Focus: Telecom

[Satellite Today – 6-18-08] SingTel, one of Asia’s largest telcos, is extending its suite of maritime satellite solutions by contracting capacity on SES New Skies’ NSS-7, NSS-703 and NSS-5 satellites, SES New Skies said June 18. SingTel has signed a three year deal here. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.     The SES...

[Satellite Today – 6-18-08] Solaris Mobile is establishing its headquarters in Dublin, the organization said June 18. Solaris Mobile is a joint-venture satellite based service company formed by SES Astra and Eutelsat targeting the mobile broadcast and multimedia services market. Services are scheduled for launch in early 2009.     The company will operate in a...

[Satellite Today – 6-18-08] US Monolithics, a supplier of Ka-Band transceivers for consumer broadband, has launched a line of commercial C-and Ku-band satellite transmit and receive products, the company announced June 18.     The new line of products includes C- and Ku-Band low-noise block downconverters (LNBs) and block upconverters (BUCs) specifically designed for VSAT satellite...

[Satellite Today – 6-18-08] iDirect has launched the first suite of Digital Video Broadcasting – Satellite – Second Generation (DVB-S2)/Adaptive Coding and Modulation (ACM) products in its Evolution product line, the company said June 17. These new products include the Evolution X3 router, XLC-10 line card and iDX software.     iDirect says these new products...

[Satellite Today – 6-18-08] Eutelsat Communications, said June 17, that its W5 satellite had experienced an anomaly to part of its power generator subsystem in the night of 16 to 17 June. Eutelsat said source of the anomaly is currently under investigation in collaboration with the satellite’s manufacturer, Thales Alenia Space.     For technical reasons,...

[Satellite Today – 6-17-08] Globecomm Systems has been boosted by the news of a $1.2 million satellite-based infrastructure deal with a telecoms operator, the company said June 16. While Globecomm did not name the operator involved, the company said it will be designing, integrating and installing satellite infrastructure in the country of Panama consisting of...

[Satellite Today – 6-17-08] Comtech EF Data Corp. announced June 17 a strategic co-operation agreement with Vados Systems, a provider of converged integrated solutions to the mobility market.  The agreement encompasses the integration of Comtech EF Data’s Vipersat Management System (VMS) product with Vados Systems’ vadEDGE product range.     Comtech EF Data’s VMS enables network...

[Satellite Today – 6-17-08] Hughes Network Systems LLC (Hughes), will provide advanced Spaceway-3 broadband satellite equipment and services to broadband provider Barrett Xplore Inc. of New Brunswick, Canada, Hughes announced June 16. The contract includes satellite capacity on Spaceway-3, a gateway earth station, and remote terminals. Barrett Xplore will offer satellite broadband services to the...

[Satellite Today – 6-17-08] Thuraya is ready to make a big push into Asia, after it announced June 17, that its Thuraya-3 satellite was now fully ready for commercial activities. The mobile satellite services operator hopes it can make a strong impact in the region. The company’s expanded coverage towards Asia-Pacific, including such major markets...

[Satellite Today – 6-17-08] Just three months after failing to launch the AMC-14 satellite, the Proton Breeze M launch vehicle has been cleared to return to flight, International Launch Services (ILS) said June 16. ILS said the Failure Review Oversight Board (FROB) convened by ILS had cleared the Proton Breeze M to return to flight...