Focus: Telecom

[Satellite TODAY 08-24-10] Gilat Satellite Networks will receive $24 million in cash for its stake in health information provider Axolotl, which is being acquired by health information technology company Ingenix,...

[Satellite TODAY 08-23-10] KVH and ViaSat have expanded KVH’s mini-VSAT Broadband network capacity in the North American region by more than 500 percent, the companies announced Aug. 20.     KVH...

[Satellite TODAY 08-20-10] Hughes Network Systems has been awarded $58.7 million as the only national provider of high-speed satellite Internet service under The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009,...

[Satellite TODAY 08-20-10] AsiaSat saw its 2010 first half-year profits and revenues increase more than 20 percent, according to the operator’s latest financial results issued Aug. 19.      AsiaSat’s first-half...

[Satellite TODAY 08-20-10] U.K. media consumers are spending about 45 percent of their waking hours watching TV as well as using mobile phones and other communications devices, according to a...

[Satellite TODAY 08-18-10] LightSquared has triggered a cooperation agreement signed with Inmarsat more than two years ago to acquire spectrum for LightSquared’s planned 4G-LTE satellite and mobile broadband network, the...

[Satellite TODAY 08-18-10] Marlink secured a three-year contract with Irish ferry operator Fastnet Line for Marlink’s Sealink service, the company announced Aug. 18.      As part of the agreement, Marlink...

[Satellite News 08-19-10] SingTel’s maritime services sector now generates about half of the company’s total revenues, and the operator now is looking to increase consumer uptake, SingTel Vice President of...

[Satellite TODAY 08-18-10] Avanti signed contract for U.K.-based Computerlinks to become the first distributor of Avanti’s Business Internet Continuity (BIC) service, Avanti announced Aug. 16.      Under the three-year contract,...

[Satellite TODAY 08-17-10] Intelsat has began construction of the Intelsat 27 (IS-27) satellite that will include a UHF hosted payload for government applications, the company announced Aug. 16.      The...