Focus: Telecom

[Satellite TODAY 03-12-10] Wavestream Corp. introduced the PowerStream 757C-i 600W C-band indoor rack-mount solid state power amplifier, the first in a line of new C-band and Ku-band products, the company […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-12-10] Raytheon has named Richard Yuse president of Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems business, effective immediately.    Yuse has been president of Raytheon Technical Services Company, which provides […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-11-10] SpaceX aborted the first static fire test for its Falcon 9 rocket two seconds before its scheduled start, the company announced March 9.    The test included […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-11-10] Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. and Orbit Technology Group have completed integration for satellite communications on-the-move solutions to serve a range of industries, Gilat announced March 10.    […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-11-10] SkyTerra has rolled out new radio software developed by Hughes that enables data capability on SkyTerra’s MSAT-G2 mobile satellite radio equipment, the company announced March 10.    […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-11-03] Harmonic Inc. has expanded its sales and support presence by opening an office in Toronto, Harmonic announced march 9.    Harmonic’s customers in Canada include Bell Aliant, […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-10-10] Inmarsat posted revenues of $1.04 billion in 2009, up 4 percent from revenues of $996.7 million in 2008, the company reported March 9. EBITDA was $594.2 million, […]

[Satellite TODAY 3-10-10] Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) signed a three-year agreement for capacity on ABS-2 with ICS Technologies Iraq, ABS announced March 9.    ICS will lease Ku-band capacity on […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-10-10] RigNet Inc. has opened a service center in Williamsport, Pa., to serve the the Marcellus Shale region and provide a higher service level to clients in the […]

[Satellite News 03-09-10] Integral Systems will launch a division intended to offer smaller satellite operators, resellers and bandwidth users network monitoring services.    IS3 (Integral Systems Service Solutions) will offer […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-05-10] OnAir and Oman Air have tested the full spectrum of mobile and Wi-Fi Internet connectivity services based on Inmarsat SwiftBroadband on a commercial airliner, the companies announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-05-10] Machine-to-machine (M2M) industry analyst and consulting firm Beecham Research has been awarded a 200,000 euro contract ($275,000) by the European Space Agency (ESA) to conduct a study […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-04-10] Telesat reported an 11 percent year-over-year increase in consolidated revenues at $787 million by the end of 2009, the company announced in its latest financial results, released […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-04-10] Gilat Satellite Networks was awarded a contract by service provider Satcom Systems to provide a SkyEdge 2 broadband satellite network to serve several hundred small and medium […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-04-10] Hughes Network Systems has launched a digital signage application for its Hughes MediaSignage offering on the Apple iPhone and iPod touch devices, the company announced March 2. […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-03-10] EchoStar Satellite Services CEO Dean Olmstead hailed the company’s move to acquire Mexican satellite operator, Satmex. EchoStar announced Feb. 26 that EchoStar Satellite Services, a subsidiary of […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-04-10] Qatar Telecom (QTel), a licensed telecom operator for the state or Qatar, signed a contract to take capacity on the Intelsat 15 (IS-15) satellite, Intelsat announced March […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-03-10] Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat) won a 10-year satellite services license to install, operate and manage a public telecommunications network and provide of satellite telecommunications services […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-03-10] U.K. set-top box supplier Pace reported a 405 percent increase in its 2009 profits of 69.9 million British pounds ($105 million) compared to 13.8 million pounds ($20.7 […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-03-10] Talia has launched Talia Home, a new consumer and telephone communications Internet service for subscribers in the Middle East, Africa and Europe, the company announced March 2.  […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-03-10] SES has placed a 10-year Eurobond worth about 650 million euros ($881.7 million), the company announced March 1.     The bond, priced at 99.467 euros ($134.92), was […]

[Satellite News 03-04-10] In a move that consolidates the FSS sector in North America, EchoStar Satellite Services, a subsidiary of EchoStar, agreed to acquire an ownership interest Mexican satellite operator […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-02-10] OverHorizon has contracted Arianespace to launch its first communications satellite, OHO-1, on an Ariane 5 rocket, Arianespace announced Mar. 1.         The deal with OverHorizon represents Arianespace’s […]

Belief that demand for capacity serving the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) soon will skyrocket has been building for more than a year, spurred by a combination of increasing […]

Teleports often are characterized as the ground-based infrastructure of a satellite network, but the term means different things to different people. There is a surprising amount of diversification in the […]

The success enjoyed by the commercial satellite sector over recent decades comes as no surprise to the engineers, technicians and managers who have been contributing to its remarkable growth by […]

Scripps Networks is carving a niche for itself in terms of lifestyle media channels. The company launched HGTV in 1994, and among its five other networks, probably is best known […]

Michel de Rosen took over the role of CEO of Eutelsat Communications from Giuliano Berretta in November. For most of the previous decade, he served as chairman and CEO of […]

Network neutrality is a hot topic in the United States that is generally viewed to apply to Internet services and IP networks. Although this topic arose in the United States […]

In this issue, we honor Peter Shaper, CEO of CapRock Communications, as the Via Satellite Executive of the Year 2009. CapRock performed exceptionally well under Shaper’s leadership during a year […]