Focus: Telecom

[Satellite TODAY 06-14-11] M2M specialist Telenor Connexion has formed a strategic technology partnership with Italian company Octo Telematics, Telenor announced June 13.     Octo provides telematics services and systems for...

[Satellite TODAY 06-14-11] Satellite tracking and communication solutions provider Blue Sky Network hired Hamza Mohammed to be its director of business development for Middle East and Africa (MEA), the company...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 06-13-11] Nigeria could generate $5 billion in additional GDP by 2015 if the country’s government supports a rollout plan for mobile broadband services and enacts a policy...

[Satellite TODAY 06-13-11] Norsat International was issued a $3.5 million satellite-based communications network and services contract from the First Nations’ Emergency Services Society of British Columbia (FNESS), the company announced...

[Satellite TODAY 06-13-11] Inmarsat and its technology partner Thrane & Thrane completed trials of Inmarsat’s IPv6 services across the BGAN network, the MSS operator announced June 10.             Thrane &...

[Satellite TODAY 06-13-11] Canadian-based satellite equipment manufacturer Advantech Wireless has renewed its supply contract with an unnamed Chinese satellite communication provider operating in all 26 provinces for a fifth year,...

[Satellite News 06-13-11] Honeywell is in the process of acquiring wireless product developer EMS Technologies for about $491 million in cash in an effort to expand its presence into the...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 06-10-11] Quatar’s Supreme Council for Information and Communication Technology (ictQatar) and SES will explore potential cooperative opportunities to establish and provide joint satellite platforms, networks and services...

[Satellite TODAY 06-10-11] EchoStar Corp. successfully completed its acquisition of Hughes Communications and will now combine the companies to create a single entity providing satellite-based digital video and broadband technologies...

[Satellite TODAY 06-10-11] NewCom International, a Miami-based voice, video, data and content solutions provider, has added worldwide satellite phone coverage and mobile global broadband services to its bundled communications portfolio,...