Focus: Telecom

[Satellite Today – 3-10-08] Viaccess is the latest Conditional Access (CA) company to acquire a middleware company in order to widen its range of services for customers. The company said...

[Satellite Today – 3-7-08] Al Yah Satellite Communications Co. (Yahsat) signed a contract with Emerging Markets Communications Inc. for the lease of C-band transponders on Yahsat’s dual-satellite communications systems, the...

[Satellite Today – 3-7-08] Com Dev International Ltd. posted a 14 percent increase in revenue in the 2008 first quarter, but net income fell more than 4 million Canadian dollars...

[Satellite Today – 3-7-08] The U.S. Department of Defense has cancelled the Space Radar program, a U.S. Air Force spokeswoman confirmed March 6.     The program, which would have provided...

[Satellite Today – 3-6-08] Com Dev International Ltd. completed the airborne validation trials of its advanced Automatic Identification System (AIS) receiver solution, the company announced March 5.     The trials...

[Satellite Today – 3-6-08] Inmarsat‘s profits before tax for the full year 2007 increased nearly 40 percent over 2006 as revenues improved 15 percent, the company announced March 6.    ...

[Satellite Today – 3-5-08] Sea Launch‘s Odyssey launch platform and Sea Launch Commander departed homeport in advanced of the scheduled DirecTV 11 launch March 17, the company announced.     DirecTV...

[Satellite Today – 3-5-08] Mitec Telecom Inc. received a second order to provide a major cellular network operator in Africa with Mitec’s VSAT block upconverter, Mitec announced March 5.    ...

[Satellite Today – 3-5-08] In a boost for its satellite broadband strategy, Shin Satellite signed a pair of new capacity contracts with Myanmar Posts and Telecommunications (MPT) of Myanmar, Shin...

[Satellite News – 3-4-08] Satellite broadband has finally found market success, with offerings by WildBlue and Hughes reaching thousands of customers in North America and a recent deal struck between...