Focus: Telecom

[Satellite Today 02-03-09] In its current form, the U.S. House of Representative‘s version of President Obama’s nearly $6 billion proposed Broadband Stimulus Bill mentions satellite applications only twice in its...

[Satellite Today 02-03-09] SES New Skies signed a capacity deal with Caprock Communications, the company announced Feb. 2.     CapRock Communications, a provider of enterprise satellite communications to oil, mining,...

[Satellite Today 02-03-09] Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement retained an Inmarsat FleetBroadband system from Stratos Global to manage merchant vessel Marianne Schulte’s daily operations at sea, Stratos announced Feb. 2.     The...

[Satellite Today 02-03-09] Eutelsat Communications and partners Numeo and Sat2Way launched a broadband access service in France, Eutelsat announced Feb. 2.     The initiative is consistent with action one of...

[Satellite Today 02-03-09] PeopleNet has chosen Quake Global to provide satellite communicators for its dual-mode wireless asset tracking, communication, and management system, Quake announced Feb. 2.     PeopleNet will be...

Raytheon Co. [RTN] named William Hart to leads its space business. Hart, who joined Raytheon in 1975, was named vice president for Space Systems. He succeeds Brian Arnold, who was...

The Department of Defense Operationally Responsive Space (ORS) office recently released a request for information (RFI) to help accomplish the office develop a rapid response space center, called Chileworks. U.S....

[Satellite Today 02-02-09] Russian pay-TV operator National Satellite Co. is expanding its capacity on Eutelsat‘s Eurobird 9 satellite to reach homes across the European territory of Russia, Eutelsat announced Jan....

[Satellite Today 02-02-09] Tecom Industries Inc. introduced the KuStream 1000 to its line of satellite communication products, the company announced Jan. 30.      The KuStream 1000, a collaboration between Tecom...

[Satellite Today 02-02-09] Avanti Communications CEO David Williams is confident the operator can meet its targets for selling capacity on its HylasOne satellite, which is scheduled for launch later this...