Focus: Telecom

[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...

[Satellite TODAY 10-25-10] KVH Industries and its partner ViaSat have increased their mini-VSAT broadband network’s capacity in the European region by 100 percent through the addition of the NSS-6 satellite’s...

[Satellite TODAY 10-25-10] Astrium Services intend to purchase a 75.1 percent stake in SES-owned German OEM and satellite ground systems integrator ND SatCom, Astrium announced Oct. 22.     With the...

[Satellite TODAY 10-25-10] Globecomm Systems has won an $18 million, five-year Ka-band infrastructure contract from Hughes Network Systems, Globecomm announced Oct. 22.     Globecomm will design, install, and test multiple...

[Satellite TODAY 10-22-10] Orbital Sciences Corp.’s third quarter 2010 revenues rose 13 percent to $314.5 million, driven by substantial increases in the company’s satellite and space systems sales, Orbital announced...

[Satellite TODAY 10-22-10] U.K. satellite ISP Avanti Communications’ Hylas 1, the first of its next-generation broadband satellites, is slated for launch Nov. 25th after the spacecraft arrived at Arianespace’s launch...