Focus: Telecom

[Satellite Today – 5-2-08] EMS Technologies Inc. CFO Don Scartz is retiring and will be succeeded by Gary Shell, the company announced May 2.     Scartz, worked for EMS for...

[Satellite Today – 5-2-08]  Loral Space and Communications has regained compliance with the Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. and no longer is in danger of being delisted, Loral announced May 1....

[Satellite Today – 5-1-08] India is setting up a satellite-based information system using Inmarsat’s maritime network to enable vessel tracking for maritime security and permit faster search and rescue of...

[Satellite Today – 5-1-08] SES Astra has launched new high-definition (HD) bouquet of channels has launched in Holland and Belgium, the operator announced April 30.         Dutch satellite TV...

[Satellite Today – 5-1-08] BSkyB has nearly  9 million subscribers in the United Kingdom and Ireland, the company announced April 30.     High-definition (HD) growth remains robust, with 465,000 subscribers...

[Satellite Today – 5-1-08] Digital technology and services provider NDS Group PLC posted revenue gains of 20 percent for the third quarter of 2008, the company announced May 1.    ...

[Satellite Today – 5-1-08] ICO Global Communications (Holdings) Ltd. has signed an agreement with Discovery Communications LLC for content for the alpha trials of ICO mim, ICO announced April 29....

[Satellite Today – 5-1-08] The cameras aboard the Cartosat-2A and Indian Mimi Satellite-1 (IMS-1) satellites have been turned on and are transmitting images, the Indian Space Research Organization announced April...

[Satellite Today – 4-30-08] Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. has been selected by Synterra, one of Russia’s largest telecommunications operators, to provide a SkyEdge broadband satellite network for use by Russian...

[Satellite Today – 4-29-08] Harris Corp.‘s government communications systems segment increased revenue by 27 percent in the company’s 2008 fiscal third quarter, Harris announced April 29. The segment posted $490.6...