Focus: Telecom

[Satellite Today 08-01-08] SES Astra announced it has signed a new capacity deal with a Lithuanian satellite services provider via its Nordic affiliate, SES Sirius. SatGate has signed a deal […]

[Satellite Today 08-01-08] Comtech EF Data announced that it has joined with Radyne’s satellite earth station business.     The company said the joining of the two companies will expanded the […]

Mary Cotton cannot be accused of thinking small, which makes her the perfect fit to head VT iDirect Inc. Cotton joined iDirect as CEO in September 2007 bringing more than […]

In June, Kazakhstan’s National Space Agency, KazCosmos, announced that it had lost contact with the nation’s first communications satellite, Kazsat 1. News coverage of this event to date has been […]

Some interesting parallels exist in the evolution of the computer and satellite industries. Both initially were dominated by big metal, with mainframes housing the financial records of large corporations and […]

[Satellite News 07-31-08] Korean Digital Satellite Broadcasting (SkyLife) expects to have 220,000 subscribers for its high-definition (HD) services by the end of the year, the company’s CTO said.     The […]

[Satellite Today 07-31-08] Dave Krueger will replace Jacinto Palacios as the CEO of Ondas Media, the company announced July 31. Krueger has been responsible for securing Ondas Media’s agreement to […]

[Satellite Today 07-31-08] EMS Technologies signed a definitive agreement to acquire Sky Connect LLC for about $15.5 million, EMS announced July 31.     Sky Connect, founded in 2003, provides Iridium-based […]

[Satellite Today 07-31-08] Eutelsat Communications generated overall revenues of 877.8 million euros ($1.4 billion) in the last 12 months of operations, the company announced July 31. This represents a 6 […]

In these difficult economic times, U.S. federal and state governments are looking for alternatives to cut costs of living for citizens. While the concept of upgraded infrastructure has long meant […]

[Satellite Today 07-31-08] DirecTV has incorporated Entropic’s channel stacking switch (CSS) technology in DirecTV’s SWM-ODU dish unit. The technology enables delivery of Ka- and Ku-band satellite signals from the dish […]

[Satellite Today 07-31-08] BSkyB has had another strong quarter and now has nearly 9 million direct-to-home subscribers in the United Kingdom and Ireland, the company said July 31. BSkyB added […]

[Satellite Today 07-30-08] Thales has seen strong growth in its space business with various new orders fuelling strong revenue growth, the company said July 29.     Revenues from its aerospace […]

[Satellite Today 07-30-08] Optus signed a deal with Thuraya which will enable Optus to provide better mobile services to customers in rural and remote parts of Australia, the company said […]

[Satellite Today 07-30-08] Mobile Broadcasting Corp., a subsidiary of Toshiba Corp., will stop mobile digital satellite broadcasting services at the end of March, the company announced July 29.     Mobile […]

[Satellite Today 07-29-08] Comarch has released an IPTV solution for direct-to-home (DTH) operators that will enable users to offer interactive TV services over a telecom infrastructure, the company announced July […]

[Satellite Today 07-29-07] CET Teleport has acquired a teleport in Germany, the company announced July 29.     CET acquired the interest of Stratos GmbH in the former Deutsche Telecom teleport […]

[Satellite Today 07-29-07] XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio have completed their merger, the two companies announced July 29.     The combined company will be named Sirius XM Radio […]

[Satellite Today 07-28-08] Spacenet Inc. has achieved Service Provider Level I Payment Card Industry Data Security (PCI DSS) compliance for its VSAT satellite and managed wireline services, the company announced […]

[Satellite Today 07-28-08] Pace announced a slight increase in its overall profits for the first half of 2008, according to the company report released July 28.     The supplier of […]

[Satellite Today 07-28-08] Thuraya has announced a slew of distribution agreements for its ThurayaIP service, the company said July 28.     The operator has signed distribution agreements with: Fort Info […]

[Satellite Today 07-28-08] Sirius Satellite Radio reported 8.9 million total subscribers at the end of the 2008 second quarter, up 25 percent from the same period a year ago, the […]

[Satellite Today 07-28-08] Inmarsat has been selected by the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) to provide payload in-orbit test services for the four satellites that will form the Galileo In-Orbit Validation […]

[Satellite Today 07-25-08] MultiChoice is preparing to launch high-definition (HD) services in South Africa, the operator said July 25.     The direct-to-home operator is introducing an HD personal video recorder […]

[Satellite Today 07-25-08] The Brookings Institute, an independent policy research group, is recommending that the U.S Federal Communication Commission (FCC) change its practices regarding the allocation of the broadband spectrum. […]

[Satellite Today 07-25-08] XM Satellite Radio Inc. priced a debt offering as part of a series of transactions to refinance certain debt M in connection with the pending merger with […]

[Satellite Today 07-25-08] The ownership saga of Inmarsat took another twist as Harbinger Capital Partners Funds said it intends to bid on Inmarsat and then combine it with SkyTerra Communications, […]

[Satellite News – 07-25-08] Thuraya, believes its latest small broadband terminal with advanced video streaming capability will enable the company to make more of an impact in the mobile data […]

[Satellite Today 07-24-08] Canal Digital, the Nordic direct-to-home platform, saw an increase in revenues but a drop in overall profits and subscriber numbers for the quarter ended June 30, parent […]

[Satellite Today 07-24-08] Harmonic Inc. will provide Astra Platform Services with high-definition (HD) encoders and statistical multiplexing for a network upgrade, Harmonic announced July 24.     Astra will install Harmonic’s […]