Focus: Telecom

SatCam hopes to take user-submitted data to improve weather research and forecasting, while giving users an added bonus.

In the wake of C-COM Satellite Systems’ recent deal with Vox Telecom in South Africa, C-COM’s CEO Leslie Klein points to a new trend in the satellite industry.

Astrium Satellites and Thales Alenia Space have been declared the winners of an €800 million contract with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ministry of Defense. The recent announcement names Astrium as the lead contractor for the Falcon Eye program, a UAE defense initiative responsible for managing next-generation military surveillance satellites.

Intelsat has selected Space Systems/Loral (SSL) to provide a new communications satellite to expand its coverage of the Western hemisphere.

C-COM Satellite Systems, a global provider of mobile auto-deploying satellite antenna systems, announced today that it has started supplying South Africa's largest independent telecommunications firm Vox Telecom with iNetVu Mobile antennas.

Boeing recently demonstrated that astronauts in its Crew Space Transportation (CST) 100 capsule will be able to safely exit the spacecraft during an emergency water landing.

Fashion TV (FTV), has selected SatLink Communications, a global teleport, content management and HD playout services provider, to playout, uplink and stream its HD channel onto AsiaSat 5.

As the demand for satellite cellular service has the potential to increase, companies such as Dubai-based Thuraya and U.S.-based Globalstar are already working on securing some of that demand.

In-flight entertainment provider, Global Eagle Entertainment and China Telecom Satellite Communications recently signed a memorandum of understanding, in which Global Eagle will assist China Telecom in providing an in-flight connectivity (IFC) service for Chinese airlines and airline customers who fly into and over China

Telespazio has signed a contract with the French company STIME to deploy one of the largest Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) satellite networks in Europe for Les Mousquetaires group.