Connectivity

[11-26-07 – Satellite Today] Astrium Satellites signed a contract with Inmarsat to develop an Alphasat 1-XL satellite that will support Inmarsat’s Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) service, Astrium announced Nov....

[11-26-07 – Satellite Today] Shin Satellite signed a deal with Indonesia’s FirstAsia Group to provide Ipstar gateway operations and services, Shin announced Nov. 23. FirstAsia Group will place an initial...

[11-21-07 – Satellite Today] Communications regulator Ofcom outlined plans Nov. 21 for a significant upgrade of digial terrestrial television (DTT) services in the United Kingdom that offers potentially good news...

[11-21-07 – Satellite News] Satellite pay-TV operators DirecTV and EchoStar continued to post subscriber gains in the 2007 third quarter, even as new competition from alternative pay-TV sources begins to...

[11-21-07 – Satellite Today] Intelsat Ltd. has signed two agreements to provide satellite-based cellular backhaul solutions to wireless operators in Kenya and Angola, the company announced Nov. 21.     Angola’s...

[11-20-07 – Satellite Today] Raytheon Co. has completed the final system acceptance test to augment standard GPS signals over India, the company announced Nov. 20. The test of the GPS...

[11-20-07 – Satellite Today] CVG Inc. has won $1.3 million in contracts to provide the Florida Army National Guard with satellite-based communications equipment, the company announced Nov. 20.     CVG...

[11-20-07 – Satellite Today] GlobeCast will originate and control a pair of Ion Media Networks channels, GlobeCast announced Nov. 20.     GlobeCast receives Ion’s Network feed at the Sunrise Broadcast...

[11-20-07 – Satellite Today] Arabsat signed a contract from Melody Entertainment  to distribute a series of channels across the Middle East, Arabsat announced Nov. 19.     Melody Entertainment will launch...

[11-19-07 – Satellite Today] A Russian Proton rocket placed the Sirius 4 satellite into orbit for SES Sirius Nov. 18, International Launch Services (ILS) announced. This is the first commercial...