Focus: Telecom

[Satellite TODAY 06-04-10] Intelsat CTO Thierry Guillemin has revealed the details of its behind-the-scenes cooperative effort with customers and AMC-11 operator SES to mitigate interference threats posed by Galaxy 15 […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-03-10] Gilat Satellite Networks has been chosen by Ethiopia’s national telecom operator, Ethiopian Telecommunication Corp. (ETC), to provide satellite communications equipment for deployment as part of the country’s […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-03-10] German VSAT Internet provider Level 421 has selected optimization technology from XipLink to implement a German government SCPC VSAT network, XipLink announced June 2.     The XipLink […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-03-10] According to Satellite TODAY’s May 2010 Web poll results, 67.9 percent of respondents said they believe commercial launch capacity will increase in the future as a result […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-03-10] Iridium Communications awarded a fixed-price contract to Thales Alenia Space for the design and construction of satellites for the Iridium Next constellation, Iridium announced June 2.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-02-10] ND SatCom has promoted CTO and COO Johann Pohany to president and CEO effective immediately, the company announced June 2. Pohany succeeds Norbert Hölzle, who was promoted […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-03-10] SpaceX is targeting a 4-hour window on June 4 for its first test launch attempt of the Falcon 9 launch vehicle, with a back-up date June 5, […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-02-10] Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has been selected to build the Anik G1 satellite for Telesat, the companies announced June 1.    The Anik G1 multi-mission spacecraft will be […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-02-10] Intelsat’s Galaxy 15 satellite has safely passed SES’s AMC-11 satellite after Intelsat lost control of the spacecraft April 5 due to a solar storm anomaly, Intelsat confirmed […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-02-10] VT iDirect has released a new line of software packages for its SatManage network management system, the company announced June 1.     iDirect has combined the product’s […]

Years ago, I did a study on terrestrial versus satellite broadband. At the time, not so long after the failure of initiatives such as Teledesic, it was easy to be […]

While the Asia-Pacific region offers satellite operators multiple markets and strong business opportunities, a number of regional operators are beginning to look outside of their home markets to drive revenue […]

With economic uncertainty continuing to influence activity around the globe, operators and equipment manufacturers need to identify the areas that will be healthy in the future and make smart investments. […]

With fewer and fewer customers seeking satellite-only solutions, operators, network providers and content distributors are improving their terrestrial infrastructure to better meet the end-to-end needs of users and improve revenue […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-01-10] CapRock Communications has selected Alpheus Communications’ SAS 70 Type 2 audited certified data centers and deep metro fiber footprint to provide circuit access and supporting services to […]

In February, we discussed satellite broadband and the pending release of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s National Broadband Plan . Released in March (available at www.broadband.gov), the plan was […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-01-10] BSkyB has released its Sky Mobile TV app for the Apple iPad in the United Kingdom, the pay-TV operator announced May 28.     The iPad, released in […]

[Satellite News 06-01-10] Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems has had its fair share of ups and downs in the last year, winning a multi-satellite contract with Intelsat in July last […]

[Satellite News 06-01-10] Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) and International Launch Services (ILS) were selected to build and launch the Anik G1 multi-mission satellite for Telesat, which will support DTH television broadcasting […]

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 […]

 AsiaSat CEO Peter Jackson, a key figure in the Asian satellite industry since the early 1970s, will retire in July from his position as leader of the satellite operator. William […]

Nearly everyone reading this article is involved in some way in the transmission of energy either to a satellite or a ground station. This means that you have probably heard […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-27-10] SES World Skies has signed a deal with An Vien Group (AVG) to provide transponder capacity on the NSS-6 satellite for a new DTH service in Vietnam, […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-27-10] The Azerbaijan Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies has signed a contract with Orbital Sciences Corp. to build Azerbaijan’s first national satellite, Orbital announced May 27.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-27-10] South Africa-based telecom service provider Q-Kon has leased long term C- and Ku-band capacity on Spacecom’s Amos-5i and Amos-5 satellites, the operator announced May 26.     Q-Kon […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-27-10] Nepal Telecom (NTC) has deployed Gilat’s SkyEdge broadband satellite network to provide data and toll-quality telephony services to Gorakshep, the last village on the Everest trek before […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-27-10] Quintech, a broadband RF signal management hardware designer and manufacturer, has released LTE 3000, a new LTE RF switch, the company announced May 25.     The LTE […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-26-10] Hughes Network Systems’ has won two Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts from the state governments of Texas and Colorado to provide Spaceway 3 services supporting the […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-26-10] Programming transmitted by SES World Skies’ AMC 11 satellite will not be affected as no collision occurred with Intelsat’s Galaxy 15 satellite following SES’ orbital maneuvers, the […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-26-10] Mediterranean Shipping Co. (MSC) has signed a five-year contract renewal with Orange Business Services to continue supplying its Business VPN global IP infrastructure, the company announced May […]