Focus: Telecom

[Via Satellite 12-09-13] ILS successfully launched the first of Inmarsat’s Global Xpress satellites, Inmarsat 5, which has already sent signals from orbit. The spacecraft was launched on a Proton Breeze...

[Via Satellite 12-09-13] Kacific Broadband Satellites plans to launch a Ka-band High Throughput Satellite (HTS) to provide enhanced broadband to 40 million people in the Pacific, including the Pacific Islands,...

[Via Satellite 12-05-13] In an effort to optimize Alaskan air control operations, Harris CapRock Communications has been awarded a 10-year, $46 million contract from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)...

[Via Satellite 12-05-13] The Hughes 9502 integrated antenna BGAN (Broadband Global Area Network) M2M (machine-to-machine) terminal, built by Hughes Network Systems and enabled by Inmarsat, has received Hazardous Locations Accreditation....

[Via Satellite 12-05-13] Iridium Communications and Wyless have joined the International M2M Council (IMC), a global organization that promotes the benefits of machine-to-machine communications (M2M). Both companies have become sustaining...

[Via Satellite 12-04-13] Gilat Satellite Networks has completed the sale of its Spacenet subsidiary to Tulsa, Oklahoma-based SageNet. The aggregate consideration for the sale is approximately $16 million, subject to...

[Via Satellite 12-04-13] Gogo’s international connectivity service passed a key milestone by receiving a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) to install its Ku-satellite technology on Boeing’s 747-400 aircraft. Gogo will begin...

[Via Satellite 12-3-13] Intelsat has repointed a Ku-band beam on the Intelsat 8 satellite to bring urgently needed capacity to the Philippines, in addition to providing capacity on other satellites...

[Via Satellite 12-03-13] BT is beginning a new phase of investments into Asia Pacific, Turkish, Middle Eastern and African (AMEA) economies with the objective of accelerating its expansion in high...

[Via Satellite 12-03-13] KVH Industries has more than doubled the capacity of its mini-VSAT broadband network in the Asia-Pacific region, continuing the network expansion strategy outlined with the announcement of...