Focus: Telecom

[Satellite TODAY 07-07-10] Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has been awarded a contract from broadcaster Hispasat Group to build the Amazonas 3 spacecraft, SS/L announced July 6.     Amazonas 3 will be […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-06-10] TerreStar expects to begin commercial rollout of its TerreStar Genus dual-mode satellite-cellular smartphone in September, the company announced July 5.     TerraStar unveiled the smartphone and its […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-05-10] The Nilesat-201 and Rascom-QAF1R satellites have been delivered to Arianespace in French Guiana in preparation for their Aug. 3 launch on an Ariane 5 rocket, Arianespace announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-05-10]  Eutelsat has appointed Andrew Wallace CCO, the company announced July 2.     Wallace replaces Olivier Milliès-Lacroix, who will leave the company this month to pursue other interests […]

[Satellite News 07-02-10] While China Satellite Communications Corp. (CASC) is planning to use capacity on its satellites to support a new DTH service in China, which could launch this year, […]

In what has been described as an unprecedented event, the Orbital Sciences-built, Intelsat-owned-and-operated Galaxy 15 satellite stopped communicating with ground controllers April 5. But the satellite’s C-band payload remained operational […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-01-10] Eutelsat Communications has selected Astrium to build the W5A satellite based on its Eurostar E3000 platform, the operator announced June 30.     Scheduled for launch in the […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-01-10] L-3 Telemetry-West has been contracted by Orbcomm to upgrade its satellite control center for the Orbcomm Generation 2 (OG2) program, L-3 TW announced June 30.     The […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-01-10]  SES Astra signed a satellite broadband deal with French WiMax operator Wibox for the distribution of SES Astra’s satellite-based broadband service Astra2Connect, the operator announced June 30. […]

With the ability to provide signal gain, double-hop elimination, IP multiplexing and mesh networking without a teleport, what impact can on-board processing have on satellite communications? On-board processing has the […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-30-10] Vizada Networks has launched a portfolio of new and expanded services for the Middle East on Eutelsat‘s W7 Ku-band satellite using the iDirect platform and Vizada’s in-house […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-01-10] Thuraya has launched an enhanced version of its Thuraya ECO product, the company announced June 30.     Thuraya customers will now be offered one-year validity for SIM […]

Eutelsat’s Middle East aspirations were given a shot in the arm thanks to a deal in Qatar. In mid-May, the operator signed a deal with ictQatar (representing the State of […]

The opening of CommunicAsia comes at what could be the beginning of a new era in the Asia-Pacific region. For many years, the satellite communications sector has viewed the region […]

What is telecommunications? Most people will point to the Greek prefix tele, meaning “distance,” and say that telecommunications is “communications at a distance.” Dictionaries define telecommunications as the science and […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-30-10] Hughes Network Systems has been awarded a contract by the South Carolina Division of State Information Technology (DSIT), which allows the company to provide its Spaceway 3 […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-30-10]  SpeedCast has selected Orbit Technologies’ OrSat-G (AL-7103) marine antenna to optimize coverage of its uninterrupted global maritime Ku-band service, the two companies announced June 29.      Orbit […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-30-10] XStreamHD, an HD consumer entertainment delivery and distribution company, has entered into a long-term satellite service agreement with EchoStar to use capacity from EchoStar’s leased AMC-16 satellite, […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-30-10] The Rural Telecommunications Group (RTG), a trade association representing small, rural wireless carriers, hailed U.S. President Barack Obama’s memorandum to help unleash 500 megahertz (MHz) of wireless […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-29-10] German telecommunications and broadcast solutions provider Atrexx has teamed up with Microsoft and iDirect to provide a remote communications solution for VAOS, a Libyan provider of construction […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-29-10] Arianespace launched the Arabsat-5A and COMS satellites into geostationary transfer orbit on an Ariane 5 ECA rocket, the company announced June 26.     The Arabsat-5A satellite was […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-29-10] Globalstar has installed hardware and software upgrades at its satellite operations and control center (SOCC) in Milpitas, Calif., and its backup control center in El Dorado Hills, […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-29-10] Marlink has teamed up with Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) to extend its Ku-band maritime VSAT services to Hong Kong, the Middle East and the Indian Ocean, Marlink […]

[Satellite News 06-28-10] Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSB) CEO Cato Halsaa told Satellite News that better than expected take-up capacity on Thor 6 meant the operator was accelerating its plans for […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-28-10] CapRock Communications signed a three-year contract with BW to deploy CapRock’s SeaAccess service onboard BW’s fleet of approximately 100 vessels including very large crude carriers (VLCCs) and […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-25-10] Applied Satellite Technology (AST) has signed a service level agreement with the United Kingdom’s Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) to install and provide technical support partner for […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-25-10] SES Astra has merged its wholly owned affiliate SES Sirius into SES Astra, which terminates the SES Sirius brand, the operator announced June 23      The integration […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-25-10] Ofcom, the U.K. communications regulator, has started the net neutrality debate in the United Kingdom by publishing a discussion paper on the practice of Internet traffic management, […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-24-10] Arianespace has ordered 10 additional Russian Soyuz-ST rockets from Roscosmos to support upcoming missions from the French Guiana Space Center, Roscosmos confirmed.     The order provides Arianespace […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-24-10] Spacenet has introduced its Emergency Communications Service (ECS) VSAT satellite solution, which leverages an always-on pay-as-you-use service plan with dedicated satellite bandwidth for emergency communications, the company […]