Focus: Telecom

Digitalglobe (www.digitalglobe.com) and Valtus Imagery Services (www.valtusimagery.com), a division of Northwest Geomatics Ltd., entered into a three-year data distribution partnership to offer Digitalglobe’s high-resolution commercial satellite imagery to Valtus customers....

Loral Skynet do Brasil (www.loralskynetdobrasil.com.br) received a contract from Universidade de Santo Amaro to provide Ku-band services for a distance-learning initiative. The Sao Paulo, Brazil-based university will use Skynet’s Estrela...

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is the U.S. Treasury Department agency responsible for collecting taxes, as well as administering business and individual tax programs. The nearly 100,000 IRS employees include...

Prime Satcom Consulting Ltd. (www.primesatcom.com) activated a motorized, transportable satellite terminal on Gloucestershire Fire & Rescue’s Incident Command Vehicle. The service uses Skylogic’s hub based in Turin, Italy. Likewise, the...

Seamobile, Inc. (www.seamobile.com), a global provider of advanced at-sea wireless voice and data communications services, signed an agreement with Silversea Cruises, a luxury cruise line, to provide communication solutions for...

Weida Communications Inc. (www.weida.com) received three new contracts to provide satellite communications systems for electric power utilities in China. The first contract is with the Fuxin Electric Power Bureau, which...

Globalstar LLC will use its planned system of terrestrial repeaters to boost the availability of its Mobile Satellite Service (MSS) in urban areas and within buildings, but the company also...

Eutelsat ended 2005 in hectic fashion, closing the saga of its efforts to go public with a successful initial public offering (IPO) Dec. 2 after an earlier false start. With...

By Nick Mitsis and Jason Bates In a year dominated by IPOs and high-profile mergers, it is easy to characterize 2005 as a year of beginnings instead of a year...

By James Careless Distance learning via satellite is as close you can get to a true killer app. However, to fully provide competitive satellite distance learning solutions, you need to...