Focus: Telecom

[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 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 […]

The wireless industry has become such a large user of satellite bandwidth and Earth stations that the cellular backhaul market consistently is rated as one of the best growth markets […]

The Russian satellite market received a boost with Russian Satellite Communications Co.’s (RSCC) plans to boost regional capacity through a strategy to develop a new fleet of satellites. According to […]

What comes to mind when you think of Ka-band? Maybe it is miniature dishes, broader bandwidth blocks or affordable Internet broadband. Perhaps the term has a negative connotation — as […]

As I write this, the biggest news in the mobile satellite world is TerreStar’s bankruptcy. On the long road to the deployment of TerreStar’s ATC network, TerreStar has hit another […]

It was not so long ago that the mobile satellite service (MSS) sector looked dead in the water. With the exception of longest-standing incumbent Inmarsat, which boasted a successful IPO […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 12-01-10] Inmarsat has launched its handheld service, as well as the 176kbps streaming-rate BGAN service in Vietnam, the company announced Nov. 30.      Inmarsat Director of […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-01-10] VSAT system integrator Nynex has installed Newtec’s FlexACM technology at the IABG teleport in Ottobrunn, Germany, to provide new coverage for the Middle East and Central Asia […]

  2010 proved to be a solid year for the satellite sector during an economic pe riod that has curtailed many other business around the globe. Satellite companies remained active […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-01-10] C-Com Satellite Systems has received and shipped more than $1 million in iNetVu antenna system orders from Telespazio in Argentina and multiple resellers in Russia, the Canadian […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 12-01-10] The global DSL fixed broadband platform contributed nearly 60 percent of the sector’s total service revenues at the end of the 2010 third quarter, but  ABI […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-01-10] Three days before Via Satellite’s webinar, “Satellite Broadband on Airplanes: A New Era Set To Begin,” German airline Lufthansa has launched its broadband service, FlyNet, on long-haul […]

The areas of communications, broadcasting and Internet are developing at a pace that sometimes can be difficult to comprehend. As customers demand better communications, Internet access and video services, the […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 11-30-10] Avanti Communications could commission two new communications satellites in 2011, Avanti CEO David Williams told Satellite TODAY Insider.     The company’s Hylas 1 satellite was placed […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-30-10] Mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions provider Stratos Global is deploying Inmarsat’s FleetBroadband service on up to 16 commercial vessels for Vega-Reederei, a global shipping company based […]

[Satellite News 11-29-10] Operator O3b Networks announced Nov. 29 that the company raised a total of $1.2 billion through a multi-layered finance deal from a group of investors and banks, […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 11-29-10] Australian satellite communications provider NewSat will launch a second satellite, Jabiru-2, in early 2013 and provide 216 megahertz of Ku-band capacity over Australian territories PNG and […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-29-10] Arianespace launched the Intelsat 17 and Hylas 1 satellites Nov. 26 on an Ariane 5 rocket, Arianespace announced.     Hylas 1 is Avanti’s first satellite and will […]

[Satellite News 11-29-10] Operator O3b Networks has raised a total of $1.2 billion through a multi-layered finance deal from a group of investors and banks, including the African Development Bank. […]

[Satellite News 11-29-10] Analysts expect 2011 to be a period of modest recovery, with a focus on vertical markets, democratization of smartphones and development strategic partnerships with Internet players. Satellite […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-25-10] Russian services provider VimpelCom has purchased C-band capacity from SES World Skies’ NSS-9 satellite, the operator announced Nov. 24.     VimpelCom said 36MHz of C-band capacity and […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-25-10] Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has shipped the Hispasat 1E communications satellite, designed and built for Hispasat Group, to Arianespace’s launch facility in Kourou, French Guiana, where it is […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 11-25-10]  Arianespace’s upcoming Ariane 5 ECA launch, set for Nov. 26, will carry two crucial satellites for operators Intelsat and Avanti Communications as they look to strengthen […]