Focus: Telecom

[Satellite Today 09-24-08] Stratos Global Corp. reached an agreement with IceWarp to provide Stratos’ broadband connectivity service, AmosConnect, with IceWarp’s messaging platform, the companies announced Sept. 24.      IceWarp’s server will handle underlying messaging complexities so Stratos can focus on developing its core programs and delivering its next-generation satellite communication services to the shipping industry,...

[Satellite Today 09-24-08] Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) is postponing its upcoming Falcon 1 to replace a vehicle component.     In a statement posted on the company’s Web site, SpaceX founder Elon Musk said the company conducted a static test firing of its Falcon 1 vehicle Sept. 20. “After a detailed analysis of data, we...

[Satellite Today 09-24-08] Orbcomm signed a deal with a Canadian wireless carrier to incorporate GSM Wireless services into Orbcomm’s service package and expand the company’s terrestrial and dual mode wireless, Orbcomm announced Sept. 24.         The deal allows Orbcomm to offer blended plans that incorporate both cellular and satellite wireless services at lower prices,...

[Satellite Today 09-24-08] Sea Launch delivered the Galaxy 19 satellite into orbit for Intelsat, the launch provider announced Sept. 24     TheZenit-3SL rocket lifted off at 5:28 am EDT from the Odyssey launch platform, and the Block DM-SL upper stage inserted Galaxy 19 into geosynchronous transfer orbit. Operators at the Hartebeesthoek ground station in South...

[Satellite Today 09-24-08] Vizada unveiled new additions to its Solutions portfolio, which aim to optimize the basic broadband and IP-based connectivity services of mobile satellite network operators, Vizada announced Sept. 24.     These additions, which will work on services such as Inmarsat Fleet and FleetBroadband and the planned Iridium OpenPort, include the SkyFile anti-virus software...

[Satellite Today 09-23-08] Satellite Today News Editor Jeffrey Hill asks on our blog: Google Inc. has thrown money behind O3b Networks‘ low-Earth orbit constellation, which aims to supply emerging markets in Africa with broadband Internet trunking and backhaul.     O3b’s CEO Greg Wyler said that while O3b itself is not providing any of the ground...

[Satellite Today 09-23-08] Revenue in the Russian information technology and communications market is expected to total 50 billion euros in 2008, according to a report by the European Audiovisual Observatory.     The report featured experts who provided an analysis of recent evolutions in the regulation of television and audiovisual media services in Western Europe and...

[Satellite Today 09-23-08] Hughes Network Systems introduced its Wideband Configurable Demodulator Subsystem (CDS) with a capability to simultaneously demodulate multiple time division multiple access channels on a 36-megahertz satellite transponder, the company announced Sept. 23.     The Wideband CDS is housed in a single rack unit enclosure, supports simultaneous demodulation of up to nine channels...

[Satellite Today 09-22-08] In a legal dispute over a $300 million investment in Loral Space & Communications Inc. from MHR Fund Management LLC, the Delaware Chancery Court has decided that the investment did not meet the entire fairness standard under Delaware law.     The deal, announced in October 2006 and completed Feb. 27, 2007., was...

[Satellite Today 09-22-08] Stratos Global Corp. has rolled out an antivirus program for the maritime satellite market, the company announced Sept. 22.     AmosConnect Anti-Virus provides onboard protection against intrusion of Internet computer viruses and malicious software in the satellite broadband environment. The program integrates vessel and shore-based office applications such as e-mail, fax, telex,...