Focus: Telecom

[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 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 Today – 4-4-08] Com Dev International Ltd. will develop components for an Earth observation satellite being developed by an unnamed Asian customer, Com Dev announced April 4.     Under the deal valued at more than $11.3 million, Com Dev will develop receiver, control and monitoring, and low and high-power transmitter modules for a subsystem...

[Satellite Today – 4-4-08] Mitec Telecom has received a third order to provide its VSAT block upconverter to an unnamed cellular network operator in Africa, Mitec announced April 2.     "We are very pleased to have received another order from this customer, and they have indicated that there is a high probability we will receive...

[Satellite News – 4-3-08] Israel’s RRSat Global Communications Network Ltd. has completed a pair of acquisitions in the past two months that will give the company a strong position in both in the domestic market as well as boost its international aspirations, said CEO David Rivel.     In late March, RRSat announced that it would...

[Satellite Today – 4-3-08] DataPath Inc. has been awarded an $11.5 million contract to provide the U.S. Army with field services for a network of Ku-band terminals, the company announced April 3.      The awards are options from a previously announced contract that has a potential value of more than $50 million if all options...

[Satellite Today – 4-3-08] SkyVision Global Networks LLC signed a contract to lease C-band capacity on Intelsat Ltd.’s Intelsat 601 satellite, Intelsat announced April 3.      The contract is expected to power broadband services for SkyVision’s customers in Africa.     “SkyVision continues to experience strong demand for its African broadband services, and Intelsat has responded...

[Satellite Today – 4-3-08] 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 Today – 4-3-08] Independent teleport Hawaii Pacific Teleport is launching a new satellite technology training course for engineers, managers and entrepreneurs, the company announced April 3.  The first course, a satellite technology appreciation course called “Satcom Essentials,” will be conducted the weekend of May 31 at the Hawaii Pacific Teleport Complex in Kapolei, Hawaii....

[Satellite Today – 4-3-08] Location-based services (LBS) worldwide revenues will reach $13.3 billion by 2013, with the personal navigation and enterprise services categories generating the highest revenues, according to a report released April 3 by ABI Research.     The report estimates that friend-finders, local information searches, family tracker applications and enterprise applications, including workforce tracking...