Focus: Telecom

Ball Aerospace & Technologies has started integration for DigitalGlobe’s next generation commercial remote-sensing satellite.

Panasonic Avionics Corporation has announced completion of commercial agreement with Australian Satellite Communications (ASC) and is now ready to enter into service with a full transponder of capacity on the Eutelsat 172A satellite pending imminent regulatory approval.

MEASAT Satellite Systems has announced an agreement with CET Teleport GmbH for capacity on the Africasat-1a satellite.

LGS Innovations, an independent subsidiary of Alcatel-Lucent, has announced the appointment of Rich Martin to chief information officer.

The take-up rate of in-flight connectivity services is proving to be lower than expected. Euroconsult recently released the “Prospects for In-Flight Entertainment and Connectivity” report

C-COM Satellite Systems has announced its iNetVuKa-98H mobile antenna system, combined with the HNS 2W Dual IFL Transceiver, is suitable to operate over the Middle East satellite operator Yahsat’s Yahclick network.

KVH Industries has introduced its new TracPhone V3-IP satellite communications systems and announced the availability of an integrated service package that pairs its mini-VSAT Broadband service with the Iridium OpenPort broadband service.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions’ subsidiary RT Logic has launched two new products for building cost-effective satellite control centers: the Software Front End Processor (FEP) and the Software Gateway. Both are based on a "software only" architecture that replaces the hardware/software appliances used in the industry today.

Azercosmos and MEASAT have announced that the Azerspace-1/Africasat-1a satellite has successfully completed in-orbit testing and entered full commercial service.

Intelsat has signed a multi-year deal with Digital Networks, provider of business-class satellite solutions to the energy sector. Under the agreement, Digital Networks will improve its support very small aperture terminal (VSAT) communications networks in North America using Intelsat’s capacity via its satellite fleet and IntelsatOne terrestrial network.