Focus: Telecom

[Satellite TODAY 10-29-10] TAM Airlines is offering Inmarsat SwiftBroadband in-flight mobile connectivity services, provided by OnAir, on TAM Airbus A321 flights operating out of Brazil, OnAir announced Oct. 28.    ...

[Satellite TODAY 10-28-10] Orbit Communication Systems received a $6.25 million order to provide multiple telemetry and communications systems to an unnamed customer, the company announced Oct. 27.     Orbit will...

[Satellite TODAY 10-28-10] CapRock Communications has completed rollout of iDirect’s next-generation Evolution platform to more than 300 energy and maritime vessels in the Gulf of Mexico, with more sites scheduled...

[Satellite TODAY 10-28-10] Tecom Industries issued a $4 million contract to ITS Electronics to supply its high-power Transceiver-HPT RF electronics subsystem, which will enable an antenna system for an unnamed...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-27-10] EchoStar signed separate agreements with Arqiva and International Datacasting Corp. (IDC) to support its international plans to roll out new digital content, EchoStar announced Oct. 26....

[Satellite TODAY 10-27-10] Satellite communications provider Vizada is set to launch a maritime VSAT fixed-satellite broadband service, the company announced Oct. 26.     The service will fall under the Vizada...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-27-10] Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), the designer and manufacturer of Intelsat’s IS-17 satellite, delivered the spacecraft to Arianespace’s European Spaceport in Kourou. The satellite, delivered nearly two months...

[Satellite TODAY 10-27-10] Canadian mobile satellite antenna provider C-Com Satellite Systems posted a 34.2 percent increase in revenues and a 30.4 percent jump in net profits during its 2010 third...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-26-10] KVH Industries’ third quarter profits rose from $385,000 in 2009 to $637,000 in 2010 due to growth in its global satellite communications and fiber-optic businesses, the...

[Satellite TODAY 10-26-10] Thrane & Thrane will renew and extend an emergency communications training sponsorship it started with NGO Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF) in July 2009, Thrane & Thrane announced...