Focus: Telecom

[Satellite TODAY 05-21-13] Astrium Services has won a contract to provide Belgium’s emergency and security services with Blue Light Mobile, their first secure mobile 3G network. The five-year contract has...

[Satellite TODAY 05-21-13] Cobham SATCOM’s Aviator 300 SwiftBroadband solution has received a European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for its use aboard a range of Cessna aircraft....

[Satellite TODAY 05-21-13] Globalstar, a provider of mobile satellite voice and data services, has announced it has successfully completed and reached agreements to complete multi-part financings in connection with the...

[Satellite TODAY 05-21-13] DISH Network is ready to take the next step as it bids to acquire U.S. wireless giant Sprint Nextel. Sprint announced May 20, that it had received...

[Satellite TODAY 05-17-13] The European Space Agency (ESA) has selected Telespazio VEGA Deutschland for the development of the ExoMars Mission Control System (MCS). The MCS will be used to monitor...

Representation of the Boeing satellite that ViaSat-2 will be based on. Image credit: Boeing [Satellite TODAY 05-17-13] ViaSat announced May 16 that Boeing will build ViaSat-2, a landmark deal for...

[Satellite TODAY 05-16-13] Thaicom’s momentum continues to move forward as the company’s latest financial results demonstrate. The company had net profits in the first quarter of 2013 of 330 million...

An ILS Proton launch vehicle successfully placed the EUTELSAT 3D Satellite into Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO), for Eutelsat Communications.

Spot Global Phone Image credit: SPOT LLC Satellite TODAY 05-15-13] SPOT LLC, a subsidiary of Globalstar has announced the release of a new SPOT Global Phone, a portable data-enabled satellite phone....

[Satellite TODAY 05-15-13] International Launch Services (ILS) and satellite operator Eutelsat, of Paris, France, have announced a new contract for the launch of a Eutelsat satellite.       The launch...