Focus: Telecom

[Satellite Today 10-03-08] Tracking Corp., an alarm notification systems provider, has released a new version of its firmware for the mobile resource management (MRM) that supports satellite communication to back-end […]

[Satellite Today 10-03-08] Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has standardized on NX and Teamcenter software from Siemens PLM for product design, simulation and product data management, a Siemens announcement stated Oct. […]

[Satellite News 10-02-08] ViaSat-1, scheduled to be launched in 2011, will increase satellite broadband capacity ten-fold in the United States, ViaSat Senior Vice President Tom Moore said.     “When you […]

[Satellite Today 10-01-08] Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) completed its network of nine regionally managed Satellite Mutual Aid Radio Talkgroups (SMART) enabling interoperable communications among public safety organizations across the country […]

[Satellite Today 10-02-08] SES Astra signed a framework contract through its affiliate Astra Broadband Services with TeleCable, a Spanish cable operator, to market satellite-based two-way broadband service, SES Astra announced […]

[Satellite News 10-02-08] According to ViaSat Senior Vice President Tom Moore, if you combine all of the satellite broadband capacity in the United States today, the total will not add […]

[Satellite Today 10-01-08] International Datacasting Corp. (IDC), received a follow-on DVB-S2 order from an unnamed company, IDC announced Oct. 1.     IDC will provide SFX 3104-L model dual DVB-S2 tuners […]

[Satellite Today 10-01-08] WildBlue has selected DataPath Inc. to provide long-term operations and maintenance services to WildBlue’s Earth stations, the company announced Oct. 1.      DataPath’s technical services will support […]

Last month, we reviewed the preliminary "Master Contribution and Support" agreement by hedge fund Harbinger Capital Partners, which has invested broadly in the mobile satellite service (MSS) sector to acquire […]

European satellite operators had their summer plans cut short when the European Commission in early August issued the structure for selecting mobile satellite service (MSS) systems in the 2 GHz […]

[Satellite Today 10-01-08] C-Com Satellite Systems signed an agreement with Movilsatcol, a distributor based in Colombia, to resell C-Com’s manufactured iNetVu Mobile antenna systems in South America, C-com announced Oct. […]

Satellite Today News Editor Jeffrey Hill asks: Will DigitalGlobe, a satellite imaging company who filed paperwork in April to sell stock on the New York Stock Exchange go public considering […]

[Satellite Today 10-01-08] Miteq Inc. has introduced a new addition to its family of waveguide low-noise amplifiers — the AMFW-8F-17702130-120-23P, the manufacturer announced Oct. 1.     The amplifier is a […]

Mobile satellite service (MSS) providers based their original business plans on providing ubiquitous voice services to the masses when cell phone service was in its infancy. Investors poured billions into […]

[Satellite Today 10-01-08] The International Institute of Space Commerce (IISC) will officially open Oct. 4 at the International Business School on the Isle of Man, IISC announced Oct. 1.      […]

Licensing satellite terminals remains a widely misunderstood topic often surrounded by confusion and myth. But it is not the maze it is made out to be. Since the licensing authority […]

[Satellite Today 10-01-08] Hughes Network Systems has rolled out a new broadband backup service plans for small- and medium-sized businesses, providing automatic satellite backup in the event of a landline […]

Hurricane Gustav’s track through the Gulf of Mexico and across the U.S. Gulf Coast revived bad memories of Hurricane Katrina and the devastation it brought in 2005. Thankfully, Gustav inflicted […]

[Satellite Today 10-01-08] Spacenet has teamed with Globecomm to support Spacenet’s expansion of services to Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, Spacenet announced Oct. 1.      Spacenet will offer custom […]

[Satellite Today 09-30-08] Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) appointed Srini Prasanna vice president of business development.       Prasanna will be responsible for developing strategies and identifying opportunities with key service providers […]

[Satellite News 09-30-08] September was a rough month for the commercial satellite market. The overall market decline that followed the U.S. House of Representatives’ rejection of the Emergency Economic Stabilization […]

[Satellite Today 09-29-08] The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rejected a proposal by Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) that every handset in a national broadband network for emergency responders include satellite […]

[Satellite Today 09-29-08] Space Exploration Technology Corp. (SpaceX) launched the first privately funded, liquid-fuelled rocket into orbit Sept. 28.     The Falcon 1 rocket, which carried a dummy payload, lifted […]

[Satellite Today 09-29-08] Astrium has been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Union (EU) as a prime candidate for both the Galileo FOC space and ground […]

[Satellite Today 09-29-08] Inmarsat plans to support a new entry-level FleetBroadband terminal, the FB150, developed for the small fishing, leisure and business vessels market from mid-2009, the company announced Sept. […]

[Satellite Today 09-29-08] AT&T will market and sell DirecTV‘s service as a co-branded satellite television service after Jan. 31, according to a commercial agreement the two companies unveiled Sept. 26. […]

[Satellite Today 09-29-08] EchoStar entered into an agreement with SkyWay USA to provide transponder service to support SkyWay USA’s satellite broadband Internet service with domestic Ku-band satellite bandwidth, EchoStar announced […]

[Satellite News 09-25-08] Two important moves have happened recently in the realm of satellite cellular communications – TerreStar Corp. sold its remaining shares in SkyTerra Communications to private equity firm […]

[Satellite News 09-25-08] Christian Gates, vice president of strategy for Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV), spoke with Satellite News about his company’s partnership with ICO and Qualcomm to integrate satellite communications […]

[Satellite Today 09-26-08] Iridium will introduce GoChat, a prepaid crew-calling plan with global service and OpenPort, an enhanced-bandwidth marine satellite communication service scheduled to be commercially available in October, the […]