Focus: Telecom

[Satellite TODAY 04-11-12] Iridium Communications is calling for entries to its Iridium NEXT Mission Team Scholarship program for the 2012-2013 academic year, the MSS operator announced April 10.    The...

[Satellite TODAY 04-11-12] Canadian antenna manufacturer C-Com Satellite Systems has received $1 million in orders for its iNetVu mobile antenna products from an unnamed customer in Russia, the company announced...

[Satellite News 04-10-12] British aeronautics technology developer Cobham has renewed its 270 million pound ($428.2 million) bid to acquire satellite antenna and hardware manufacturer Thrane & Thrane after Cobham investors...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 04-10-12] The Afghanistan government is seeking a partner to launch the country’s first communications satellite into space within the next six months, Afghanistan’s Minister of Communication and...

[Satellite TODAY 04-10-12] SES is in negotiations with the Ethiopian Ministry of Information and Communication Technology to provide satellite services to back-up the infrastructure of Ethiopia’s telecommunication provider, Ethio Telecom,...

[Satellite TODAY 04-10-12] Cisco is introducing an IP multiplexing technology for its Cisco Mobile Ready Net package that aims to dramatically improve the number of IP-based calls on a satellite...

[Satellite News 04-10-12] Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) is teaming with the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center to host a Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) on a commercial satellite that will be...

[Satellite TODAY 04-09-12] Sea Launch has received the Ukrainian-built Zenit rocket that will orbit the Intelsat 19 satellite in late May at the firm’s California home base for final assembly,...

[Satellite TODAY 04-06-12] Shareholders of FSS operator SES have elected Miriam Meckel and former Intelsat Chairman and CEO Conny Kullman to serve as new members of the company’s board of...

[Satellite TODAY 04-06-12] Machine-to-machine (M2M) products and services provider Numerex has unveiled a new Location-Based Services (LBS) platform, which aims to provide enterprises with secure, scalable solutions for monitoring, tracking...