Focus: Telecom

[Satellite TODAY 03-28-11] Indonesian telecom Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom) is planning to launch its Telkom-3 satellite before the end of 2011, company officials said in a March 25 statement.     Telkom […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-28-11] ViaSat expanded the coverage of its Yonder high-speed internet service in Brazil and the surrounding region via the StarOne C1 satellite, the operator announced March 25.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-25-11] Teleport operators were less satisfied with the commercial performance of their satellite vendors than with their operational performance and saw the need for improvement in many areas, […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-25-11] Telecom equipment manufacturer Ericsson will supply satellite phones and solar-powered towers to the Japanese government to support the country’s earthquake and tsunami recovery efforts, the company announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-25-11] C-Com Satellite Systems received $600,000 worth of orders for its iNetVu mobile antenna products from various customers in the Asia region, the Canadian manufacturer announced March 23. […]

[Satellite News 03-25-11] Speaking at the IP & TV World Forum in London, DirecTV Senior Vice President of Engineering Henry Derovanessian talked of the operator’s strategy to leverage its recently […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-24-11] Numerex entered into a strategic partnership with mobile broadband solutions company Tekelec to deliver and co-market M2M solutions to global service providers, the companies announced March 23. […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-24-11] SES Astra has extended its technical reach across Europe to serve 135 million TV homes in Europe and North Africa – more than half of all TV […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-24-11] Satellite-LTE network operator LightSquared has signed a contract with national electronics retailer Best Buy to resell its service, LightSquared announced March 23.     LightSquared CEO and Chairman […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 03-23-11] The enterprise satellite sector may see limited long-term retail revenue growth in traditional oil and gas markets but could offset these challenges by leveraging increasing growth […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-23-11] Kore Telematics, a machine-to-machine (M2M) communications provider, expanded its global M2M network services to feature enhanced cellular data network services supported by global satellite delivery for connected […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-23-11] Communications solutions and services provider Globecomm Systems is set to rollout its wireless hosted platform, which aims to enable 2G and 3G operators to migrate to 4G/LTE, […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-23-11] Intelsat subsidiary Intelsat Jackson Holdings is selling the operator’s $2.65 billion in senior debt due in 2019, 2021 and 2023 to refinance rates on its shorter-term debt, […]

[Satellite News 03-23-11] Gilat Satellite Networks’ acquisitions of Raysat Antenna Systems and Wavestream were key elements of the company’s strategy to beef up its overall capabilities and focus on defense […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-22-11] Maritime satellite communications provider Marlink has extended its contract with seismic vessel operator Fugro-Geoteam for another five years, Marlink announced March 21.     The agreement will see […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-22-11] US Signal is expanding its network by adding on/off-ramps to its Midwest footprint in Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota, the data bandwidth capacity supplier announced March 21.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-22-11] The Albanian government awarded a contract to EMA Group for Iridium-based Vessel Monitoring Systems (VMS) integration on the country’s commercial fishing fleet, EMA announced.     EMA will […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-22-11] Vizada and its technology parter Arinc have introduced seamless, mobile IP capability on Vizada’s AviLink solution for airborne connectivity, the companies announced March 21.     The AviLink […]

[Satellite News 03-22-11] ViaSat’s push to capitalize on its Yonder in-flight broadband service in North America started in September, when the company solidified a partnership with JetBlue to install Ka-band […]

[Satellite News 03-22-11] iDirect’s TDMA-powered iDX 3.0 software platform has proven successful in the offshore enterprise markets during the past few years as early technology adopters such as Schlumberger and […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 03-22-11] Optus has contracted Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) to build and deliver the Optus 10 satellite by 2013, the Australian telco announced March 21.     The satellite, which […]

[Satellite News 03-21-11] Speaking on a broadband panel at the SATELLITE 2011 conference, satellite executives debated the impact of the industry’s response to the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that […]

[Satellite News 03-21-11] SES World Skies’ new short- and medium-term business models for North and South America are focused on growth in the video market and leveraging vertical markets in […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 03-21-11] If just half of the new spectrum promised in the National Broadband Plan is made commercially available, demand will still exceed capacity by 2017, according to […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-21-11] African telecommunications wholesaler Gateway Communications selected Gilat Satellite Networks to be its primary VSAT provider, Gilat announced March 17.     The strategic partnership will be supported by […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-21-11] Wavestream has introduced new indoor and outdoor PowerStream 400-watt C-band solid state power amplifiers as plug-and-play replacements for traditional 750-watt traveling wave tube amplifier (TWTA) products used […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 03-18-11] The Latin American mobile market will see 100 percent penetration by the end of the first quarter of 2011 despite the fact that 30 percent of […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-18-11] Inmarsat is launching data services on its IsatPhone Pro global handheld satellite phone at the end of March, the MSS operator announced March 16.      The new […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-18-11] VSAT network operator Bentley Walker has purchased iDirect’s SatManage network management system and customer management and Network Operations Center (NOC) toolset to help Bentley automate, monitor and […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-18-11] Arqiva is expanding its U.S.-based government and domestic operations in Washington, D.C. by developing and refining its teleports for secure transmissions, the company announced March 15.     […]