Focus: Telecom

[Satellite Today 10-07-08] Tesacom, Stratos Global and Addvalue Communications joined forces to deploy a 1,200-site Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) mobile satellite network to support the first round of Brazil’s municipal elections held Oct 5th.     Tesacom was selected by the Brazilian Electoral Superior Court to deploy the BGAN network at voting precincts in rural...

[Satellite Today 10-07-08] C-Com Satellite Systems Inc. reported revenues of 2.4 million Canadian dollars ($2.2 million) for its third quarter ending Aug. 31, 2008 and a net income of 780,622 Canadian dollars ($710,000) compared with results from the same quarter last year.     In the 2007 third quarter, C-Com reported revenues of 2.6 million Canadian...

[Satellite Today 10-07-08] DigitalGlobe has signed a multi-year contract with Microsoft Corp. to provide the software giant’s Virtual Earth program with DigitalGlobe satellite and aerial imagery, the companies announced Oct. 7.     Under the terms of the agreement, DigitalGlobe will give Microsoft access to its ImageLibrary, which contains more than 460 million square kilometers of...

[Satellite Today 10-07-08] ViaSat Inc. is nearly doubling the coverage area for its mobile broadband network by expanding to the North Pacific Ocean region, the company announced Oct. 7.     Consistent with a network expansion agreement announced in July between KVH Industries ViaSat and, KVH signed an agreement to lease satellite capacity on the GE-23...

[Satellite Today 10-07-08] Solaris Mobile submitted its S-Band spectrum application for harmonized European Union mobile services to the European Commission, the company said Oct. 7. The European Commission launched a competition in August seeking satellite operators to provide mobile services across Europe. New regulations will allow the selected operators to provide their services over a...

[Satellite Today 10-06-08] Serbia Broadband, the largest pay-TV operator in Serbia, is hoping to launch DTH services in other Eastern European markets such as Bosnia and Croatia in the near future.     The operator, which began life as a cable operator, now offers DTH services in Serbia, Montenegro and Slovenia.     “We expect to be...

[Satellite Today 10-06-08] EMS Satcom unveiled a new high-gain antenna, the AMT-700, EMS announced Oct. 6.     The AMT-700 is designed to maximize data throughput and system capacity of its Inmarsat SwiftBroadband connectivity. The tail-mounted antenna aims to provide higher gain than competing antennas of similar size and weight. The antenna is based on the...

[Satellite Today 10-06-08] ViaSat Inc. and Lufthansa Technik (LHT) have teamed up to offer a broadband IP networking and entertainment system for business aircraft, ViaSat announced Oct 6.     The companies signed an agreement to work together to provide an integrated system combining the ViaSat mobile broadband satellite networking together with the LHT Nice cabin...

[Satellite Today 10-06-08] Eutelsat is making progress with its consumer satellite broadband service in Spain.     The operator said Oct. 3. that Telecable is initiating deployment of the Tooway satellite broadband service in Asturias (a region in northern Spain). With this agreement between Skylogic and TeleCable, a provider of cable and Internet services in Asturias,...

[Satellite Today 10-06-08] Arianespace and Eutelsat Communications confirmed the upcoming launch of Eutelsat’s Hot Bird 9 and W2M Ku-band satellites will take place in the last week of November.     Hot Bird 9, built by EADS Astrium, is equipped with 64 transponders and will join Eutelsat’s 13 degrees East position. W2M, built by Astrium and...