Focus: Telecom

[Satellite Today 05-21-09] The Ku-band and C-band missions of Eutelsat’s W2A satellite have now entered into full commercial service, Eutelsat announced May 19.     Operations for the W2A satellite, launched […]

[Satellite Today 05-21-09] MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) has been awarded a multimillion dollar contract from DigitalGlobe to upgrade an existing multi-satellite ground station solution delivered by MDA in 2007, […]

[Satellite Today 05-21-09] Inmarsat has chosen Arianespace to launch the Alphasat I-XL communications satellite in 2012, Arianespace announced May 20. The deal follows an agreement between Inmarsat and the European […]

[Satellite Today 05-20-09] Skycasters, a broadband satellite solutions provider, won the 2009 Crain’s Leading Edge award from The Entrepreneurs Edge, a Ohio-based organization devoted to economic development through growth and […]

[Satellite Today 05-20-09] Ipstar Australia now has 60,000 broadband connections in Australia, its parent company Thaicom announced May 18.     Under the Australian Broadband Guarantee (ABG), Ipstar service providers have […]

[Satellite Today 05-20-09] BusinessCom has expanded its VSAT space segment capacity on Telesat’s Telstar-10; Ku-band capacity on Telstar-12 and C-band beam capacity on SES New Skies’ NSS-7 satellites, BusinessCom announced […]

[Satellite Today 05-19-09] International Launch Services (ILS) launched the Indostar 2 / Protostar 2 satellite into orbit on a Proton rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, ILS announced May […]

[Satellite Today 05-19-09] Space Systems/Loral has delivered TerreStar-1 to its launch site in Kourou, French Guiana, where Arianespace will launch it on June 24 aboard an Ariane 5 heavy lift […]

[Satellite Today 05-19-09] RAD Data Communications, based in Tel Aviv, is set to unveil a set of gateways that support 2G and 3G cellular backhaul over landline, satellite and microwave […]

[Satellite News 05-19-09] Eutelsat Communications saw a seven percent increase in revenues, at 700 million euros ($944.93 million), for the nine-month fiscal period ending in March.     Despite Eutelsat reporting […]

[Satellite Today 05-18-09] ICO Global Communications is filing legal challenges against the European Commission (EC) over its decision to issue Inmarsat and Solaris Mobile exclusive licenses to operate MSS services […]

[Satellite Today 05-18-09] ViaSat fourth quarter revenues grew 12 percent to $165.6 million, beating its own expectations and setting the company up for sustainable growth, ViaSat CEO Mark Dankberg said […]

[Satellite Today 05-18-09] Reps. Gus Bilirakis (R-Fl) and Joseph Crowley (D-NY) have introduced a bill to U.S. Congress, which would label satellite operators who broadcast “encitive stations” as associates of […]

[Satellite News 05-15-09] The mobile IP-satellite industry does not cater to a "mass market," according to Vizada Vice President of Business Development Larry Paul, whose statement sparked a panel debate […]

[Satellite Today 05-15-09] The European Commission (EC) selected Inmarsat and Solaris Mobile to operate mobile satellite services (MSS) system in Europe using 60 megahertz of S-band radio spectrum, the EC […]

[Satellite Today 05-15-09] DigitalGlobe priced its initial public offering at $19 per share, above analyst’s estimated range of $16 to $18, according to a U.S. Security Exchage Commission filing made […]

[Satellite Today 05-15-09] Al Jazeera English deployed its Inmarsat Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) X-Stream mobile broadband satellite service provided by Stratos Global Corp., making it the first media organization […]

[Satellite Today 05-15-09] Norsat International Inc. has been selected by the Italian Ministry of Agriculture to manage the satellite-based vessel monitoring system, Blue Box, marking Norsat’s initial entry into the […]

[Satellite Today 05-15-09] Eutelsat Communications selected Astrium to deliver Atlantic Bird 7, which is scheduled for launch in the fourth quarter of 2011, Astrium announced May 14.    The satellite, […]

[Satellite News 05-14-09] Executives and engineers from a variety of satellite and telecommunications companies established new talking points and dialog over the challenges and benefits of delivering IP over hybrid […]

[Satellite Today 05-14-09] Over the course of the week, Satellite News will be featuring in-depth coverage of the first IP Satellite Summit in Washington D.C. We will feature our articles […]

[Satellite Today 05-14-09] Mark Slaughter, CEO and president of RigNet, an enterprise communications company for remote oil and gas industries, was named a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur […]

[Satellite Today 05-14-09] Hughes Network Systems and SatProf will launch a joint web-based platform that aims to deliver faster and more cost effective installation training on Hughes’ global broadband satellite […]

[Satellite Today 05-14-09] Satellite provider Speedcast, has awarded a contract to Sidsa, an international digital technology provider based in Spain, to protect its digital content in Asia and the Middle […]

[Satellite Today 05-14-09] Intelsat’s revenues rose 10 percent to $631.8 million, according to the operator’s first quarter 2009 financial results released May 13.     Intelsat also saw a wider first-quarter […]

[Satellite Today 05-14-09] SES Americom-New Skies selected International Datacasting Corp. (IDC) to provide 200 of IDC’s SuperFlex SFX 3102 DVB-S/S2 receivers to SES customers upgrading to DVB-S2 IP platform offerings, […]

[Satellite News 05-13-09] The launch of ancillary terrestrial component (ATC) networks and complementary ground infrastructure marks the merge of the wireless world with the consumer electronics market, Internet service providers […]

[Satellite Today 05-13-09] Orbcomm said it lost $7 million during the quarter due to the failure of one of its U.S. Coast Guard Quick Launch satellites in March, according to […]

[Satellite Today 05-13-09] German teleport and satellite service provider CETel, acquired the managed services division of ND SatCom for an undisclosed amount and signed cooperative agreements with ND SatCom for […]

[Satellite Today 05-13-09] Iridium’s next-generation global marine satellite communication system Iridium OpenPort, has completed sea trials on a variety of vessels, the company announced May 12.     Zodiac Shipping Agencies, […]