Connectivity

After a delay of approximately two years, a new Freesat service is likely to launch in the United Kingdom early next year. The BBC and ITV, two of the U.K.’s...

Is eight enough? That’s the question facing Globalstar Inc. even as the first four of the handheld satellite phone service provider’s eight planned 2007 satellites were placed into orbit on...

To better provide the timeliest news and industry analysis amid the changing demands of the digital workplace, this month marks the end of the blue sheet version of Satellite News...

Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) notified TerreStar Networks Inc. that delivery of the TerreStar-1 satellite has been delayed by 10 months, with a new delivery date scheduled for August 2008, TerreStar announced....

Problems with Globalstar’s constellation of satellites led the company to warn in February that customers could begin to suffer from service loss as early as 2008. Many of the company’s...

High-speed downlink packet access (HSDPA) is a 3G mobile broadband solution that absolutely thrills the growing ranks of users who find their download speeds improved by a factor of four...

What is the likely role of satellite infrastructure for next-generation broadband deployment? Not much, if the answer is based on recent reports produced in the United Kingdom. Next-generation networks generally...

The Fixed Satellite Service (FSS) sector, which has shown signs of settling into a period of operational growth after three years of financial engineering and consolidation, was thrown back into...

Following several years of transition, Hughes Network Systems LLC established itself as an independent entity in January 2006. Since then, Chairman and CEO Pradman Kaul has found that life free...

The world is becoming more mobile as populations demand continuous access to content for business and for pleasure. This increased desire for mobility presents strong opportunities for satellite players in...