Focus: Telecom

[Satellite Today 01-14-09] U-blox, a commercial GPS tracking technologies developer, has been selected to supply Xact Technology with high-performance GPS receiver modules for its new line of portable personal tracking...

[Satellite Today 01-13-09] Space Exploration Technologies Corp.’s (SpaceX) Falcon 9 launch vehicle was raised to vertical at its launch complex at Cape Canaveral, Fla., SpaceX announced. The vehicle was raised...

[Satellite Today 01-13-09] Mitsubishi Heavy Industries won its first major international launch contract from the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) to launch the Korea Multipurpose Satellite-3 (Kompsat-3), MHI announced Jan....

[Satellite Today 01-13-09] Open Range Communications Inc. has closed on equity financing of $100 million from One Equity Partners, the private equity arm of J.P. Morgan Chase, allowing the deployment...

[Satellite Today 01-12-09] The Hot Bird 10 satellite has been delivered to Arianespace’s launch facility at French Guiana, Arianespace announced Jan. 9.     This spacecraft will be placed in orbit...

[Satellite Today 01-12-09] International Datacasting Corp. (IDC) has been awarded contracts totaling more than $652,000 for the provision and support of a new version of its Cyphercast IP Conditional Access...

[Satellite Today 01-12-09] Avanti Communications won two supply contracts valued at a combined $1.8 million, the company announced Jan. 9.     Avanti will supply wholesale broadband services to the Polish...

Combined satellite-cellular service moves a step closer to fruition as TerreStar and Skyterra make final preparations for satellite launches later this year. The next generation of hybrid mobile satellite systems...

The mobile satellite services (MSS) market in Europe was given a significant shot in the arm in August when the European Commission (EC) announced there would be a new pan-European...

JSAT, the Japanese fixed satellite services (FSS) operator, is targeting the mobile satellite services (MSS) market in Japan, because with little room for growth in its traditional business market, it...