Focus: Telecom

[Satellite Today – 6-30-08] The global satellite communications sector has asked the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) not to allow terrestrial fixed services to operate in the 14.0-14.5 gigahertz band […]

[Satellite Today – 6-30-08] Under a proposed transaction News Corp. will no longer be the majority shareholder of NDS Group, News Corp. announced June 27.     News Corp. and a […]

[Satellite Today – 6-27-08] Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) conducted a full launch dress rehearsal and hold down firing of the Falcon 1 Flight 3 vehicle June 26, the company […]

[Satellite Today – 6-27-08] The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne a contract for the fabrication and ground test of a solar thermal propulsion […]

[Satellite Today – 6-27-08] Avanti Communications has won a key satellite broadband contract in Scotland, the company said June 26.     Avanti will provide broadband services to premises throughout Scotland, […]

[Satellite News – 6-26-08] Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. will provide a broadband satellite network to Alldean Satellite Networks (Kenya) Ltd., Gilat announced June 25.     The SkyEdge 2 hub and […]

[Satellite News – 6-26-08] The European Commission (EC) has cleared the proposed acquisition of joint control over Spain’s Hispasat by Abertis and a group of Spanish state-owned entities, the EC […]

[Satellite Today – 8-25-08] STM Group has completed the development of a DVB-RCS compatible mesh VSAT network system that serves as an extension of its SatLink product platform, STM announced. […]

[Satellite Today – 8-25-08] EMS Satcom introduced an Iridium-based packet data terminal for use in force tracking systems, the company announced June 23.     The eNcompass PDT-300i terminal operates around […]

[Satellite Today – 8-25-08] Revenues from consumer satellite broadband services will overtake enterprise class broadband VSAT network services by 2013, according to a study from NSR LLC.     By the […]

[Satellite Today – 3-24-08] Thuraya has signed 10 distribution deals for its ThurayaMarine solution as the operator looks to boost its revenues in the maritime arena with the Thuraya-3 satellite […]

[Satellite Today – 3-24-08] Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) awarded a contract to Cadence LLC to lead the design, architecture and development of MSV’s integrated services delivery framework, MSV announced June […]

[Satellite Today – 3-24-08] Cobbett-Hill Earth Station Ltd. has installed an iDirect satellite hub and acquired multiple routers to launch a hosting service for virtual network operators, VT iDirect Inc. […]

[Satellite Today – 6-23-08] DataPath Inc. has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Army to manufacture and install satellite communications hubs to support the U.S. military Joint Task Force […]

[Satellite Today – 6-23-08] Com Dev International Ltd. will design, build and launch a micro-satellite for the government of Canada, the company announced June 23. Under the contract, valued at […]

[Satellite Today – 6-20-08] Integral Systems subsidiary, RT Logic has announced the successful PL4 (Protection Level 4) C&A (Certification and Accreditation) of its RTGuard Cross Domain Solution product, Integral said […]

[Satellite Today – 6-20-08] Orbcomm Inc. announced that six new Orbcomm satellites were successfully launched from Kapustin Yar, Russia at 2:36 AM EDT June 19. The satellites have been successfully […]

[Satellite Today – 6-20-08] Harris Corp. and VBrick Systems have partnered to create a combined solution that delivers digital signage and live streaming video over various communications networks, Harris announced […]

[Satellite Today – 6-18-08] iDirect has launched the first suite of Digital Video Broadcasting – Satellite – Second Generation (DVB-S2)/Adaptive Coding and Modulation (ACM) products in its Evolution product line, […]

[Satellite Today – 6-18-08] Eutelsat Communications, said June 17, that its W5 satellite had experienced an anomaly to part of its power generator subsystem in the night of 16 to […]

[Satellite Today – 6-18-08] WorldSpace has signed a partnership deal with STMicroelectronics for European satellite digital radio chips, the company said June 17. STMicroelectronics will develop, manufacture and distribute chips […]

[Satellite Today – 6-18-08] 2008 could be the year that HDTV really takes off in Asia. That s the conclusion of a new study into the topic, jointly announced by […]

[Satellite Today – 6-18-08] SingTel, one of Asia’s largest telcos, is extending its suite of maritime satellite solutions by contracting capacity on SES New Skies’ NSS-7, NSS-703 and NSS-5 satellites, […]

[Satellite Today – 6-18-08] Solaris Mobile is establishing its headquarters in Dublin, the organization said June 18. Solaris Mobile is a joint-venture satellite based service company formed by SES Astra […]

[Satellite Today – 6-18-08] US Monolithics, a supplier of Ka-Band transceivers for consumer broadband, has launched a line of commercial C-and Ku-band satellite transmit and receive products, the company announced […]

[Satellite Today – 6-17-08] Globecomm Systems has been boosted by the news of a $1.2 million satellite-based infrastructure deal with a telecoms operator, the company said June 16. While Globecomm […]

[Satellite Today – 6-17-08] Comtech EF Data Corp. announced June 17 a strategic co-operation agreement with Vados Systems, a provider of converged integrated solutions to the mobility market.  The agreement […]

[Satellite Today – 6-17-08] Hughes Network Systems LLC (Hughes), will provide advanced Spaceway-3 broadband satellite equipment and services to broadband provider Barrett Xplore Inc. of New Brunswick, Canada, Hughes announced […]

[Satellite Today – 6-17-08] Thuraya is ready to make a big push into Asia, after it announced June 17, that its Thuraya-3 satellite was now fully ready for commercial activities. […]