Focus: Telecom

[Satellite News 10-11-11] Coming off of a multi-year contract from Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) to provide a satellite capacity system to help manage the operator’s commercial satellite business, Optimal Satcom...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-10-11] Mobile satellite voice and data services operator Globalstar has accepted the resignation of CFO and Senior Vice President Dirk Wild, the company confirmed Oct. 7. Wild...

[Satellite TODAY 10-10-11] Canadian satellite operator Telesat restored customer services on the Anik F2 satellite after a technical anomaly occurred on the spacecraft Oct. 6, which left some of its...

[Satellite TODAY 10-10-11] The China Great Wall Industry Corp. (CGWIC) and the China Institute of Rocket Carrier Technology have launched the French-made W3C telecom satellite into orbit on a Long...

[Satellite TODAY 10-10-11] Polish technology company TS2 has signed a strategic agreement with Satcom Global to distribute the Iridium Extreme global network phone to its customers and national trade partners, TS2...

[Satellite TODAY 10-10-11] Global satellite communications provider NSSL Global has brought its spot beam on the SES NSS6 satellite online to support shipping in South East Asia and increase its...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-07-11] Sea Launch AG successfully placed the Intelsat 18 satellite into orbit Oct. 5 onboard a land launch Zenit-3SLB rocket from the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan,...

[Satellite TODAY 10-07-11] Thales Alenia Space rejected Globalstar’s recent order for six quick-delivery spacecraft as part of its second-generation constellation, according to documents filed Oct. 5 with the U.S. Securities...

[Satellite TODAY 10-07-11] The highly anticipated and long-delayed launch of the ViaSat-1 high-capacity satellite is now scheduled for Oct. 19, the satellite’s operator ViaSat confirmed Oct. 6. The satellite will...

[Satellite TODAY 10-07-11] MSS operator Inmarsat has selected Hughes Network Systems to develop a new machine-to-machine (M2M) terminal for its BGAN service, the companies announced Oct. 6.    Hughes recently...