Focus: Telecom

[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 […]

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 […]

[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 11-30-10] 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 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 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 […]

[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 11-24-10] TerreStar has initiated the full commercial launch of its Genus dual-network smartphone to all consumers, the company announced Nov. 23.     The Genus smartphone has been available […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-24-10] Flavien Bachabi has been appointed to head Intelsat’s Luxembourg headquarters office as vice president of business operations and intergovernmental initiatives, Intelsat announced Nov. 23.     Bachabi will […]

[Satellite News 11-24-10] In an effort to increase its presence in Latin America, operator Star One will launch its new StarOn2 C3 satellite in 2012 to replace Brasilsat B3. Latin […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-23-10] International Launch Services (ILS) scheduled the launch of Eutelsat’s Ka-Sat satellite for Dec. 20 after the spacecraft arrived at the Baikonour Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan this weekend, the […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-23-10] Integral Systems’ wholly owned subsidiary SAT Corp. received more than $3 million in new contract awards from government, military and commercial satellite operators, SAT Corp. announced Nov. […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-23-10] Hughes Network Systems has been contracted by Hercules Offshore to equip its entire Class 120 to Class 230 liftboat fleet in the Gulf of Mexico with Hughes […]

[Satellite News 11-22-10] Natixis Securities satellite equity analyst Eric Beaudet has given a ringing endorsement of the satellite industry in a new report on the sector issued Nov. 19.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-22-10] Satellite data service provider Global Marine Networks (GMN) introduced its WebXaccelerator product for ship-to-shore and remote communications needs in the commercial fishing, marine transport, cruise ships, offshore […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 11-19-10] Gilat Satellite Networks is beginning to reap benefits from acquisitions made during 2010, as Raysat Antenna Systems contributed about $3 million of the $4.7 million in […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-19-10] Net Insight formed a partnership with ATCi to enhance transportation of services via satellite and fiber-linked components across America, the companies announced Nov. 17.     The partnership […]

[Satellite News 11-19-10] Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) CEO Tom Choi is looking to expand his satellite fleet as the operator, now majority owned by Permira Funds, enters a strategy to […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-18-10] Uplogix, a provider of network management automation, and mobile satellite and antenna solutions provider Winegard have partnered to develop interoperability between their products to reduce support costs […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-18-10] Viewsat, a provider of global broadcast and transmission services for television and radio channels, extended its contract with Intelsat to lease video capacity at 68.5 degrees East […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 11-18-10] Satellite semiconductor-based components and subsystems provider Emcore continues to battle back from a brutal first half this year and has received a revolving credit facility from […]