Focus: Telecom

[Satellite News 08-15-11] SES Astra considers its most recent contract agreement with satellite hardware manufacturer Newtec an important step in developing both its Ka- and Ku-band strategy, according to Patrick […]

[Satellite News 08-12-11] Wholesale 4G LTE network operator LightSquared filed its latest grievance with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Aug. 11, in a letter claiming that the GPS industry […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-12-11] Mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions provider Stratos Global has entered into an agreement with SkyWave Mobile Communications to serve as the first distribution partner for Inmarsat’s […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-12-11] Digi International’s ConnectPort X5 R rugged gateway has been certified to use the Iridium satellite network for global, two-way, low-latency data communications, Digi announced Aug. 11.   […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-12-11] The Automatic Terminal Information Service (ATIS) has launched a Machine-to-Machine (M2M) focus group initiative, which aims to address how companies can seize core opportunities through standards work […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 08-11-11] Satellite and cellular data communications solutions provider Orbcomm generated a 37.9 percent increase in its 2011 second-quarter revenues at $10.8 million — a performance which analysts […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-11-11] Gilat’s second quarter 2011 revenues were $81.7 million — a 58 percent increase compared with the $51.8 million Gilat generated in the second quarter of 2010.   […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-11-11] German satellite technology developer RF Design has introduced a new series of RF line-amplifiers covering L-band and IF frequency ranges, the company announced Aug. 10.    The […]

[Satellite News 08-11-11] The FSS satellite market is experiencing a steady 4.4 percent upswing in transponder demand and revenue, but a backdrop of slowing growth rates among customers and a […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-10-11] U.S. telco Verizon is adding mobile satellite solutions to its private IP service suite, the company announced Aug. 8.    By leveraging Verizon’s multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-10-11] The SES-2 satellite has arrived to the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana after being shipped by its manufacturer Orbital Sciences, in preparation for its launch on […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-10-11] Boeing Space & Intelligence Systems has completed a key compatibility test of its UHF hosted payload with the company’s 702MP-model IS-22 satellite, which is being built for […]

[Satellite News 08-10-11] Australian satellite company NewSat signed a three-year Jabiru-1 satellite capacity contract with U.S.-based global communications provider TrustComm, NewSat announced Aug. 10.             Under the terms of the […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-09-11] Manufacturer Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has delivered SES’ QuetzSat-1 satellite to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to prepare for its launch onboard an ILS Proton Breeze M booster […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-09-11] Inmarsat has rolled out a free voice distress service on FleetBroadband to help users in case of emergency, the mobile satellite operator announced Aug. 8.    Built […]

[Satellite News 08-08-11] Iridium Communications reported $11.7 million in 2011 second quarter earnings — a considerable leap from the $3.2 million generated in the same period last year, marking the […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-08-11]FSS satellite operator Intelsat has received multiple contracts from oil and gas managed communications provider RigNet to acquire new satellite capacity and renew its existing leases, Intelsat announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-08-11] The delayed launch of ViaSat’s ViaSat-1 satellite took a toll on the company’s 2011 first quarter net income, which dropped $3.26 million from the same period last […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-08-11] Mobile satellite operator Inmarsat saw its 2011 second quarter earnings increase 32 percent from the same period last year to $222.7 million, however, analysts were much more […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-08-11] LightSquared has entered into a multi-year wholesale agreement with integrated telecommunications services provider PowerNet Global, the companies announced Aug. 5.    PowerNet will become a wholesale customer […]

[Satellite News 08-08-11] Satellite voice and data provider Globalstar increased its service revenues and narrowed its net losses in the 2011 second quarter, however, the company confirmed that a defective […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 08-05-11] Telesat’s 2011 second quarter results showed minimal change from the company’s performance in the same period last year, however, the lackluster results also had Telesat CEO […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-05-11] Inmarsat and its machine-to-machine (M2M) technology partner SkyWave Mobile Communications have launched the IsatData Pro low data rate service for managing and communicating with remote assets, the […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-05-11] FSS operator Intelsat reported a 1 percent increase in its overall 2011 second quarter revenues at $642.5 million, compared with 635.3 million reported in the same period […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-05-11] Lower sales across its businesses caused Alliant Techsystems’ (ATK) 2011 fiscal first-quarter earnings to fall 4.2 percent from $74.6 million in the same period last year to […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-04-11] Machine-to-machine (M2M) products and services provider Numerex launched a new multi-year, battery-powered satellite solution that uses a lightweight, rugged global tracking tag, the company announced Aug. 3. […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-04-11] Commercial satellite manufacturer Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has expanded its senior management team, the company announced Aug. 3. SS/L promoted David Bernstein to the role of senior vice […]

[Satellite News 08-04-11] Two years ago, Inmarsat completed a strategic distribution and product development investment that allowed the mobile satellite operator to acquire 19 percent of privately owned machine-to-machine (M2M) […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-03-11] Despite increased deployment and utilization of LTE networks, mobile network operator data delivery costs could multiply 2010 cost levels by seven and surpass $370 billion annually by […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-03-11] Com Dev International has received an authorization to proceed with an agreement to make equipment for two commercial satellites from an unnamed prime contractor, the company announced […]