Focus: Telecom

[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 03-04-10] 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 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 03-03-10] 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 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 […]

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 […]

  Speak now or forever hold your peace or at least hold it for a long time until provision can be made to hear your arguments. The U.S. Federal Communications […]

Peter Shaper’s introduction to the satellite communications sector occurred while he was a partner in a private equity firm. Research into telecom companies that were “undervalued” led to CapRock Communications. […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-01-10] Sea Launch will receive a second debtor-in-possession loan for $12 million from Space Launch Services to allow Sea Launch to continue operating through the next phase of […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-01-10] Russian Satellite Communications Co. (RSCC) signed a cooperation deal with Romantis to develop joint business packages for the EMEA region based on RSCC satellite capacity and Romantis […]

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 […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-26-10] Fujitsu Frontech North America has appointed Vislink News & Entertainment as a reseller of its H.264 encoders and decoders, Vislink announced Feb. 25.    Starting in the […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-26-10] TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) has introduced its SwiftLink 2810 executive communications rucksack package product, TCS announced Feb. 25.    The product is an addition to TCS’ SwiftLink family […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-25-10] Globecomm Systems subsidiary Telaurus Communications has been awarded a three-year maritime managed services contract from PACC Ship Managers in Singapore, Globecomm announced Feb. 24.     Telaurus will […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-15-10] SatMax Corp. has formed a joint marketing partnership with TLC Engineering, based in Houston, Texas, SatMax announced Feb. 24.     SatMax will market its wireless, non-line-of-sight satellite […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-23-10] The Brazilian Amazonian Protection System (SIPAM) has contracted Gilat to provide its SkyEdge 2 VSAT broadband satellite communications network to more than 1,000 SIPAM sites in the […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-24-10] Thai-based satellite operator Thaicom reported a net loss in 2009 of $14.16 million despite growing its year-end revenues to $216.90 million, the company announced in its 2009 […]

[Satellite News 02-24-10] Astrium Services began 2010 with a contract by the European Defence Agency (EDA) to provide a new preparatory study aimed at coordinating the future military communication needs […]

[Satellite News 02-23-10] Investment bank analysts hailed the recent performances of both Eutelsat and SES at the half-year mark of 2010, following the release of their latest financial results.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-22-10] SES CFO Mark Rigolle has been appointed CEO of O3b Networks, the companies announced Feb. 22. Rigolle succeeds Greg Clarke, who is stepping down for personal reasons […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-23-10] SpaceX’s debut Falcon 9 launch vehicle is now vertical at its Cape Canaveral, Fla., launch facility, the company announced Feb. 22.     The Falcon 9 rocket was […]