Connectivity

Transocean renewed an with CapRock Communications to provide broadband communications for Transocean’s drilling rigs in the Gulf of Mexico, the company announced April 10. Under the terms of the renewal,...

East View Cartographic (EVC) has added about 700,000 Ikonos satellite images to the online EVC Store, the company announced. EVC is an authorized reseller of Ikonos imagery via an agreement...

Trimble has launched a multimedia layer of GPS-based adventure details for Google Earth, Trimble announced April 12. The premium GPS-based information incorporates information from the Trimble Outdoorscatalog of GPS-on-cellular applications...

Batelco, the main telco in Bahrain, entered into an agreement with Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) for capacity on the southern Ku-band beam of the ABS-1 satellite to provide VSAT services...

The commercial space industry can provide significant space technology advanced if nurtured, Alex Tai, vice president of operations for Virgin Galactic, said. “Technical expertise is much better than what’s being...

Raytheon Co.’s Space and Airborne Systems business named Travis Slocumb vice president for strategy and business development. Prior to joining Raytheon, Slocumb has held executive positions at Science Applications International...

Wegener Corp. has promoted Ken Leffingwell to director of sales, the company announced April 12. Leffingwell has been in a management role in Wegener’s sales department for the pas two...

Envivio Inc. will supply a Mobile TV headend for a DVB-H pilot program operated by India’s Doordarshan, Envivio announced April 12. Doordarshan, the national television service of India, provides public...

Globalstar Inc. has launched a satellite airtime rate plan, which will provide customers in the United States with unlimited satellite voice minutes for calls to the United States, Canada and...

Hughes Network Systems LLC has supplied a broadband satellite system to Galaxy Broadband Communications Inc., Hughes announced April 11. The system will enable Galaxy Broadband, an authorized Hughes service provider...