Focus: Telecom

[Satellite Today  07-03-07] OmniGlobe Networks Inc. signed an agreement with the city of Kingston, Ontario, to enhance the telecommunications infrastructure in unserved areas of the region, the company announced July 1.     The project, part of a 10 million Canadian dollar ($9.8 million) Ontario government initiative awarded to 18 rural municipalities, is designed to provide...

[Satellite Today  7-02-08] Arianespace is scheduled to loft the ProtoStar 1 and Badr-6 satellites into orbit July 7.     ProtoStar I is based on Space Systems/Loral’s 1300 platform and is intended to provide K-band/C-band relay capacity over Asia. It will be the first in a fleet of relay platforms that ProtoStar plans to deploy for...

[Satellite Today  07-03-07] ND SatCom received a contract from Internet Solutions of South Africa to set up a VSAT network, ND SatCom announced.     Internet Solutions will use ND SatCom’s SkyWan platform to provide a network for the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), Pan-African trade association. COMESA will connect its offices throughout...

[Satellite Today – 7-02-08] BT Latam Colombia has chosen VT iDirect Inc. to support a high-speed IP satellite network that will enable the Colombian government to improve the collection and management of real estate property records, iDirect announced July 1.     BT Latam Colombia, a division of BT Group PLC, will manage a network of...

[Satellite Today – 7-02-08] WorldSpace Satellite Radio reached an agreement with four of its creditors to defer debt payments for the second time in less than a month, WorldSpace announced July 1.     Under the latest agreement, WorldSpace delayed payment of $19.9 million in principal until June 9. On June 4, the satellite radio operator...

[Satellite Today – 7-02-08]  Taide Network, a member of the Vizada Group, has rebranded itself Vizada Networks, the company announced .     Formed in September, Vizada incorporated the former Telenor Satellite Services and France Telecom Mobile Satellite Communications. The group is comprised of two principal business divisions — Vizada Mobile Satellite Services and Vizada VSAT....

[Satellite Today – 7-02-08] ASC Signal Corp. will supply commercial-off-the-shelf antenna products to an unnamed customers under a subcontract from Globecomm Systems Inc., ASC announced July 1.     Under the agreement, ASC will supply 3.9-meter F-1 compliant C-band Trifold transportable antennas and 4.9-meter Intelsat E-2 Ku-band type approved motorizable antennas.     The three-year contract carries...

[Satellite Today – 7-02-08]  Arqiva has secured a five-year contract with France’s Multi7 to manage the broadcaster’s multiplex platform, delivering a digital terrestrial television (DTT) service, Arqiva announced July 1.     Arqiva will manage encoding, multiplexing and signal switching for the DTT service, which was unveiled by French regulator CSA in March, from Arqiva’s Paris...

[Satellite Today – 7-02-08]  Asiasat has been contracted by Eurovision to supply multiple transponders on the Asiasat 2 satellite during the Beijing Olympic Games in August, Asiasat announced July 1. Eurovision will use Asiasat 2 to provide high-definition coverage of the event. Eurovision has been using Asiasat 2 as part of its global network to...