Author: JJ McCoy

Inmarsat and Axiom Telecom signed an exclusive agreement for Axiom to manage the global distribution of Inmarsat’s forthcoming mobile and fixed satellite phones, Inmarsat announced June 7. Axiom will support...

Asian IP solutions provider BNS has unveiled its Nautilus Middleware platform designed to power IP-based video services such as IPTV, Internet TV and MDU IPTV, the company announced June 7....

Viaccess, a conditional access vendor and subsidiary of France Telecom, has appointed François Moreau de Saint Martin as its new CEO. Moreau de Saint Martin had been chief technology officer...

SkyWave Mobile Communications, a supplier of D+ communications products and services, announced June 6 that it had obtained the mandatory CE marking for its SureLinx 8100 D+/GPRS integrated wireless controller....

Boeing Co. has demonstrated that its Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT) can provide warfighters with rapid access to integrated voice, data and video services, the company announced June 6. Dubbed...

Astrium has been contracted by Hispasat to design and build Amazonas-2, a powerful geostationary satellite to increase Hispasat’s offered capacity and meet demand on its American position, Astrium announced June...

Sirius Satellite Radio has obtained a $250 million senior secured term loan commitment from Morgan Stanley Senior Funding Inc., Sirius announced June 5. The facility will mature in five and...

Gateway Broadcast Services, a subsidiary of Gateway Telecommunications, has raised an additional $40 million as it looks to make GTV – its new pan-Africa, direct-to-home (DTH), pay-TV service – a...

Chellomedia, the European-based content division of Liberty Global, is launching a range of interactive advertising solutions for television platforms, including satellite, in the United Kingdom. The systems are designed to...

Satellite technology and services are underpinning the Group of 8 (G8) political summit meeting in Germany. ND Satcom is working with the German Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW) during...