Focus: Telecom

[Satellite Today – 5-20-08] MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) has been awarded a multi-million dollar upgrade contract to supply an unnamed customer with additional capabilities for a complete system solution for a high-resolution satellite program, the company announced May 20.     Under this contract, MDA will provide a second ground system to be located...

[Satellite Today – 5-20-08] Stratos Global Corp. has been selected as a global distributor of Addvalue Communications Wideye Sabre 1 Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) satellite terminal and accessories, Stratos announced May 20.     The terminal, which is intended for use by remote professionals in the enterprise market as well as government and military agencies,...

[Satellite Today – 5-20-08] SpaceConnection signed a multi-year agreement with Telesat for the provision of occasional use satellite capacity on the Anik fleet of satellites, SpaceConnection announced May 20.     The agreement will provide additional capacity for customers SpaceConnection acquired in the May acquisition of the occasional use satellite space segment services business of 5DTV....

 

 

[Satellite Today – 5-19-08] Comtech EF Data Corp. initiated high-volume production of its CDM-625 Advanced Satellite modem, the company announced May 19. The new platform, which combines combine the low-density parity check forward error correction with DoubleTalk Carrier-in-Carrier bandwidth compression, is suited for mobile and telecommunications operators, satellite service providers, government and military entities, and...

 

[Satellite Today – 5-19-08] Integral Systems Inc. completed the initial phase of activities to integrate the Loral Skynet and Telesat Canada satellite fleet operations under Telesat, Integral announced May 19. The operations for the Loral Skynet satellite fleet, consisting of three Telstar satellites owned by Loral Skynet and six third-party satellites, have been transferred to...

 

[Satellite Today – 5-16-08] WorldSpace Satellite Radio reported flat revenue and a decline in subscribers in the first quarter of 2008, the company announced May 15.      WorldSpace reported revenues of about $3 million for the quarter, essentially unchanged from the first quarter of 2007. Subscription revenue was about $1.7 million in the first three...