Focus: Telecom

[Satellite TODAY 08-02-12] Norsat International has met in-field testing criteria of the NATO Communications and Information (NCI) agency and has been granted final acceptance for its dual Ku- and X-band...

[Satellite TODAY 08-02-12] Orbital Sciences has entered final preparations for the launch of the Hylas 2 communications satellite for Avanti Communications aboard an Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket from the European...

[Satellite News 08-02-12] When MTN Satellite Communications (MTN) signed its long-term agreement last week with Intelsat to become the second major maritime Ku-band capacity customer on the operator’s new Intelsat...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 08-02-12] Earth imagery provider DigitalGlobe reported a surprising 23 percent increase in its 2012 second-quarter revenues to $102 million, beating analysts’ consensus of $93 million and marking...

In the second of a two-part employment series, Via Satellite takes a look at the state of technical hiring in the global satellite sector — what’s driving it and what’s...

Arianespace Chosen to Launch Kazakhstan’s DZZ-HR Satellite on Vega Rocket Arianespace has been selected to launch the DZZ-HR high-resolution observation satellite being built by Astrium for the Republic of Kazakhstan. Arianespace’s...

The vibrant satellite amplifier technology market features a number of companies competing for business. Are vendors meeting customer needs, and is there enough business for such a large number of...

It is always an interesting development when one of the big four FSS operators makes a change at the CEO position. When Michel de Rosen became CEO of Eutelsat in...

The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is a private, non-profit corporation whose members are America’s public TV stations — non-commercial, educational licensees that operate more than 350 PBS member stations and...

O3b Networks is ramping up activity ahead of the launch of its first satellites next year. The company announced the launch of its new O3b Maritime service and is likely...