Focus: Telecom

[Satellite News 03-24-09] The ability to access funding for business plans has become a lot tougher than it was just 12 months ago, casting a huge shadow not just over […]

[Satellite News 03-24-09] SATELLITE 2009 opens following a busy 12 months. The sector has seen the emergence of new players, new business models and new opportunities — all coming against […]

A military laser set a record by reaching 105 kilowatts, Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] announced. The company used a scalable building block strategy in the test, which was the final […]

The Boeing Co. [BA] demonstrated its Re-Deployable High-Energy Laser System (RHELS) by quickly relocating the prototype weapon system from its Albuquerque development site to a test range, where it tracked […]

[Satellite Today 03-23-09] AsiaSat has seen an increase in revenues but a fall in profits in 2008, according to the company’s full-year financial results released March 19.     AsiaSat reported […]

[Satellite Today 03-23-09] Mitsubishi Electric Corp. has selected Integral Systems’ Epoch Integrated Product Suite) to support Mitsubishi’s DS2000 satellite platform, Integral announced March 19.     Under the terms of the […]

[Satellite Today 03-23-09] All 11 Thales Alenia Space industrial sites located in France, Italy, Belgium and Spain have been certified to Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) Level 3, Thales Alenia […]

[Satellite Today 03-23-09] NDS has opened a research and development facility in China, the company said March 20.     NDS, a supplier of conditional access (CA) and middleware solutions to […]

[Satellite News 03-20-09] Inmarsat posted better-than-expected results in 2008, with pre-tax profits increasing by more than 50 percent over 2007 to $193.8 million. Inmarsat also recorded total revenues of $996.7 […]

[Satellite Today 03-20-09] GeoEye has started delivering high-resolution, color satellite imagery from its newest satellite to Google, GeoEye announced March. 19.     The images from GeoEye-1 include shots of the […]

[Satellite Today 03-20-09] XipLink has named Diem Technologies, based in Genova, Italy, a value-added reseller to provide delivery and logistics support for XipLink’s XA-Series of appliances and the XipStick portable […]

[Satellite Today 03-20-09] Stratos Global Corp. signed an agreement to become a global distributor of two new ViaSat ruggedized BGAN terminals, the companies announced March 19.     Stratos will distribute […]

[Satellite Today 03-20-09] IPStar Co., subsidiary of Thaicom, has received the necessary licenses from the Japanese government to bring satellite broadband services to Japan, the Thai satellite operator announced March. […]

[Satellite Today 03-19-09] There has been a revival in the satellite broadband market thanks to the falling price of terminals and the emergence of Ka-band satellites, according to the findings […]

[Satellite Today 03-19-09] Faria’s WatchDog 750 long-range identification and tracking (LRIT) ship terminal has completed compliance and testing requirements for operation on the Iridium satellite network, Faria announced March 17. […]

[Satellite Today 03-19-09] GeoEye Inc. has signed agreements with several international resellers to provide high-resolution satellite imagery and value-added products from GeoEye-1 to Beijing Earth Observation (BEO), Space Imaging Middle […]

[Satellite Today 03-19-09] Intelsat Ltd. reported 2008 fourth quarter revenues of $608.8 million and full-year revenues of $2.3 billion, the company announced March 18.     The operator also reported fourth […]

[Satellite Today 03-18-09] Loral Space & Communications Inc. reported a net loss of $692.9 million in 2008, the company announced March 17. The losses were mainly attributed to non-cash charges […]

[Satellite Today 03-18-09] Globecomm Systems has selected Spectracom to supply network synchronization subsystems for Globecomm’s new satellite communications system, Spectracom announced March 17.    The contract, valued at $500,000, includes […]

[Satellite Today 03-18-09] TerreStar completed final satellite and reflector post dynamics performance testing of the TerreStar-1 mobile services satellite and has entered into the final phase of integration and testing […]

[Satellite Today 03-17-09] The SATELLITE 2009 conference and exhibition is reporting increased attendance projections this year as well as the addition of 50 new exhibiting companies on the show floor, […]

[Satellite Today 03-17-09] EMS Technologies named Gary Hebb vice president of innovation and strategy and Joanne Walker general manager, the company announced March 16.     Hebb will be responsible for […]

[Satellite Today 03-17-09] Sea Submarine Communication (Seacom) said the cable Internet service it plans to bring to Africa will compete with satellite Internet and that satellite, the dominant Internet Service […]

[Satellite Today 03-17-09] Orbcomm reported a 34.4 percent increase in 2008 service revenues to $23.8 million, the company announced March 16.     The company also reported a 39.8 percent ($4.2 […]

[Satellite Today 03-17-09] The U.S. subsidiary of Telecomunicaciones Bantel C.A., a satellite communications provider in Venezuela, has upgraded to the advanced Hughes HN System platform in providing Ku-band broadband services […]

[Satellite Today 03-16-09] Newtec appointed Martin De Prycker to its strategic committee, which advises and assists the board with company policy and strategy, Newtec announced March 13.     De Prycker […]

The Navy gave Raytheon Co. [RTN] a $106.5 million contract change to procure 280 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) unitary Air-to-Ground (AGM)-154C-1s, with a moving target/surface warfare capability. That contract also […]

[Satellite Today 03-13-09] Networkfleet Inc. has made high-resolution satellite and hybrid maps available to its flagship Networkfleet wireless fleet management system, the company announced March 11.     Networkfleet combines GPS […]

[Satellite News 03-13-09] Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) hopes to launch its ABS-2 satellite in 2011, and CEO Tom Choi expects that within the next 12 months, the operator will have […]

[Satellite Today 03-13-09] Uplogix, a provider of secure remote management solutions, named Transcendent Global Networks LLC a channel partner with a focus on satellite and energy markets, Uplogix announced March […]