arbitration dispute with operator SES over an antenna anomaly that was discovered on a Lockheed-built commercial telecommunications satellite, the companies confirmed […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-26-11] The Slovak national transmission company Towercom will start using a fifth transponder Oct. 1 under a contract it signed for capacity on a SES Astra satellite, Towercom […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 09-26-11] While recent analyst studies have blamed consolidation in the satellite industry for a 30 percent spike in government satellite service prices in the United States between […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-23-11] Sea Launch will orbit Eutelsat’s Atlantic Bird 7 satellite Sept. 24 on a Zenit-3SL rocket from the ocean-based Odyssey Launch Platform in international waters of the Pacific […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 09-23-11] Clearwire may sell off a portion of its 4G spectrum if approached by an interested buyer, the company’s CFO Hope Cochran said during a Sept. 21 […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-23-11] Arianespace successfully launched the SES-2 and Arabsat 5C satellites into orbit on board an Ariane 5 ECA launch vehicle from the European Spaceport in French Guiana, the […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-23-11] Inmarsat has named FleetBroadband terminal developer Thrane & Thrane its key launch manufacturer for its upcoming Global Xpress service, the MSS operator announced Sept. 22.    As […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-23-11] The Space Data Association’s (SDA) Full Operational Capability (FOC) analysis system in its Space Data Center (SDC) has successfully met SDA objectives and was declared operational on […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 09-22-11] An unexpected labor strike delayed Arianespace’s launch of the Arabsat 5C and SES 2 communications satellites just moments before the Ariane 5 rocket carrying the two […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-22-11] Wholesale 4G LTE network operator LightSquared has signed an agreement with Javad GNSS to develop a system that will eliminate related interference issues for high-precision GPS devices, […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-22-11] Gilat Satellite Networks subsidiary Spacenet was selected to continue its provision of VSAT network services to an unnamed U.S. retailer with thousands of locations throughout the country, […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-22-11] MTN Satellite Communications (MTN) has formed a strategic partnership with Sensory International, a systems developer for maritime and residential markets, to provide integrated VSAT services and connectivity […]