Focus: Telecom

As editor of a communications publication, I receive a number of press releases related to new research and forecasts on the satellite market. I often think it would be interesting...

Telcos, far from abandoning satellite, are using it more and more to shape their next-generation communications strategies. Here, we take a look at how different telcos around the world are...

The opportunity of additional video display devices is to deliver content to more screens, but the risk to broadcasters is that some subscribers may go entirely online. Pay-TV satellite operators...

In September, we reviewed the controversy between LightSquared, the satellite operator planning to deploy a 4G-LTE (Long Term Evolution-a preliminary 4G standard) Ancillary Terrestrial Component (ATC) wholesale telecommunications network, and...

Spacecom, an Israeli satellite operator, recently launched its Amos-5 satellite with more than 50 percent of its capacity already sold. Spacecom, which operates the Amos fleet of satellites, is targeting...

The U.S. Constitution protects people from unreasonable government searches, but does it prohibit the government from using GPS technology, without a warrant, to track people’s movements? We are reminded that...

Satellite broadband has always suffered from greater bandwidth limitations than terrestrial alternatives. Even with the new generation of satellites, such as ViaSat’s ViaSat-1 and Hughes Network System’s Jupiter, this remains...

A recent report from from an event held at McGill University’s Institute of Air and Space Law discusses the increasing problems posed by space debris in satellite orbits and the...

German DTH operator Sky Deutschland recently reached three million customers and is closing in on one million HD customers. Marcello Maggioni, executive vice president, customer group, Sky Deutschland, talks about...

[Satellite TODAY 03-30-12] Telesat has entered into a new financing agreement with a JP Morgan Chase Bank-led consortium that provides a $2.5 billion extension of credit under various senior credit...