Focus: Telecom

[Satellite TODAY 02-23-10] The Brazilian Amazonian Protection System (SIPAM) has contracted Gilat to provide its SkyEdge 2 VSAT broadband satellite communications network to more than 1,000 SIPAM sites in the...

[Satellite TODAY 02-24-10] Thai-based satellite operator Thaicom reported a net loss in 2009 of $14.16 million despite growing its year-end revenues to $216.90 million, the company announced in its 2009...

[Satellite News 02-24-10] Astrium Services began 2010 with a contract by the European Defence Agency (EDA) to provide a new preparatory study aimed at coordinating the future military communication needs...

[Satellite News 02-23-10] Investment bank analysts hailed the recent performances of both Eutelsat and SES at the half-year mark of 2010, following the release of their latest financial results.    ...

[Satellite TODAY 02-22-10] SES CFO Mark Rigolle has been appointed CEO of O3b Networks, the companies announced Feb. 22. Rigolle succeeds Greg Clarke, who is stepping down for personal reasons...

[Satellite TODAY 02-23-10] SpaceX’s debut Falcon 9 launch vehicle is now vertical at its Cape Canaveral, Fla., launch facility, the company announced Feb. 22.     The Falcon 9 rocket was...

[Satellite TODAY 02-23-10] Thuraya is launching a mobile satellite broadband starter package specifically designed for occasional-use Thuraya IP service customers, the company announced Feb. 21.     The Thuraya IP starter...

[Satellite TODAY 02-23-10] Hughes Network Systems unveiled its 9201-M2M universal SCADA IP terminal that operates over Inmarsat‘s Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) satellite service, the company announced Feb. 23.    ...

[Satellite TODAY 02-23-10] U.S. Broadband stimulus funds of $100 million specifically set aside for satellite projects in a U.S. Rural Utilities Services (RUS) and U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration...

[Satellite TODAY 02-22-10] Eutelsat’s W3B will be launched by Arianespace between August and September after Thales Alenia Space, the spacecraft’s prime contractor, renegotiated its previous launch arrangements with China in...