Focus: Telecom

[Satellite Today 10-28-08] The Nasdaq Stock Market sent a notice to WorldSpace Inc. Oct. 21 that the company will be delisted, WorldSpace announced Oct. 27.     In its letter to WorldSpace, Nasdaq cited the company as non-compliant with marketplace rules because its market value of listed securities for 10 consecutive trading days had fallen been...

[Satellite Today 10-28-08] Tesacom, Stratos Global Corp. and Addvalue Communications have deployed a 1,200-site Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) mobile satellite network for the Brazilian Electoral Superior Court (TSE), the companies announced Oct. 28.    The companies have completed their support of the final round of Brazil’s municipal elections, which were held Oct. 26. The...

[Satellite Today 10-28-08] Comtech EF Data received three satellite communications equipment orders for equipment that will support will support cellular backhaul in the Asia-Pacific and Middle Eastern regions, the company announced Oct. 28.     The orders from a pair of unnamed Asian operators and an unnamed Middle Eastern operator are valued at a total of...

[Satellite Today 10-28-08] MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) signed a contract with EADS Astrium for an antenna system to be used on the Ka-Sat satellite, MDA announced Oct. 27.     Under the contract, valued at more than 6 million Canadian dollars ($4.6 million), MDA will provide four transmit and receive antennas, which will provide the...

[Satellite Today 10-27-08] Glowlink won a competitive contract award from Turksat A.S. for geolocation and carrier monitoring equipment, Glowlink announced Oct. 27.      Under the terms of the contract, Glowlink will deliver, install and conduct training for the company’s Model 8000 and Model 1000 geolocation systems at Turksat’s facilities in Ankara.     “Turksat conducted a...

[Satellite Today 10-27-08] SES reported a profit of September of 338.8 million euros ($427.9 million) in the first nine months of 2009, down from earnings of 347 million euros ($438.2 million) in the same period a year ago, the satellite operator reported Oct. 27. Revenues remained relatively flat at 1.2 billion, while operating profit improved...

[Satellite Today 10-27-08] Lockheed Martin’s Vice President of corporate legislative affairs, Brian Dailey, will retire Apr. 1, the company announced Oct. 27.     Gregory Dahlberg, vice president of corporate legislative affairs, will succeed Dailey effective Jan. 1. Dailey will remain in a supporting role until his retirement date.      Dahlberg previously served as minority staff...

[Satellite Today 10-27-08] Harris Corp. has introduced its geospatial search tracking and retrieval (GeoSTAR) tool, the company announced Oct. 27.     The commercial off-the-shelf, Web-based graphical user interface provides a simple approach to researching, accessing and controlling imagery and geospatial products.     GeoSTAR operates in the context of a geospatial information system, where it provides...

[Satellite Today 10-27-08] Spacenet has formed a strategic alliance program intended to offer integrated digital media solutions to enterprise customers, the company announced Oct. 27.     Stratacache has joined Spacenet’s Digital Media Alliance as one of the charter members, and the two companies will work together to provide an integrated end-to-end solution to customers. Stratacache...

ICO Wins Multi-Million-Dollar Award From Jury The Boeing Co. [BA] announced it will appeal a jury verdict against Boeing and for ICO Global Communications Holdings Ltd. J. Michael Luttig, Boeing senior vice president and general counsel, predicted the appeal may consume several years. The Los Angeles jury ordered Boeing to pay ICO $371 million, broken...