Focus: Telecom

Iridium Communications has awarded a $492 million launch contract to SpaceX to carry multiple Iridium Next constellation satellites on Falcon 9 rockets, the companies announced June 16.      The deal...

Asian maritime market communications provider ST Teleport has purchased satellite hubs and Evolution X5 remotes from iDirect to segment its bandwidth and prioritize allocation across multiple maritime customers, ST Teleport...

Integral Systems subsidiary SAT Corp. has received a contract to upgrade China Satcom’s ShaHe and DongBeiWang ground stations with its Monics carrier monitoring and interference detection and analysis system, Integral...

A significant contributor to the economic recovery around the globe is government spending. The Asia-Pacific region is no exception, and this funding to fulfill various projects and government communications obligations,...

Vizada has activated a voice-over-IP (VoIP) connection on its network to offer reduced cost of shore-ship communications via Inmarsat FleetBroadband terminals to its shipping customers, Vizada announced June 16.    ...

SpeedCast has opened new offices in Dubai, UAE and in Beijing, China, the company announced June 16.     SpeedCast, an Asian-based specialist in global network and satellite solutions, said Dubai...

The combination of geography and information- and entertainment-hungry populations ensures that mobile communications always will be in demand throughout the Asia-Pacific region. With only a few exceptions, satellite looks to...

“Right now, I don’t see any other satellite company growing faster than Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS). We have the pole position in terms of growth in the industry,” Tom Choi,...

Asian broadcasters are still skeptical about the returns that can be made from major investments in HD channels. “There is no pot of gold from HD,” Ian Carroll, executive vice...

[Satellite TODAY 06-17-10] Iridium Communications has awarded a $492 million launch contract to SpaceX to carry multiple Iridium Next constellation satellites on Falcon 9 rockets, the companies announced June 16....