Focus: Telecom

[Satellite Today 10-28-08] GlobeCast has opened its playout facility at its regional headquarters in Singapore, the company said Oct. 27.     The facility is connected to the company’s worldwide satellite […]

[Satellite Today 10-28-08] Irdeto has opened an office in Taiwan, continues its push into Asia, Irdeto announced Oct. 27.     “In the past 15 months, we have added three new […]

[Satellite Today 10-28-08] Latens, a developer of software conditional access and middleware for pay-TV, has reached global reseller agreement with Motorola, making Latens the core conditional access component of Motorola’s […]

[Satellite Today 10-28-08] The Nasdaq Stock Market sent a notice to WorldSpace Inc. Oct. 21 that the company will be delisted, WorldSpace announced Oct. 27.     In its letter to […]

[Satellite Today 10-27-08] Spacenet has formed a strategic alliance program intended to offer integrated digital media solutions to enterprise customers, the company announced Oct. 27.     Stratacache has joined Spacenet’s […]

ICO Wins Multi-Million-Dollar Award From Jury The Boeing Co. [BA] announced it will appeal a jury verdict against Boeing and for ICO Global Communications Holdings Ltd. J. Michael Luttig, Boeing […]

[Satellite Today 10-27-08] Orbit Technology Group has unveiled digital tracking solutions, the AL-4012 and AL-4016, the company announced Oct. 27.     The AL-4012 is designated for both portable and fixed […]

Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications [LORL] entered into a three year, fully secured $100 million revolving credit agreement led by J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and […]

[Satellite Today 10-27-08] Glowlink won a competitive contract award from Turksat A.S. for geolocation and carrier monitoring equipment, Glowlink announced Oct. 27.      Under the terms of the contract, Glowlink […]

[Satellite Today 10-27-08] SES reported a profit of September of 338.8 million euros ($427.9 million) in the first nine months of 2009, down from earnings of 347 million euros ($438.2 […]

[Satellite Today 10-27-08] Lockheed Martin’s Vice President of corporate legislative affairs, Brian Dailey, will retire Apr. 1, the company announced Oct. 27.     Gregory Dahlberg, vice president of corporate legislative […]

[Satellite Today 10-27-08] Harris Corp. has introduced its geospatial search tracking and retrieval (GeoSTAR) tool, the company announced Oct. 27.     The commercial off-the-shelf, Web-based graphical user interface provides a […]

[Satellite Today 10-24-08] Pace appointed Mathias Hautefort president of Pace France, the company said Oct. 23.     Hautefort, the former CEO of Viaccess, will be part of the Pace Group […]

[Satellite Today 10-24-08] Paradise Datacom has begun shipping its new -70 series of bandwidth-saving Satellite Signal Cancellers, the company announced Oct. 23.     The PCMA-70, which contains ViaSat’s patented Paired […]

[Satellite Today 10-24-08] Antenna Technology Communications Inc. (ATCi) has introduced its CentralCast solution, the company announced Oct. 23.     CentralCast enables broadcasters currently rely on microwave transmissions and fiber networks […]

[Satellite Today 10-23-08] Globecomm Systems Inc. signed a contract with Atlantique Telecom to develop a VSAT network connecting seven GSM networks in seven Central African countries, Globecomm announced Oct. 23. […]

[Satellite Today 10-23-08] WorldSpace Inc. received approval from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware for the first part of an interim debtor-in-possession financing in an amount up to $2 million, […]

[Satellite Today 10-23-08] Aeroflex revealed its new TM500 TDLTE test mobile designed to support time division duplex for 3G LTE, Aeroflex announced Oct. 23.     The TM500 TD-LTE test mobile […]

[Satellite News 10-23-08] WorldSpace Inc.’s filed to reorganize under bankruptcy protection primarily due to liquidation and cash flow problems the satellite radio operator faced, spokeswoman Judith Pryor told Satellite News. […]

[Satellite News 10-22-08] Abertis Telecom, a subsidiary of Abertis, has reached an agreement to increase its stake in Hispasat, the Spanish satellite operator, Abertis said Oct. 21.     Abertis will […]

[Satellite News 10-22-08] Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has entered into a three-year, fully secured $100 million revolving credit agreement led by J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and syndicated among six of the […]

[Satellite News 10-22-08] ICO Global Communications has been awarded at least $371 million plus interest in its breach of contract lawsuit filed against Boeing Co. and Boeing Satellite Systems International. […]

[Satellite News 10-22-08] Arianespace won a contract to launch the Rascom-QAF 1R satellite in 2010 aboard an Ariane 5 or Soyuz rocket from French Guiana, Arianespace announced Oct. 22.     […]

[Satellite News 10-22-08] Spacenet Inc. has increased the speed of its commercial grade Connexstar performance series service to include a 5 megabit per second option, the company announced Oct. 22. […]

[Satellite News 10-22-08] A jury awarded ICO Global Communications at least $371 million plus interest in its breach of contract lawsuit filed against Boeing Co. and Boeing Satellite Systems International […]

[Satellite News 10-22-08] VT iDirect  CTO Dave Bettinger has been elected to the board of the Global VSAT Forum, a London-based non-profit international association of the VSAT industry.     The […]

[Satellite News 10-22-08] Satamatics has relocated its U.S. operation to larger premises in Marion, Ill., the company said Oct. 21.      The office will become the central point for all […]

[Satellite Today 10-21-08] SpaceDev Inc. signed an agreement to be acquired by the privately held Sierra Nevada Corp., SpaceDev announced Oct. 20.       Under the agreement, SNC would acquire the […]

[Satellite News 10-21-08] Niether Boeing nor Lockheed Martin were notified by the U.S. Department of Defense of any delay in the Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT) program, despite the Pentagon’s […]

[Satellite News 10-21-08] Paradise Datacom won a significant satellite modem contract in Asia, which the company believes shows it can compete better with archrival Comtech EF Data.     Paradise Datacom […]