Focus: Telecom

[Satellite Today 09-15-08] A.P. Moller / Maersk, a Danish shipping group, has signed a contract with Marlink for a retrofit of Inmarsat FleetBroadband across its supply service and tanker fleet, Inmarsat announced Sept. 15 adding that the two-year retrofit program includes over 150 vessels operating in all parts of the world being converted to FleetBroadband...

 [Satellite Today 09-15-08] ViaSat received an order for 5,000 SurfBeam Ka-band broadband terminals from OpenSky for the launch of Eutelsat Tooway consumer broadband service in Italy, ViaSat announced Sept. 15.     OpenSky said they projecting that the 5,000 terminals equate approximately a three-month supply adding that the Tooway service hopes to enable the company to...

[Satellite Today 09-12-08] SES Astra has created a new company, Astra Broadband Services (ABBS), a wholly-owned subsidiary set to further promote and enhance SES Astra’s portfolio of products, the company announced Sept. 12.     SES Astra said that the main focus of the new company is the further development and roll-out of Astra2Connect, a two-way...

[Satellite Today 09-12-08] Sea Launch reported that its vessels have departed Sea Launch Home Port and are now on their way to the Equator for the launch of Intelsat’s Galaxy 19 satellite, on Sept. 23.     Upon arrival at the launch site, at 154 degrees West longitude, the Sea Launch team said it will initiate...

 [Satellite Today 09-11-08]  As part of a new five-year contract supplying Sky Italia with a fleet of seven automated Satellite News Gathering (SNG) trucks, Arqiva said it will provide Sky Italia with 13.5 MHz of dedicated space segment on the Atlantic Bird 2 satellite and additional ad-hoc capacity as required, Arqiva announced Sept. 11.    ...

[Satellite News 09-11-08] The O3B in O3B Network‘s name stands for “the other three billion,” the target market for the company’s ambitious 16-satellite constellation. O3B wants to connect three billion customers in developing markets with high-speed Internet through a trunking and backhaul pipeline while decreasing latency and improving quality — a project reportedly worth $650...

[Satellite News 09-11-08] How to finance all the planned mobile satellite services (MSS) systems remains a hot topic on the final day of World Satellite Business Week in Paris as operators such as Globalstar and ICO will likely need further finance for their business plans in the next year, according to sector executives at the...

[Satellite Today 09-11-08] Actel Corp. released a business update for its third quarter 2008 financial report on Sept. 10 revealing that the company now believes quarter revenues will decline seven to nine percent due primarily to weakness in the Asian consumer market.     The statement by Actel is an update from its previous projection that...

 [Satellite Today 09-11-08]  In APT Satellite Holdings Ltd.’s unaudited interim first half 2008 financial reports, the company claimed that its turnover amounted to approximately HK$198 million ($25 million USD) compared to just over HK$230 million ($29 million)  in 2007.     The provider reported profit attributable to equity shareholders amounted to just under HK$7 million ($900,000...

 [Satellite Today 09-11-08] Globecomm Systems Inc. has been awarded a managed network services contract from Indigo Wireless, Globecomm announced Sept. 11.       Under the agreement, Globecomm said it will provide managed network services supporting subscribers in a rural GSM mobile network as well as its SatCell hosted switching, network management and base station control services...