Focus: Telecom

[Satellite TODAY 10-08-10] Qualcomm is collaborating with integrated wireless broadband and satellite network wholesaler LightSquared to integrating L-Band LTE technology in its mainstream chipset roadmap, the company announced Oct. 7. […]

[Satellite News 10-07-10] Solaris Mobile, the joint venture between Eutelsat and SES Astra, is in discussions with potential service providers and may sign its first commercial deal in the next […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-07-10] Horizon Satellite Services is finding it more difficult to secure capacity deals in the Middle East as the satellite telecommunications industry continues to boom in emerging […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-07-10] Microsemi Corp., a manufacturer of analog mixed-signal integrated circuits, high reliability semiconductors and RF subsystems, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Actel Corp. for approximately […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-07-10] Sky Perfect JSat’s Senior Executive Vice President Yutaka Nagai has been appointed President of the Asia-Pacific Satellite Communications Council (APSCC), effective in January.     Nagai will lead APSCC for […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-06-10] Iridium closed its $1.8 billion credit facility agreement with Coface at lower interest rates than Iridium’s management expected, the company announced Oct. 4.     The blended […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-06-10] OnAir will bring its Internet connectivity services to Singapore Airlines, OnAir announced Oct. 5. The multimillion-dollar collaboration between OnAir and Singapore Airlines includes a full suite […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-06-10] Harbinger Capital Partners has sold a 14.1 percent stake in mobile satellite operator Inmarsat for about $652 million, the U.S. hedge fund announced Oct. 4.     Harbinger […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-06-10] Asia Satellite Telecommunications (AsiaSat) selected International Launch Services (ILS) to launch the AsiaSat 7 satellite on an ILS Proton from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in 2011, ILS announced […]

[Satellite News 10-05-10] After the European Commission (EC) revealed its latest plans last week to deliver broadband to remote locations across Europe with little minimal inclusion of a satellite element, […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-05-10] LightSquared has acquired an $850 million credit facility from UBS AG and will accelerate its capacity lease deal with Inmarsat to begin by the end of […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-05-10] Astrium has acquired German space sensors and optical systems specialist Jena-Optronik, Astrium announced Oct. 4.     Jena-Optronik develops attitude sensors and space-based optics for a variety of […]

[Satellite News 10-05-10] In the past two months, global analyst firms have released reports that unanimously predict strong five-year growth in the Asian mobile voice and data markets.    On […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-02-10] One of the United Kingdom’s more remote areas will see a $208.5 million broadband project roll-out from BT and Cornwall Council, which could have implications for […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-02-10] Cobham Satcom signed a reseller agreement and expanded its technical partnership with remote network management provider Uplogix, Cobham Satcom announced Oct. 1.     The companies will integrate […]

In this column my focus largely has been satellite services at the consumer level. There is another way to look at this, however, and I was reminded by the recent […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-30-10] Intelsat has sold $1 billion of senior notes due 2020 at an issue price of 100 percent, Intelsat announced Sept. 30.     The size of the sale, […]

Satellite networks come in all manner of shapes and sizes and use a multitude of technologies to transmit information. Each type of network has its own idiosyncrasies and set of […]

For years now, legal, finance and government intelligentsia have propounded a purely competition-based theory of regulation, in which, as long as markets were competitive and transparent, industry-specific types of regulation […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-30-10] Integral Systems subsidiaries, RT Logic and SAT Corp. have introduced SatID Expert with Monics, an integrated, all-in-one signal monitoring, detection and geolocation system, the companies announced Sept. […]

The launch of the third Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) satellite in December, along with the planned launches of several next-generation commercial satellites, has ushered in a new broadband satellite era […]

 A single “last mile” is separating European satellite operators from a broadband consumer market potentially worth millions of customers and dollars. Common wisdom has it that broadband have-nots reside mainly […]

We’ve heard this story before – Apple has released another device that will, according to the media, forever change the broadcasting business. Since the company behind the device is Apple, […]

Arsat, the satellite operator owned by the Argentinean government, could ultimately gain 50 percent of its revenues from outside of Argentina and even could look to form a partnership with […]

In September, we discussed maritime regulations in the United States as stated in the rules for Earth Stations on Vessels (ESV). Here, we expand our discussion to include general guidelines […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-30-10] Harris Corp. has launched a joint venture with Middle East telecommunication systems and security provider Atlas Telecom to deliver intelligence solutions such as enhanced video management and […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-30-10] LightSquared has teamed up with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Indian Health Service (IHS) to provide telecommunications service access to U.S. tribal communities, LightSquared […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-30-10] Thuraya has appointed Teknomobil as its Thuraya IP satellite-based high-speed data service reseller to various market segments in Turkey, Thuraya announced Sept. 29.     “Our partnership with […]

[Satellite News 09-30-10] While India and China remain two of the largest pay-TV empires in the Asian region, Indonesia, with its population of 230 million people and low penetration, represents […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-30-10] Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) is investing more than $15 million to upgrade its technical facilities in the United Kingdom, the company announced Sept. 29.     The […]