Focus: Telecom

Eutelsat and ictQatar announced in May a strategic alliance for the joint procurement of a communications satellite to be positioned in Eutelsat’s 25.5 East orbital slot. ictQatar is the Qatari...

A quarter century has passed since Wal-Mart rolled out its M/A-COM (later acquired by Hughes) Ku-band VSAT network. The innovative technology allowed the retailer to displace a terrestrial network made...

With consumers growing ever more demanding in terms of accessing content, the job for the traditional set-top box manufacturer has become much tougher. As content providers and distributors look to...

[Satellite TODAY 08-31-10] Global shipping line APL has created SmarTemp, a satellite tracking service that monitors the temperature and humidity of refrigerated containers carrying sensitive cargo, APL announced Aug. 30....

[Satellite TODAY 08-31-10] Commercial space services provider Astrotech Corp. posted a fourth quarter fiscal year 2010 net loss of $1.6 million and decreased revenues, which impacted the company’s full-year 2010...

[Satellite TODAY 08-30-10] Canadian satellite technology company Com Dev International will post a net loss of about $1.6 million in its 2010 third quarter, compared with a net income of...

[Satellite TODAY 08-30-10] RigNet, a provider of remote communications and collaborative applications to the global oil and gas industry, has recently opened a service center in Dickinson, N.D.     The...

[Satellite News 08-27-10] Two of Indonesia’s major telcos PT Indosat (Indosat) and PT Telkom (Telkom) are teaming up to deploy a new satellite to benefit the entertainment, communications and cellular...

[Satellite TODAY 08-27-10] Hong-Kong based operator APT Satellite saw profits almost double in the first half of 2010 to $12.54 million, an increase of over 85 percent compared to the...

[Satellite TODAY 08-27-10] Broadcast content management and distribution services provider RRsat Global Communications Network appointed David Aber CFO after its current CFO Gil Efron resigned after four years of service,...