Focus: Telecom

[Satellite TODAY 04-23-10] Iridium Communications named KDDI Corp. an authorized service provider for the Iridium OpenPort high-bandwidth maritime satellite communication service in Japan, Iridium announced April 22.    KDDI has...

[Satellite TODAY 04-22-10] While Lockheed Martin’s overall earnings for the 2010 first quarter fell from $666 million in 2009 to $547 million, net sales for the company’s space systems division...

[Satellite TODAY 04-22-10] CEOs from a cross-section of the satellite industry — fixed satellite services, imaging, and satellite ground equipment segments — are stressing the value of long-term customer relationships...

[Satellite TODAY 04-22-10] Cathay Pacific Airways has selected Arinc’s AeroConnx Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) datalink communication solution for its fleet, Arinc announced April 21.     Cathay Pacific installed the system...

[Satellite TODAY 04-22-10] Global Satellite Engineering (GSE) has signed an agreement with Ocens Data Services to provide its SatCollect software to help Ocens reduce their in-bound call expenditure for all...

[Satellite TODAY 04-21-10] Orbital Sciences Corp.’s first-quarter 2010 revenues increased from $295.7 million in 2009 to $296.2 million, the company reported in its latest financial results, released April 20.    ...

[Satellite TODAY 04-21-10] BusinessCom has launched iDirect Evolution Ku-band satellite Internet access services on the Loral Skynet Telstar-11N and SES NSS-12 geostationary satellites, BusinessCom announced April 20.     The Evolution...

[Satellite TODAY 04-21-10] KVH and ViaSat have launched their mini-VSAT broadband service to the Indian Ocean, Guam, and Northern Australia regions via Sky Perfect JSAT’s JCSAT-85 satellite, KVH announced April...

[Satellite TODAY 04-21-10] Glowlink has released the third generation of its Model 1000 spectrum monitoring system, the company announced April 19.     Model 1000 3G upgrades include paired-carrier monitoring, increased...

[Satellite TODAY 04-20-10] Inmarsat completed an eight-year, 225 million euro ($302.9 million) credit facility from the European Investment Bank to fund the build and launch of the Alphasat 1-XL satellite,...