Focus: Telecom

[Satellite Today – 4-8-08] Measat has signed a capacity deal with All Asia Multimedia Networks FZ-LXLC (AAMN) to distribute the Astro Aruna Channel on the Measat-3 satellite, Measat said April 8.     The deal with AAMN is the second major deal Measat has done for capacity on the Measat-3 satellite in the last few weeks....

[Satellite Today – 4-8-08] ICO Global Communications (Holdings) Ltd. subsidiary ICO North America Inc. has closed on the funding of its $40 million working capital facility agreement, ICO announced April 7.     ICO also announced that the U.S. Federal Communications Commission April 2 granted the company’s request for a milestone extension to  launch the G1...

[Satellite Today – 4-7-08] Hughes Network Systems LLC has activated the first HughesNet consumer subscriber for broadband Internet service on the Spaceway 3 satellite, Hughes announced April 7.     Spaceway 3, which was launched in August, is a Ka-band broadband satellite system. The satellite has 10 gigabits per second of gross capacity.     "With this...

[Satellite Today – 4-7-08] DataPath Inc. has begun delivery of 32 mobile incident site command trailers to the U.S. Army National Guard, DataPath announced April 7.     The trailers will be used for the National Guard’s Joint Incident Site Communications Capability (JISCC), a communications bridge between first responders and other local, state and federal agencies....

 

[Satellite Today – 4-7-08] EADS Astrium will acquire Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) from the University of Surrey, the two companies said April 7.     SSTL, which specializes in the design and manufacture of small and micro satellites, is joining EADS Astrium following a decision by the University of Surrey to sell its majority stake...

[Satellite Today – 4-4-08] SatelliteToday.com will feature the latest news from SatCom Africa 2008 and the 2008 NAB Show beginning April 8.     Be sure to check out the live Blog at www.SatelliteToday.com/blog for updates on events in Johannesburg from April 8-10 and from Las Vegas from April 14-17.

[Satellite News – 4-7-08] SpeedCast CEO Pierre-Jean Beylier believes the company will have 100 ships installed with its new global maritime broadband service in the first year of operation. SpeedCast, a subsidiary of Asian satellite operator AsiaSat, has jointly launched the service with Eutelsat in a collaboration announced in late March. “If we can achieve...

[Satellite Today – 4-7-08] Newpoint Technologies Inc. and Clearbox Pty. Ltd. are introducing a new nControl product, which allows companies to manage small remote sites effectively, the companies announced April 7.     nControl is specifically designed to solve problems related to small remote sites, which are usually unmanned and can be expensive and time consuming...

[Satellite Today – 4-7-08] Integral Systems Inc. subsidiary RT Logic has integrated its channel simulator and Satellite Tool Kit (STK) analysis technology from Analytical Graphics Inc., RT Logic announced April 4.     RT Logic’s T400CS Channel Simulator is a phase-continuous RF/IF communications link simulator. When controlled by AGI’s time-dynamic, physics-based STK software engine, users can...