Focus: Telecom

[Satellite TODAY 02-06-13] Australia’s National Broadband Network (NBN) will increase its speeds to more than double from 12Mbps down and 1Mbps up to 25Mbps down and 5Mbps, the country’s Communications...

African telecommunications company K-NET has announced the successful transition of its satellite-based services to the new high-powered digital communications satellite Astra 2F.

Clyde Space has announced that the first satellite designed and built in Scotland will be launched on board a Russian rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan next June.

Liberty Global is in negotiations to buy United Kingdom-based cable and mobile operator Virgin Media.

[Satellite TODAY 02-05-13] The World Teleport Association has announced the appointment of four new members to its Board of Directors.    Roger Franklin, President and CEO at Crystal Solutions; Richard...

[Satellite TODAY 02-05-13] The Society of Satellite Professionals International has announced five new inductees for the 2013 Hall of Fame: Romain Bausch, President and CEO at SES; Robert Zitter, Executive...

[Satellite TODAY 02-04-13] ITC Global will upgrade its mining-sector satellite network with iDirect’s iDX 3.2 software that includes Adaptive TDMA, iDirect announced. ITC Global will also deploy the next-generation Evolution...

[Satellite TODAY 02-01-13] TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) has announced its participation in the new BlackBerry 10 platform. The company’s maps application ships with the new BlackBerry 10 smartphones and TCS’ associated...

[Satellite TODAY 02-01-13] Sea Launch failed to loft an Intelsat satellite into orbit early Friday morning after its Zenit 3SL rocket and Ukrainian-built booster experienced an anomaly approximately 40 seconds...

[Satellite TODAY 02-01-13] DigitalGlobe and GeoEye have announced the completion of their merger. The combined company now has a market capitalization of $2.1 billion, based on the closing price of...