Focus: Telecom

[Satellite Today 12-23-08] SES has formally accepted the Astra 1M satellite from Astrium after the compleltion in-orbit testing, SES announced Dec. 18.     The Eurostar E3000 satellite, designed and built...

[Satellite Today 12-23-08] AsiaSat has signed a C-band capacity deal with B4U Broadband in India, the company announced Dec. 22.     B4U will deliver two Hindi television channels, B4U Movies...

[Satellite Today 12-22-08] Alliant Techsystems (ATK) received a $49 million contract with options from Orbital Sciences Corp. to provide at least nine flight sets of Orion solid rocket motors, ATK...

[Satellite Today 12-22-08]  Solaris Mobile, a Eutelsat-SES Astra joint venture, has been confirmed by the European Commission (EC) as an admissible candidate for the two-stage application process for the provision...

[Satellite Today 12-22-08] Arianespace launched the Hot Bird 9 and W2M satellites for Eutelsat Communications, Arianespace announced Dec. 20.     Hot Bird 9 was manufactured by Astrium and carries 64...

Dassault Aviation signed papers to acquire Alcatel-Lucent [ALU] shares in Thales, Alcatel-Lucent announced. The deal involved 41,262,481 Thales shares. This transaction will be based on a price of Euro38 per...

[Satellite News 12-22-08] SES Americom will stop offering its IPTV service in North America by mid-2009. IP-Prime had been a key part of the operator’s strategy to tap into the...

[Satellite Today 12-22-08] Vietnam Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan will give Vietnamese telecommunications companies priority to use certain positions within the country’s satellite orbit, The Vietnam Bridge reported Dec....

[Satellite Today 12-19-08] Boeing Launch Services received a contract to launch the fourth satellite of the Cosmo-SkyMed (Constellation of Small Satellites for Mediterranean basin Observation) Earth-observation program for Italian Space...

[Satellite Today 12-19-08] Newtec is expanding its Astra2Connect network of SES Astra distribution partners with new Internet service providers in the United Kingdom and Spain, Newtec announced Dec. 19    ...