Focus: Telecom

[Satellite Today 09-03-08] Ball Aerospace has begun integration of the completed imaging instrument for the WorldView-2 commercial imaging satellite being built for DigitalGlobe, Ball announced Sept. 3.     WorldView-2 is […]

[Satellite Today 09-03-08] Gateway Broadcast Services has secured further financing as it looks to build its satellite pay-TV business, GTV, in sub-Saharan Africa.      Gateway Broadcast Services, a subsidiary of […]

[Satellite Today 09-01-08] Eutelsat has signed a new capacity contract with SISLink, a supplier of satellite uplinks, Eutelsat said Sept. 1.     The deal, for a total of 4,000 hours […]

[Satellite Today 09-02-08] Alcatel-Lucent joined forces with the Telecommunications Journal of Australia to offer the Broadband Environment Challenge, awarding $10,000 in prize money for the best papers on broadband applications […]

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[Satellite Today 08-29-08] The five-satellite RapidEye constellation was successfully launched from Baikonur, Kazakhstan at 7:15 a.m. UTC, Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) announced on Aug. 29.     According to SSTL, […]

[Satellite Today 08-29-08] Northrop Grumman Corp. appointed Donald E. McHugh Jr. vice president and controller of its technical services sector, and David Reith director of business operations and CFO of […]

[Satellite Today 08-28-08] Skylogic, the broadband affiliate of Eutelsat Communications, has been awarded an ISO 14001 environmental management system certification from Bureau Veritas, an accredited certification body of quality, environmental […]

[Satellite Today 08-28-08] Pacific Century Matrix has been renamed GlobeCast Hong Kong Ltd. following its acquisition by GlobeCast earlier this summer, the new company announced Aug. 28.     The integration […]

[Satellite Today 08-28-08] ND SatCom, an SES Astra company, will deliver a turnkey redundant 5+1 uplink station for TDF‘s teleport in Nantes, France, the company announced Aug. 28.     According […]

[Satellite Today 08-28-08] SatService Gesellschaft für Kommunikationssysteme (SatService), a German satellite technology vendor, has introduced a new sat-nms LRXD 14 L-band distributor for satellite ground terminals, the company said Aug. […]

[Satellite News 08-26-08] OverHorizon, a new satellite services operator addressing the global mobile satellite communication market, hopes to launch services in the next two years.     In July, the government […]

[Satellite Today 08-27-08] Orbital Sciences Corp. named Frank Culbertson Jr. senior vice president and deputy general manager of the advanced programs group, and Mark Pieczynski vice president of the company’s […]

[Satellite Today 08-27-08]  Harmonic has appointed Ian Graham vice president of sales and support for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), the company announced Aug. 27.     Graham previously […]

[Satellite Today 08-27-08]  GeoEye Inc. has provided high-resolution images taken from its Ikonos satellite for integration into Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X video game from UbiSoft, GeoEye announced Aug. 26.     The […]

[Satellite Today 08-27-08] The RapidEye constellation is ready for launch from Baikonur Aug. 29, according to an announcement from Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL).    All five satellites, designed and […]

[Satellite Today 08-27-08] Avanti Communications has signed wholesale partnership agreement with a satellite telecommunications service provider in Albania, opening its first business in the country, Avanti said Aug. 26.     […]

[Satellite Today 08-27-08] Hughes Network has made HughesNet Business Internet service plans available, the company announced Aug. 27. The plan aims to provide high-performance broadband access to small- and mid-sized […]

[Satellite Today 08-27-08] Thales Alenia Space has begun production assembly, integration and testing of the first Globalstar second-generation flight model satellites, Globalstar, Thales Alenia Space and Arianespace announced on Aug. […]

[Satellite Today 08-26-08] Thrane & Thrane, a manufacturer of equipment and systems for global mobile communication based on satellite and radio technology, reported a sharp increase in revenues and profits […]

[Satellite Today 08-26-08] Pace is targeting three areas of its business to make its products more environmentally friendly, the company announced Aug. 26. Pack is “taking action to reduce our […]

[Satellite News 08-26-08] Stratos Global executives returned from a trip to Japan with a new joint venture, JSAT Mobile Communications, in hand. The entity, developed partnership with JSAT,  is set […]

[Satellite Today 08-25-08] WildBlue Communications has introduced an equipment lease program for new customers, the company announced Aug. 25.     Under the program, customers will no longer be required to […]

[Satellite Today 08-25-08] Hong Kong Satellite Communication International Ltd., Japan Digital Communications and AA Techneq have signed commercial partnerships with Thuraya, the mobile satellite company announced Aug 25.     The […]

[Satellite Today 08-25-08] Mary Frost stepped down as CEO of GlobeCast America, the company announced Aug. 25.     Christian Pinon, chairman and CEO of GlobeCast, will serve as interim CEO […]

[Satellite Today 08-25-08] A consortium of investors that entered an agreement in March to purchase Gilat Satellite Networks has informed the company that it will not close the merger transaction, […]

[Satellite News 08-25-08] ManSat and the Office of Communications (Ofcom), an independent regulator and competition authority for the U.K. communications industries won a favorable ruling Aug. 13 in the High […]

[Satellite News 08-22-08] AsiaSat expects to announce who has won the contract for the AsiaSat 6 satellite in the next three months.     AsiaSat CEO Peter Jackson told Satellite News, […]