Focus: Telecom

[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 07-28-10] 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 07-27-10] 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 […]

[Satellite News 07-27-10] Despite a limited market slowdown, the fixed satellite market reached a new high in revenues last year, according to an upcoming Euroconsult report, announced July 27.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-26-10]  Eutelsat signed an agreement with Italian telco Tiscali to expand its range of Tooway satellite broadband service broadband products by launching a satellite service targeting the 12 […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-26-10] Inmarsat equipment manufacturer Cobham Satcom’s HGA-7001 high-gain antenna system has been certified for use on the Airbus long-range family of aircraft, Cobham announced July 23.     The […]

[Satellite News 07-23-10] William Wade will become the new CEO of AsiaSat in the next two weeks. He is replacing Peter Jackson, a well-known figure in the satellite industry.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-23-10] Iridium Communications has signed two long-term agreements designating Boeing as Iridium’s sole operations and maintenance (O&M) provider for the current Iridium constellation and grants Boeing exclusive O&M […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-23-10] Orbital Sciences produced $337.7 million in revenues in its 2010 second quarter — a 25 percent increase over its performance in the same quarter of 2009, the […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-23-10]  SES Astra is bringing its Astra2Connect satellite broadband service to Hungary, the company announced July 22.    SES Astra signed an agreement with the Hungarian IT services […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-23-10] Broadcast Facilities Inc. (BFI) has changed its name to Encompass Digital Media, uniting BFI’s Andrita Media Center and Crawford Communications, acquired by BFI in January, under one […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-23-10] Astrium has created a new business entity, Spot Infoterra Hellas, which will provide geo-information products and services in Greece, Astrium announced July 22.     To create Spot […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-23-10] MDA subsidiary Geospatial Services Inc. (GSI) has signed an agreement with geospatial solutions provider RapidEye to be one of its data distributors in Canada, RapidEye announced July […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-22-10]  Globecomm Systems subsidiary Cachendo, has been awarded a one-year, $9 million IT support services agreement from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the company announced July […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-22-10]  SkyTerra Communications, which is now LightSquared after yesterday’s $7 billion deal between Harbinger and Nokia, will delay the launch of the $400 million   SkyTerra-1 satellite after being […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-22-10]  Hughes has been contracted by natural gas company Black Elk Energy to provide a maritime broadband solution that includes network infrastructure for remote communications, real-time monitoring, compliance […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-22-10]  Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) has started building a small satellite for the Republic of Kazakhstan, the company announced July 20.     The satellite aims to provide […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-22-10]  Satellite communications solutions and services provider BT is upgrading its EMEA satellite network infrastructure to iDirect’s Evolution platform, iDirect announced July 20.     The upgrade aims to […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-22-10]  Eutelsat has named former EchoStar Senior Vice President of Space Programs David Bair CTO, effective immediately, the company announced July 20.     At EchoStar, Bair instituted a […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-21-10] Harbinger Capital signed an eight-year, $7 billion contract with Nokia Siemens Networks to build and operate a 4G LTE satellite and mobile broadband network for wireless providers, […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-20-10] Astrium Services subsidiary Infoterra has secured a three-year, 7.5 million euro ($9.6 million) contract from the European Space Agency’s U.K. Farnborough Multi-Mission Processing and Archiving Facility (UK-MM-PAF) […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-21-10]  German manufacturer OHB Technology has acquired Thales Alenia Space Antwerp in Belgium from Thales Alenia Space France SAS for an undisclosed amount, OHB announced July 20.      […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-21-10]  Emirates Airlines has selected OnAir to install its full Mobile OnAir and Internet OnAir in-flight passenger communications services on their entire Airbus A380 aircraft fleet.     Emirates’ […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-20-10] Oil and gas company Chevron has named Hughes Network Systems its certified provider of secure managed broadband services for Chevron marketer and retailer stations nationwide, effective immediately, […]

[Satellite News 07-20-10] Harbinger Capital’s eight-year, $7 billion contract with Nokia Siemens Networks to build and operate a 4G LTE satellite and mobile broadband network for wireless providers may be […]

[Satellite News 07-20-10] The global mobile value-added-service (VAS) industry, which produced revenues of $200 billion in 2009, will see revenues jump to $340 billion by 2014, according to a report […]

[Satellite News 07-20-10] Satellite telecommunications service provider SpeedCast may look to make an acquisition in Africa in 2011 to boost its business in the region, SpeedCast CEO Pierre-Jean Beylier told […]