Focus: Telecom

[Satellite TODAY 05-19-11]  VT iDirect (iDirect) will offer new Web and UDP optimization solutions through a reseller agreement with XipLink, the two companies announced May 17.             The new optimization […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-19-11] ViaSat has won a new contract worth $40 million from Thales Alenia Space, the company announced May 17. ViaSat will supply Ka-band transmit-receive (T/R) modules to Thales […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 05-19-11] Kratos Defense and Security Solutions (Kratos) has sealed a deal worth $266 million to acquire Integral Systems in a cash and stock transaction. Integral will be […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-18-11] Gilat Satellite Networks saw strong increases in revenues and profits its first quarter, the company reported May 17.             The company noted revenues of $80 million in […]

[Satellite News 05-18-11] Global Crossing recently signed a new satellite capacity deal with SES World Skies to support growth it is seeing in Latin America. Pablo Yañez, Senior Data Product […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-18-11] TS2 Satellite Technologies has won a significant new contract with the Government Protection Bureau (GPB) in Poland, the company announced May 17.      TS2 will provide global […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-18-11]  RRSat Global Communications has appointed Shlomo Shamir as its new chairman, the company  announced May 16.       Shamir will replace Gilad Ramot, who will remain as a […]

 [Satellite TODAY 05-17-11]  The price for broadband service is falling dramatically across the globe, according to the ITU. According to recent figures, consumers and businesses are paying on average more […]

 [Satellite TODAY 05-17-11]  [Satellite TODAY 05-17-11]  Eutelsat Communications has announced details of a new deal with Russian satellite operator, Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC). The two companies will look to […]

 [Satellite TODAY 05-17-11]  Telenor Connexion, a provider of M2M solutions to business for life critical applications, has made a series of new appointments in North America. The company has appointed […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-16-11] The U.S. Air Force awarded Northrop Grumman a $372 million contract to begin designing the Advanced Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) antenna system as part of the Increment […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-16-11] The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will launch an image-capturing satellite for France next year, Vikram Sarabhai Space Center (VSSC) Director Parivakkam Veeraraghavan announced May 13.             […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-16-11] Comtech EF Data secured a $1 million satellite communications equipment order from an unnamed Asian mobile operator, the company announced May 13. The Comtech EF Data infrastructure […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-16-11] Satellite broadband communications solutions provider NorsatInternational named James Topham to its Board of Directors after the company’s shareholders approved his nomination, Norsat announced May 13. Topham also […]

[Satellite News 05-16-11] European satellite analysts’ continue to remain positive on the satellite sector after noting the latest results issued by European FSS heavyweights Eutelsat Communications and SES. In its […]

[Satellite News 05-13-11] Australia’s National Broadband Network (NBN Co.), the entity in charge of the country’s planned Internet connectivity program, has contracted satellite operator Optus to provide an interim satellite […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 05-13-11] FSS operator SES turned in a 2011 first quarter performance that fell inline with both market and analysts’ consensus and allowed CEO Romain Bausch to maintain […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-13-11] Norsat’s acquisition of RF and antenna technology manufacturer Sinclair in January helped generate an additional $4.3 million in revenue during the 2011 first quarter, which brought Norsat’s […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-13-11] Thaicom received a significant contribution in revenues from its IPStar satellite subsidiary during the 2011 first quarter, including a 40.3 percent year-over-year increase in IPStar bandwidth services, […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-12-11] Iridium Communications will leverage iDirect’s VSAT platform as part of a multi-year plan to upgrade the ground-control infrastructure of its low-Earth orbiting (LEO) satellite constellation Iridium Next, […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 05-12-11] Boeing Space & Intelligence Systems has contracted another hardware developer for technology integration on three of the manufacturer’s Inmarsat-5 constellation satellites. L-3 Electron Technologies (L-3 ETI) […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-12-11] Vizada has launched its new Universal Card prepaid solution to work with both mobile and fixed satellite terminals at sea, the independent satellite communications provider announced May […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-12-11] SpaceX hired former Broadcom Corp. financial executive Bret Johnsen as its new CFO, the company announced May 11. Johnsen, who previously served as CFO of Mindspeed Technologies, […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-11-11] Loral Space & Communications generated $67.8 million in 2011 first quarter net income, which more than doubled its $29.4 million intake during the same period in 2010, […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-11-11] Healthy satellite service customer base growth helped Iridium Communications drive $8.3 million in profits during the first quarter of 2011 compared to the company’s net loss of […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-11-11] Hughes Network Systems completed its deployment of several HX System broadband satellite networks for Microcom, a service provider in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Hughes […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-11-11] C-Com Satellite Systems said it has received its largest iNetVu mobile antenna products order to date from its Japanese reseller Telemann Communications in Tokyo, the Candian satellite […]

[Satellite News 05-11-11] Two-way machine-to-machine (M2M) communications and automatic identification system (AIS) service specialist Orbcomm broke its yearlong subscriber growth streak in the first quarter of 2011 by falling 4,000 […]

[Satellite News 05-10-11] FSS operator Intelsat increased its 2011 first quarter revenues 3 percent (or $19 million) year-over-year at $640.2 million compared to $621.1 million in the same period last […]

[Satellite News 05-09-11] Inmarsat reported a 15 percent increase in its 2011 first-quarter revenue at $323.9 million compared with the same period last year, boosted by growth in its maritime […]