Focus: Telecom

[Satellite TODAY 10-21-10] Canadian satellite technology company Com Dev International won a contract to provide switches, multiplexers and filters to an unnamed commercial communications satellite operator, Com Dev announced Oct....

[Satellite TODAY 10-21-10] Iridium Communications contracted Ericsson Federal Inc. (EFI) to implement a new mobile softswitch solution for Iridium’s next-generation switching technology, including custom design, development, integration and maintenance for...

[Satellite TODAY 10-21-10] PolarSat Inc., a full-mesh, hubless VSAT communication equipment provider, received more than $1 million in orders to expand an MF-TDMA network for an unnamed air traffic network...

[Satellite TODAY 10-21-10] The number of worldwide Internet users has doubled in the past five years and will surpass 2 billion by the end of this year, according to a...

[Satellite TODAY 10-20-10] An Arianespace Soyuz 2-1A rocket launched the first six of Globalstar’s 24-satellite second-generation constellation from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the operator announced Oct. 19.     The...

[Satellite TODAY 10-20-10] Boeing has shipped LightSquared’s SkyTerra 1 high-capacity mobile communications satellite from the company’s integration and test complex in El Segundo to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Boeing...

[Satellite TODAY 10-20-10] After remaining relatively stagnant for the past two quarters, Lockheed Martin Space Systems’ net sales decreased by 5 percent in its 2010 third quarter, compared with sales...

[Satellite TODAY 10-20-10] Iridium’s Brazilian subsidiary Iridium Serviçios de Satelites named GPS tracking and communication specialist Blue Sky Network to be the subidiary’s mobile satellite service provider in Brazil, Iridium...

[Satellite TODAY 10-20-10] Danish satellite communications equipment manufacturer Thrane & Thrane launched its new Aviator Wireless Handset, designed for in-flight voice and data communications, the company announced Oct. 19.    ...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-20-10] ViaSat has acquired the SkyLink airborne broadband service from Arinc and has added SkyLink’s business jet customers to the ViaSat Yonder high-speed Internet access network, ViaSat...