Focus: Telecom

[Satellite News 01-11-10] TerreStar has cleared a foreign ownership regulatory hurdle with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and expects to receive its Ancillary Terrestrial Component (ATC) authorization in the […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-08-10] OmniGlobe has applied for an orbital slot to launch Canuk-1, a medium-sized spacecraft, in the third quarter of 2013, the company announced Jan. 7.     OmniGlobe said […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-08-10] Newtec is set to deploy new Ka-band ready Sat3Play broadband terminals and hub equipment to the commercial market, the company announced Jan. 7.     The new terminal […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-08-10] Loral Space & Communications entered into an agreement with Canadian broadband provider Barrett Xplore to deliver high-throughput satellite Ka-band capacity on ViaSat-1 for Barrett Xplore customers in […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-07-10] SpaceX completed a 329-second static test firing of the medium-lift Falcon 9’s Merlin single-engine upper stage, the company announced Jan. 6.     The test simulated the engine […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-06-10] Lockheed Martin will cut as many as 1,200 jobs in its newly combined Maritime Systems and Sensors and Systems Integration division known as Mission Systems and Sensors […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-05-10] iDirect has acquired Parallel Ltd., the U.K.-based developer of the SatManage network management software suite, iDirect announced Jan. 4.     iDirect purchased all of Parallel’s equity shares, […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-04-10] XipLink has contracted Tessco Technologies as its North American value-added distributor, XipLink announced Jan. 4.     Tessco, based in Hunt Valley, Md., will provide delivery and logistics […]

[Satelllite TODAY 01-04-10] Avanti Communications will begin 2010 in good spirits after ending 2009 with a secured a debt facility of £194 million ($313.34 million) for Hylas 2 from The […]

[Satelllite News 01-04-09] Avanti Communications will begin 2010 in good spirits after ending 2009 with a secured a debt facility of £194 million ($313.34 million) for Hylas 2 from The […]

Fred Pope comes from an economics background and says he entered the satellite sector “by accident.” But as CEO of Satcom Resources, a business that relies in large part on […]

Even though the satellite sector was touted as recession-proof, many companies are glad to put a difficult year behind them. And while there is no guarantee that 2010 will be […]

What is broadband? Don’t be so quick to answer. After all, we use the term regularly without ever stopping to think about its precise meaning. Is broadband high-speed Internet, advanced […]

Given their scarcity and value, orbital locations and the radiofrequency spectrum always have been a matter of contention among satellite market players. In the late 1990s, when, over the course […]

The WiMax sector’s overall efforts were rebuffed at the 2007 World Radiocommunication Conference, but with some governments around the globe continuing to support WiMax and international mobile telecommunications (IMT) players […]

According to Andrea Maleter, technical director, Futron, “There is a fair amount of private equity money still going into (Latin America’s) satellite business. Latin American telecoms, in general, has seen […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-30-09] U.S. Congress has extended government indemnification of U.S. commercial launches for another three years, the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) announced Dec. 24.     The indemnification regime, set […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-29-09] WorldSpace’s Indian operation will close down at the end of this year, the operator announced late last week.     WorldSpace said the potential buyer of much of […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-24-09] Thales Alenia Space and Orbital Sciences won contracts to build a new geosynchronous communications satellite contract for OverHorizon, the companies announced Dec. 23.     Both Thales Alenia […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-24-09] Satellite service provider TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) has reached a legal settlement with mobile company Sybase 365 over patent infringement lawsuits filed by TCS against Mobile 365 in […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-22-09] Arinc and Vizada Americas have launched voice and data services using the Inmarsat I-4 satellite constellation, the companies announced Dec. 21.     The companies will provide Inmarsat […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-22-09] Com Dev International has been awarded a $7 million contract from an unidentified commercial customer to develop technology on a broadband communications satellite, the Ontario-based satellite company […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-22-09] Chrisar Software Technologies (Chrisar), an information technology company specializing in software systems engineering and signal processing in the marine environment, has issued a contract to Applied Satellite […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-22-09] SES has secured an export credit funding facility worth about 523 million euros ($749.5 million) from Coface, France’s export credit agency, SES announced Dec. 21.     SES […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-22-09] The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted KVH Industries permanent Earth Station onboard-Vessel (ESV) license authority for its mini-VSAT Broadband satellite communications service, KVH announced Dec. 21 […]

[Satellite News 12-22-09] The global recession may have dominated global business plans and future outlooks in 2009, but the satellite industry finds itself standing at the end of one of […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-22-09] Globalstar and subsidiary Spot LLC have acquired Axonn, a developer and manufacturer of satellite GPS asset-tracking and messaging products, including Globalstar’s Spot Satellite GPS Messenger, for $1.5 […]

[Satellite News 12-21-09] Despite the U.S. government shutting down Dec. 21 due to inclement weather, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) held hearings to address broadband issues as it approaches […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-21-09] Arianespace launched the Helios 2B military observation satellite after two delays caused by last-minute anomalies, the company announced Dec. 18.     The satellite was launched using an […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-21-09] Norsat‘s investment business, Norsat Capital, has made its first strategic investment in a Malawi, Africa-based wireless broadband operator Tonse Solutions, Norsat announced Dec. 18.     Norsat has […]