Focus: Telecom

[Satellite Today 10-27-08] Orbit Technology Group has unveiled digital tracking solutions, the AL-4012 and AL-4016, the company announced Oct. 27.     The AL-4012 is designated for both portable and fixed ground installations and can be used on ground and marine platforms for tracking unmanned aerial vehicles and other aircrafts as well as low-orbiting satellites.     ...

Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications [LORL] entered into a three year, fully secured $100 million revolving credit agreement led by J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and syndicated among six of the world’s largest banks. "We are pleased to close this financing despite the current market challenges," said Michael Targoff, CEO of...

[Satellite Today 10-24-08] Pace appointed Mathias Hautefort president of Pace France, the company said Oct. 23.     Hautefort, the former CEO of Viaccess, will be part of the Pace Group management team and lead relationships with pay-TV operators throughout Europe.     Pace France was created following Pace’s acquisition of the set-top box division of Royal...

[Satellite Today 10-24-08] Paradise Datacom has begun shipping its new -70 series of bandwidth-saving Satellite Signal Cancellers, the company announced Oct. 23.     The PCMA-70, which contains ViaSat’s patented Paired Carrier Multiple Access technology, potentially can double space segment usage in incremental bandwidths up to 36 megahertz in a single box, Paradise Datacom said.    ...

[Satellite Today 10-24-08] Antenna Technology Communications Inc. (ATCi) has introduced its CentralCast solution, the company announced Oct. 23.     CentralCast enables broadcasters currently rely on microwave transmissions and fiber networks to send their signals to off-air repeaters, cable headends, and DBS uplink sites. The technology uses point-to-multipoint C-band or Ku-band satellite delivery and offers a...

[Satellite News 10-23-08] WorldSpace Inc.’s filed to reorganize under bankruptcy protection primarily due to liquidation and cash flow problems the satellite radio operator faced, spokeswoman Judith Pryor told Satellite News.     Worldspace has faced problems raising additional capital for some time. “We had been given several extensions over the last year from the holders of...

[Satellite Today 10-23-08] Globecomm Systems Inc. signed a contract with Atlantique Telecom to develop a VSAT network connecting seven GSM networks in seven Central African countries, Globecomm announced Oct. 23.     Under the agreement, Globecomm will design, integrate and deploy systems at the Atlantique Telecom main hub facility in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, as well as...

[Satellite Today 10-23-08] WorldSpace Inc. received approval from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware for the first part of an interim debtor-in-possession financing in an amount up to $2 million, WorldSpace announced Oct. 22.      The funds will enable WorldSpace to meet payroll obligations to critical employees and commence a process to sell the company...

[Satellite Today 10-23-08] Aeroflex revealed its new TM500 TDLTE test mobile designed to support time division duplex for 3G LTE, Aeroflex announced Oct. 23.     The TM500 TD-LTE test mobile is designed to enable infrastructure equipment vendors to match timescales for TD-LTE trials in China.     With support for multiple-input multiple-output, handover testing, 20MHz channel...

[Satellite News 10-22-08] VT iDirect  CTO Dave Bettinger has been elected to the board of the Global VSAT Forum, a London-based non-profit international association of the VSAT industry.     The forum, which promotes the commercial, economic, political and technological advantages of VSAT-based communications, represents more than 200 organizations in the satellite communications industry.