Focus: Telecom

[Satellite News 08-03-10] Analysts voiced support for SES’ decision to dump its ND SatCom asset as the subsidiary continues to impact SES’s results.     In its 2010 half-year results, issued […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-02-10]  ViaSat has contracted Cavium Networks to supply its Octeon Multi-Core processor technology to power ViaSat’s next-generation subscriber terminals and SurfBeam 2 broadband aggregation gateways, Cavium announced July […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-02-10]  Harris Corp. has completed its $525 million acquisition of CapRock Communications, Harris announced July 30.     As a result of the combination, Harris will acquire CapRock’s end-to-end […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-02-10]  Eutelsat saw its 2010 full-year revenues increase more than 11 percent over its 2009 year-end results to 1.05 billion euros ($1.37 billion), with net profits increasing 9 […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-02-10]  SES saw modest revenue growth in its 2010 second quarter at 844.9 million euros ($1.1 billion), an increase of 4.5 percent compared to the same stage last […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-02-10] Canadian antenna manufacturer C-Com Satellite Systems saw its 2010 second quarter net profits increase by 27.4 percent to $501,432 Canadian dollars ($486,827) despite a 29.5 percent drop […]

Former CapRock CTO Philip Harlow has found a new position as Xtar’s president and COO, responsible for the growth and strategic direction of Xtar’s global X-band business as well as […]

European preparations for WRC-12, the next World Radiocommunication Conference, scheduled to be held Jan. 23 through Feb. 17, 2012, in Geneva, Switzerland, have begun in earnest. As usual, the agenda […]

Where there is a will there is a way… or a “third way” in U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) lingo. In its June 17 open meeting, the FCC released a […]

Ever since the FCC opened the door to the use of satellite spectrum for terrestrial networks, it has seemed like a case of the tail waging the dog. It is […]

The Deepwater Horizon and other specialized vessels like her are designed to operate in waters more than a mile deep and can drill wells more than five miles into the […]

Regardless of whether data is transmitted via radio wave, fiber optic strand or copper cable, if the network the data rides on interconnects with the Internet, the data is at […]

President Obama was expected to sign into law in July the Dodd-Frank Act, the most extensive reform of financial services regulation since the Great Depression. The reforms look to be […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-30-10] Malaysian billionaire Ananda Krishnan is negotiating with Measat to purchase and secure full control of the satellite operator for $207 million dollars, Measat Global confirmed in a […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-30-10]  Korea Telecom (KT) signed an agreement with Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) to lease multiple C and Ku-band transponders on various ABS satellites, including ABS-2, which is scheduled […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-30-10] Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems (SAS) second quarter 2010 net sales increased 5 percent to $1.19 billion, compared to the second quarter of 2009, due to growth […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-30-10] Cobham Satcom released its Sea Tel XX10 marine stabilized antenna, developed to provide maritime bandwidth customers with an always-on VSAT network, the company announced July 29.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-30-10] A July 29 Satellite TODAY story, “RSS Delivers First Glonass Satellite to ILS,” should have read “RSS Delivers First Glonass Satellite to Khrunichev.” A Khrunichev Proton vehicle […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-29-10] Canadian antenna manufacturer C-Com Satellite Systems has received a $2.2 million order for its iNetVu mobile antenna systems from an unnamed reseller in Asia, the company announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-28-10] Ironshore has partnered with insurance company Starr Group to offer commercial satellite risk protection for launches through a treaty reinsurance program, the companies announced July 27.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-29-10] SkyWave Mobile Communications has released new versions of its DMR-800 satellite data and SureLinx 8100 dual-mode satellite/GPRS data terminals, the company announced July 27.     This new […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-29-10] IP service provider Envivio has secured $15 million in financing from unnamed venture capital and banking sources, the company announced July 28. Envivio said it would use […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-28-10] Lockheed Martin Space Systems saw its net sales increase 1 percent to $2.08 billion in its 2010 financial second quarter, driven by sales growth in satellites and […]

[Satellite News 07-28-10] Italian Internet service provider Tiscali signed a deal with Eutelsat Communications earlier in July to launch a satellite broadband service in Italy that will be powered by […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-28-10] The U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware approved Sea Launch’s reorganization plan to prepare for its emergence from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the third quarter, the company […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-28-10]  The Space Data Association (SDA) has launched initial operations of its Space Data Center, an automated space situational awareness system located on the Isle of Man, the […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-28-10] South African turnkey solutions provider Q-Kon has launched its iDirect Evolution Internet Broadband VSAT Service via satellite to its customers in Africa, Q-Kon announced July 27.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-27-10] Sea Launch has signed an agreement with a subsidiary of EchoStar Satellite Services to launch up to three satellites on the Sea Launch system, the company announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-27-10] Boeing has met or exceeded all requirements of a critical design review for the UHF-hosted payload on the Intelsat 22 satellite (IS-22), Boeing announced July 26.     […]

[Satellite News 07-27-10] Astrium has high hopes for its new AirPatrol airborne terminal, which it launched at the Farnborough Airshow last week, Aidan Joy, managing director of secure satcom systems […]