Focus: Telecom

[Satellite TODAY 04-23-10] Don’t miss history in the making as SatelliteTODAY.com brings you a live webcast of the third ILS Proton launch campaign for 2010.     Join us on www.SatelliteTODAY.com […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-22-10] While Lockheed Martin’s overall earnings for the 2010 first quarter fell from $666 million in 2009 to $547 million, net sales for the company’s space systems division […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-22-10] CEOs from a cross-section of the satellite industry — fixed satellite services, imaging, and satellite ground equipment segments — are stressing the value of long-term customer relationships […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-22-10] Cathay Pacific Airways has selected Arinc’s AeroConnx Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) datalink communication solution for its fleet, Arinc announced April 21.     Cathay Pacific installed the system […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-22-10] Global Satellite Engineering (GSE) has signed an agreement with Ocens Data Services to provide its SatCollect software to help Ocens reduce their in-bound call expenditure for all […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-21-10] Orbital Sciences Corp.’s first-quarter 2010 revenues increased from $295.7 million in 2009 to $296.2 million, the company reported in its latest financial results, released April 20.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-21-10] BusinessCom has launched iDirect Evolution Ku-band satellite Internet access services on the Loral Skynet Telstar-11N and SES NSS-12 geostationary satellites, BusinessCom announced April 20.     The Evolution […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-21-10] KVH and ViaSat have launched their mini-VSAT broadband service to the Indian Ocean, Guam, and Northern Australia regions via Sky Perfect JSAT’s JCSAT-85 satellite, KVH announced April […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-21-10] Glowlink has released the third generation of its Model 1000 spectrum monitoring system, the company announced April 19.     Model 1000 3G upgrades include paired-carrier monitoring, increased […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-20-10] Inmarsat completed an eight-year, 225 million euro ($302.9 million) credit facility from the European Investment Bank to fund the build and launch of the Alphasat 1-XL satellite, […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-20-10] Iridium Communications has expanded its value-added manufacturing agreement with Quake Global to integrate Iridium’s short-burst data (SBD) service into Quake’s new line of industrial satellite transceivers, the […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-19-10]  Satellite operators Artel, Caprock and Globecomm filed complaints with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and called for a congressional and regulatory inquiry over alleged unfair business […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-19-10] SeaMobile Europe has been chosen to provide audio and video satellite communications for the AG2R Transat maritime race, the company announced April 16.     SeaMobile Europe will […]

Vizada is partnering with Inmarsat to launch a beta test program to validate full commercial readiness of Inmarsat’s IsatPhone Pro handset, Vizada announced April 16.     Vizada will use its […]

[Satellite News 04-19-10] AsiaSat will have a new CEO in July when William Wade takes over from Peter Jackson. While Jackson will become executive chairman, the shift marks a new […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-16-10] Vizada has launched a new video software program, which aims to enable users operating in remote areas to edit, compress and send video images over a mobile […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-16-10] Gilat Satellite Networks has signed a contract to provide a multi-million dollar broadband satellite communications network for an unnamed gaming and lottery project in Africa, the company […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-16-10] Maritime satellite communications provider Marlink has been certified as a gold partner by Inmarsat‘s partner accreditation program, the company announced April 14.     To receive the accreditation, […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-15-10] Inmarsat has unveiled specifications, as well as pricing details, for its IsatPhone Pro handset, scheduled for release in June, the company announced April 13.     IsatPhone Pro, […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-15-10] Eutelsat has signed a five-year capacity contract with ACS Angola, a supplier of IT solutions and corporate network connectivity, Eutelsat announced April 13.     ACS Angola will […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-14-10] Gilat Satellite Systems has been contracted by Ethiopian Telecommunication Corp. (ETC), Ethiopia’s national telecom operator, to provide a broadband satellite communications network, Gilat announced April 13.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-14-10] Arianespace has set up a task force to conduct a quality audit in the wake of problems with the SES Astra 3B and ComsatBw-2 launch, the company […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-13-10] Arianespace has postponed the launch of the SES Astra 3B and ComsatBw-2 satellites a second time following the detection of an anomaly in the launch vehicle’s pressurization […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-13-10] Norsat International has appointed Trevor Greene CFO effective immediately, the company announced April 12.     Greene replaces Eugene Syho, will remain at Norsat during a transition period […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-13-10] CET Teleport has appointed Matthew Ivey vice president of sales, the company announced April 11.     Ivey will be responsible to expand CET’s VSAT network services, teleport […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-12-10] MTN Satellite Communications signed an agreement with Fred Olsen Cruise Lines, an international shipping company based in Norway, to outfit its entire fleet with broadband VSAT equipment, […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-12-10] Protesters from Thailand’s Red-Shirt anti-government movement broke into operator Thaicom’s satellite compound April 9 after a confrontation with the facility’s military security force, the operator announced.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-12-10] ND SatCom will introduce XWARP, a new IT solution that aims to offer their customers and service providers almost latency-free cloud computing software at the user’s front […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-12-10] Vislink is set to unveil its NewSwift LT vehicle-mounted satellite antenna for the mid-range satellite uplink and satellite newsgathering market, the company announced April 9.     The […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-09-10] Marlink has introduced the Comtech Vipersat bandwidth and capacity management platform to its Sealink VSAT solution, the company announced April 8.     Marlink’s Sealink service customers will […]