Focus: Telecom

[Satellite TODAY 05-03-12] Canadian satellite company Galaxy Broadband has introduced a new satellite-in-a-box system for the enterprise markets, the company announced May 2.    Galaxy Broadband’s Scout was designed as...

[Satellite TODAY 05-03-12] Canadian satellite firm MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) increased its earnings from operations in the first quarter of 2012 to $29 million, compared with $27 million in...

[Satellite News 05-03-12] Like many other tech-focused executives in the satellite broadband industry, iDirect CTO David Bettinger is very familiar with what makes Ka-band so alluring – the bandwidth offers...

[Satellite TODAY 05-02-12] Gilat Satellite Networks has been selected by an unnamed Tier-1 mobile network operator (MNO) in Southeast Asia to provide a SkyEdge 2 network for GSM and 3G...

[Satellite TODAY 05-02-12] Satellite solutions provider Global Satellite USA has launched a low-cost GSM communications service to the offshore market under the brand name GSM Oceanwide, the company announced May...

FSS operators are constantly looking at new technologies to improve business efficiencies and drive new revenue streams. The question is, what innovations are really needed by some of the biggest...

Eutelsat Introduces NewsSpotter Mobile Service Via Ka-Sat Satellite operator Eutelsat Communications has launched its NewsSpotter newsgathering service, which is provided by the company’s Skylogic affiliate and hosted on Eutelsat’s Ka-Sat...

DigitalGlobe Inks Two Imagery Licensing Deals With Microsoft High-resolution earth imagery provider DigitalGlobe has signed two licensing agreements with Microsoft. The first agreement more than doubles the volume of high-resolution...

The exploration of shale gas is a trend that has emerged in the oil and gas arena during the last couple of years. For satellite players, it is another opportunity...

Satellite associations aim to protect the industry’s interests, but which battles are they prioritizing? Across different regions of the world, associations are looking at ways in which they promote satellite...