Focus: Telecom

[Satellite TODAY 03-27-12] Scandinavian Avionics has integrated and distributed OnAir/TriaGnoSys in-flight connectivity solutions on a Tupolev VIP jet based in Russia, the companies announced March 26.    The turnkey solution...

[Satellite News 03-27-12] Russian Satellite Communications Co. (RSCC) has commissioned two telecommunications spacecraft, Express-AM7 and Express-AM4R from European satellite manufacturer Astrium, RSCC officials confirmed March 27.    The two satellites...

[Satellite News 03-27-12] Israel’s Novelsat burst onto the satellite bandwidth optimization market last year in a quest to improve the spectral efficiency of DVB-S2 with its NS3T satellite transmission modulation...

[Satellite TODAY 03-26-12] Satellite data speed and services specialist Global Marine Networks (GMN) has launched its Optimizer Satellite Firewall and Wi-Fi Hotspot satellite phone users with data service, the company...

[Satellite TODAY 03-26-12] Comtech EF Data has successfully integrated its LPOD Block Up-Converter (BUC) with C2SAT’s 2.4-meter C-stabilized VSAT Antenna, Comtech announced March 23.    The integration will work to...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 03-23-12] The Federal Communications Commission proposed new rules March 21 that would authorize up to 40 mHz of 2 GHz Mobile Satellite Service (MSS) spectrum to host...

[Satellite TODAY 03-23-12] Spanish operator Hispasat’s Board of Directors has unanimously elected Elena Pisonero to be the company’s new chairwoman, Hispasat announced March 22.    The operator said Pisonero was...

[Satellite TODAY 03-23-12] Russian Satellite Communications Co. (RSCC) has expanded its partnership with satellite capacity and networking equipment provider Romantis Group to develop value-added services for the two companies’ existing...

[Satellite TODAY 03-23-12] EADS Astrium has shipped Al Yah Satellite Communications Co.’s (Yahsat’s) second satellite, Y1B, from its facilities in Toulouse, France, to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Yahsat announced...

[Satellite TODAY 03-22-12] Iridium Communications has contracted S3 Group to develop a new, customized integrated circuit for satellite communications devices, handsets, transceivers and modems that will operate off the current...