Focus: Telecom

I stepped off an airplane in Washington a few weeks ago in a little bit of a haze. Some of that could be attributed to landing at 6 a.m. following an 18-hour flight from South Africa. But the majority of my confusion stemmed from the events that took place during Satcom Africa 2008. This was...

Reform of the overall electronic communications regulatory framework remains the main regulatory topic in Europe this year. Twin themes of technology and service neutrality are part of the European Commission’s core principles for reforming spectrum regulation, but the satellite industry has mixed views on how these principles might apply. Technology neutrality already is in the...

[Satellite Today – 5-30-08] ND SatCom has won a contract from the U.S. Navy, which could be worth close to $300 million over the next five years, the company said May 30. The deal is a critical one for the company, and Christopher Morris, CEO of ND SatCom Inc says the deal is evidence that...

[Satellite News – 5-30-08] It has been a busy time for Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat), the new Middle East satellite operator. It announced last week that it wanted to raise $1.2 billon from the finance markets to fund it satellite communications system. As well as looking to raise financing for the system, the...

[Satellite Today – 5-30-08] Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp., a subsidiary of Comtech Telecommunications Corp., has received orders totaling $1.3 million under its movement tracking system (MTS) contract, with the U.S. Army, the company said May 30. Total orders received to date against the $605.1 million MTS contract increased to $86.2 million.     The orders are...

 

[Satellite Today – 5-29-08] Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center has acquired a majority interest in International Launch Services (ILS), the two companies announced May 29. In a stunning piece of news in the launch services industry, Khrunichev acquired the shares of ILS owned by majority shareholder, Space Transport Inc. Financial details of the...

[Satellite Today – 5-29-08] Hughes Network Systems LLC (Hughes) has reached an agreement with Wayport Inc. to provide Wi-Fi services to its HughesNet subscribers at more than 10,000 locations in the United States, Hughes announced May 29. These include selected hotels, participating McDonald’s restaurants, and Hertz airport locations,. Subscribers will be able to access Wi-Fi...