Focus: Telecom

[Satellite News 07-12-10] Eutelsat’s Middle East aspirations were given a shot in the arm thanks to a deal in Qatar. In mid-May, the operator signed a deal with ictQatar (representing...

[Satellite TODAY 07-09-10] Thaicom will launch a high-speed Internet service in India via the Ipstar broadband satellite in the third quarter of 2010, the company announced July 8.     In...

[Satellite TODAY 07-09-10] Globecomm Systems has secured two contracts to provide wireless managed services to unnamed service operators in Antigua, the Turks and the Caicos Islands, the service provider announced...

[Satellite TODAY 07-08-10] Vizada is offering the full range of its solutions package with the Iridium OpenPort service to shipping customers through a direct interconnection with the Iridium network, Vizada...

[Satellite TODAY 07-08-10] RigNet has entered into a multi-year contract with Seahawk Drilling, an oil drilling services company in the Gulf of Mexico, to provide managed remote communications for its...

[Satellite TODAY 07-08-10] DigitalGlobe has signed a contract with end-to-end Internet business products and service provider Internap to use its managed hosting and route-optimized performance IP network to power DigitalGlobe’s...

[Satellite TODAY 07-07-10] Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has been awarded a contract from broadcaster Hispasat Group to build the Amazonas 3 spacecraft, SS/L announced July 6.     Amazonas 3 will be...

[Satellite TODAY 07-07-10] U.K. satellite operator Bentley Walker has purchased two iDirect 5IF Hubs to expand services via Eutelsat SkyLogic’s teleports in Turin and Cagliari, Italy, iDirect announced July 6....

[Satellite TODAY 07-06-10] A majority of Satellite TODAY’s June Quick Poll respondents said that they have bad experiences with manufacturers after they have been acquired or have merged with a...

[Satellite TODAY 07-06-10] TerreStar expects to begin commercial rollout of its TerreStar Genus dual-mode satellite-cellular smartphone in September, the company announced July 5.     TerraStar unveiled the smartphone and its...