Focus: Telecom

[Satellite TODAY 01-22-13] The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) has granted Hispasat an $87.1 million guarantee of a loan extended by Crédit Agricole and other European lenders....

[Satellite TODAY 01-22-13] The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has contracted the domestic arm of Surrey Satellite Technology LLC (SSTL) to study the impact small satellites can have over the...

[Satellite TODAY 01-17-13] European and Asian teleport and satellite communications provider Belgium Satellite Services (BSS) has signed a new long-term capacity lease contract with Eutelsat Communications for 46 MHz of...

[Satellite TODAY 01-17-13] Pactel has signed a multi-year, multi-transponder deal with SES for capacity on the NSS-9 at 183 degrees East to ramp up its voice and data service offerings...

[Satellite TODAY 01-17-13] SpeedCast has made an acquisition that will strengthen its position in the maritime satellite communications market in Europe. The company has completed the buyout of Elektrikom Satellite Services, a...

[Satellite TODAY 01-17-13] Emerging markets will continue to be the driver of growth in the converged global communications, media and technology industries, which will reach the 7 billion mobile subscription...

[Satellite TODAY 01-17-13] Nevion and T-VIPS have completed a merger of the two companies, which will now operate under a single entity named Nevion.    In a Jan. 16 announcement,...

[Satellite TODAY 01-15-13] Hughes Network Systems has received an order from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide satellite broadband services for the agency’s RadNet program, the company announced Jan....

[Satellite TODAY 01-15-13] ATIS has observed a significant downward trend in the number of NRSC outage reports filed since November 2011 and that the duration of outages appears to be...

[Satellite TODAY 01-15-13] XipLink and Vitacom have successfully deployed XipLink XA appliances for various satellite service customers in Africa and Latin America, the companies announced Jan. 15.    The new...