Focus: Telecom

[Satellite TODAY 11-13-12] Beam Communications has launched its portable satellite communications system RapidSat700, designed to operate with the Inmarsat BGAN (Broadband Global Area Network) network, the company announced Nov 13....

[Satellite News 11-12-12] SES continues to perform strongly with its latest numbers showing increases in revenues and profits. In the first nine months of this year, the operator generated revenues...

[Satellite TODAY 11-12-12] Arianespace has launched its 52nd Ariane 5 launch via an Ariane 5 ECA launcher from Kourou, French Guiana Nov. 10, orbiting the telecommunications satellites Eutelsat 21B for...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 11-12-12] Airline passengers from the United States who used personal electronic devices such as tablets and smartphones onboard flights lasting longer than one hour spent an average...

[Satellite TODAY 11-12-12] Satcom solutions provider Orbit Technologies signed a $150 million contract Nov. 11 to provide the GBSI Initiative’s leading satellite project with Ka-band systems and other satcom solutions,...

 [Satellite TODAY 11-12-12] SkyVision Global Networks will continue expanding its local presence across Africa, the global provider of IP connectivity over satellite and fiber optic systems announced Nov. 12. Due...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 11-09-12] African communication industry firms Convergence Partners, Altirah Telecoms and a consortium of South African investors have sold the group’s interest in the New Dawn to the...

[Satellite TODAY 11-09-12] FSS satellite operator SES’s 2012 third-quarter earnings beat market forecasts backed by strong demand for digital and HDTV, which offset losses from Germany’s analog service switch-off, according...

 [Satellite TODAY 11-07-12] Inmarsat has signed VSAT terminal supplier L-3 Global Communications Solutions (GCS) as an initial launch partner for land satellite terminals for its future Global Xpress service, the...

[Satellite TODAY 11-07-12] Trimble has expanded its satellite-delivered Trimble RTX technology coverage to most of the world, enabling the new Trimble xFill technique in RTK and VRS surveying that allows...