Focus: Telecom

[Satellite News 12-21-10] International mobile broadband industry group GSMA and research partner Analysys Mason are focusing efforts to persuade India’s government and regional enterprises to invest in expanding the country’s […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-20-10] U.K. broadband satellite operator Avanti Communications signed a five-year contract with Filiago in Germany to provide broadband services via the Hylas 1 satellite, Avanti announced Dec. 17. […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-20-10] Rogers Corp. introduced its RT/duroid 6035HTC high-thermal-conductivity laminate material engineered for low loss in high-power circuits, the developer announced Dec. 17.     The composite material is designed […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 12-17-10] Iridium Communications expects it will achieve substantial subscriber, service and equipment revenue growth in 2011 due to favorable competitive market dynamics and the company’s strong cash […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-17-10] SES received a $171.5 million loan from the U.S. Export-Import Bank to build and insure the QuetzSat telecommunications satellite, according to documents the operator released Dec. 14. […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-16-10] Thales Alenia Space signed a contract with Empresa Argentina de Soluciones Satelitales (Arsat) to supply the payload for Arsat-2, the second Argentine geostationary telecom satellite of the […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 12-15-10] Astrium and the The Space Research Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences (CBK PAN) have created Astri Polska, a joint venture that will focus on […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-15-10] The SkyTerra 1 mobile broadband satellite’s 22-meter-diameter L-band antenna has been deployed after a glitch delayed its full deployment and threatened the mission, manufacturer and prime contractor […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-15-10] Hughes Network Systems has unveiled a managed services suite for enterprises, the company announced Dec. 14. Bases on Hughes ActiveQoS, the offering delivers converged voice, data, and video […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-15-10] Arianespace reschedule the launch of an Arine 5 spacecraft carrying the Hispasat 1E and KoreaSat 6 satellites in order to allow one of its customers to perform […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-13-10] The Baikonur Cosmodrome control center has placed a temporary ban on Proton rocket missions and has postponed International Launch Services’ (ILS) Dec. 20 launch of Eutelsat’s Ka-Sat […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 12-10-10] Comtech’s earnings-per-share in its first quarter of 2011 beat consensus estimates of 61 cents by 15 cents on revenues of $178 million, due to strong gains […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-09-10] GeoEye has agreed to purchase 100 percent of the stock of Spadac Inc., a geospatial predictive analytics company, for $46 million in cash and stock, GeoEye announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-09-10] SkyVision Global Networks LLC upgraded its backbone, edge and peering infrastructure using Juniper Networks equipment, Juniper announced Dec. 7.     SkyVision operates a satellite and terrestrial fiber-optic […]

 [Satellite TODAY 12-09-10] Cisco completed a VoIP call using its Internet Router in Space (IRIS) and also made the first software upgrade of an Internet Protocol (IP) router aboard a […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-09-10] BSkyB admitted defeat in its attempts to develop a rival to iTunes and others in the online music market, announcing it will close its Sky Songs service […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-08-10] Vizada Networks received a contract from the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (Eulex) to supply VSAT hubs and remote terminals and lease Ku-band satellite […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-08-10] The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) has selected Spacenet to provide emergency communications services and associated high performance equipment to support police operations, Spacenet announced Dec. 6. […]

[Satellite News 12-08-10] Two members of the U.K. Parliament’s space committee who witnessed the Nov. 26 launch of the Hylas 1 and Intelsat 17 satellites aboard an Ariane 5 are […]

[Satellite News 12-07-10] Mobile broadband and related industries are expected to generate 1.8 percent of South Africa’s total GDP and create as many as 28,000 jobs by 2015, according to […]

[Satellite News 12-06-10] U.K. operator Avanti Communications has signed its third managed services deal since the launch of its Hylas 1 satellite in November. Under a three-year contract, Avanti will […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-07-10] Thrane & Thrane is launching its Aviator 200 airborne solution to markets in the Middle East, the manufacturer announced Dec. 6.     The terminal, which uses Inmarsat‘s […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 12-07-10] The Skyterra 1 mobile communications satellite is having problems deploying its 22-meter reflector antenna, according to statements released to Satellite TODAY Insider.      Harris, along with […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 12-06-10] The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ruled it will not reclassify broadband from “Information Service” to “Telecommunications Service,” under the U.S. Communications Act of 1934, the […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-06-10] Eutelsat has ordered a satellite from Thales Alenia Space to replace the W3B spacecraft, which was lost in October due to a propulsion leak, the operator announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-06-10] Ascent Media Corp.’s content distribution business will be sold to services operator Encompass Digital Media for about $113 million under a purchase agreement signed by the companies […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-03-10] Camgian Microsystems selected machine-to-machine (M2M) specialist Orbcomm to provide a global communications platform for Camgian’s industrial asset monitoring solution, Camigan announced Dec. 2.    Camgian’s Quantum is […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-03-10] Oil and gas industry managed communications provider RigNet was selected by Librestream, a mobile collaboration solutions provider, to re-sell its Onsight mobile collaboration system, RigNet announced Dec. […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 12-02-10] The Russian Intersputnik International Organization of Space Communications has approved its 2011 finance plans related to activities and development on various satellite projects, the Russian Satellite […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-02-10] Hughes Network Systems’ Indian subsidiary secured two managed network services contracts with a pair of Indian public sector banks, Hughes announced Dec. 1.     The first contract […]