Focus: Telecom

This column has devoted substantial attention this year to the growth of U.S. government/Department of Defense procurement of commercial satellite capacity and network solutions, but mostly in the context of...

Viewpoints on the impact of the economic crisis and the pace of the recovery vary, and while the satellite industry was considered mostly insulated from the impact of the slowdown,...

Space-Communication Ltd. (Spacecom) hopes its Amos-5 satellite, scheduled for launch in 2010, will enable Spacecom to become a key player in Africa, essentially a new market for the operator. David...

Conflicting signals are coming from Europe on the role of satellite infrastructure in future broadband networks. The satellite industry is, of course, insisting to European policymakers that satellite has a...

There have been fierce spectrum battles between the satellite and wireless industries, but there is no rule saying that satellite service providers cannot provide wireless services. As the United States...

[Satellite TODAY 11-02-09] Arianespace has launched Telenor Satellite Broadcasting’s (TSB) Thor 6 and SES World Skies’ NSS-12 satellites into orbit.     The Ariane 5 was launched Oct. 29 from Europe’s...

[Satellite TODAY 10-30-09] Hughes Network Systems sold 10 gigabits (Gbps) per second of capacity on its Jupiter satellite to Canadian broadband provider Barrett Xplore in a deal valued at $100...

[Satellite TODAY 10-30-09] The Irish government has chosen Eutelsat Communications to provide its Tooway satellite broadband service under Ireland’s national broadband scheme to deliver high-speed broadband connectivity to homes and...

[Satellite TODAY 10-30-09] Harmonic reported net sales to $83.9 million in its 2009 third quarter financial results, released Oct. 28. Sales in the same period in 2008 were $91.5 million....

[Satellite TODAY 10-30-09] Paradise Datacom released a line of indoor rack-mount block converters, the manufacturer announced Oct. 29.     The converters are configurable to accommodate C-, X- and Ku-band RF...