Focus: Telecom

[Satellite Today – 3-3-08] Satlynx and partner Lunasat are introducing a range of broadband services in the Middle East and African markets, Satlynx announced March 3.     The services offered by Lunasat, which are based on the Satlynx Direct platform,  build on VSAT hub and modem technologies from iDirect and the Satlynx teleport facilities in...

 

[Satellite Today – 3-3-08] Hughes Network Systems LLC posted a 15 percent increase in revenue for the fourth quarter of 2007, the company announced March 3.     Hughes reported revenues of $279.6 million for the quarter ending Dec. 31, compared to $243.3 for the fourth quarter of 2006. The company also posted a 96 percent...

[Satellite Today – 2-28-08] EMS Technologies Inc.’s satellite communications business reported 37 percent revenue growth for the quarter as well as a 37 percent increase in net sales, the company announced Feb. 28.     EMS reported $25.7 million in sales for the satellite communications segment, and $14.9 million for the defense and space systems segment...

[Satellite Today – 2-29-08] Vista Satellite Communications has appointed David Sprechman CFO, the company announced Feb. 25.     Sprechman, who has more than 20 years of media experience, will be responsible for financial direction and management of Vista.     Sprechman most recently served as president and CEO of GlobeCast America, the U.S. business unit of...

[Satellite Today – 2-29-08] Intelsat Ltd. appointed Kurt Riegelman senior vice president of global sales and Tobias Nassif vice president of satellite operations and engineering, the company announced Feb. 25.     Riegelman, who formerly served as senior vice president for Americas sales, will be responsible for all of Intelsat’s sales activities around the world.    ...

[Satellite Today – 2-29-08] Integral Systems Inc. has developed a control system feature that will provide customers with the ability to view and analyze ground system data, the company announced Feb. 25.     The Enterprise Executive Dashboard allows customers to view and analyze critical data from across the entire ground system, apply business logic to...

[Satellite Today – 2-29-08] Mobile Satellite Ventures has chosen Axiom Systems and Active CatalogT to design, assemble and deliver new services for MSV’s next-generation satellite-terrestrial network, MSV announced Feb. 26.     Axioss, a service fulfillment platform, and Active Catalog, which extends the Axioss approach and product lifecycle management processes, will be key elements of the...

[Satellite Today – 2-29-08] XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio will not exercise a termination clause in their merger agreement, extending the deal to May 1 while they continue to await U.S. government approval, the companies announced Feb. 29.     The two satellite radio companies announced in February 2007 a plan to combine their...

[Satellite News – 2-28-08] Israeli satellite operator Space-Communication Ltd (Spacecom) attracted the attention of SES in January, and the world’s second largest satellite operator made a bid for the owners of the Amos constellation.     But Spacecom turned down SES’s bid due to the price and the conditions of the deal. “Concerning the company’s debts,...