Focus: Telecom

[Satellite Today – 1-29-08] Pace Micro Technology, the U.K. based set-top box vendor, has seen a substantial increase in its profits for the seven months that closed at the end of December, the company announced Jan. 29. The company is switching the timing of its reports and for 2007 it is reporting seven month results....

[Satellite Today – 1-29-08] Mobile Satellite Ventures will operate two Mid-Atlantic States Mutual Aid Radio Talkgroups (MSMART) to provide public safety and emergency communications, the company announced Jan. 29.     The MSMART talkgroups were established for federal, state, local, and private sector public safety agencies located throughout Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and the...

[Satellite Today – 1-29-08] Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) conducted the first multi-engine firing of its Falcon 9 rocket, the company announced Jan. 18.     During the test, the largest to date on the Big Falcon Test Stand, generated more than 180,000 pounds of force and consumed 700 pounds of fuel and liquid oxygen per...

[Satellite Today – 1-29-08] ASRC Management Services signed an exclusive distribution deal with Antrix Corp. Ltd. and EOTec to distribute satellite imagery collected by the Resourcesat-1 and Cartosat-1 satellites in the United States, ASRC MS announced Jan. 28.     ASRC MS also will become the sole ground station partner for Antrix in the United States...

Satellite Today – 1-29-08] Australian operator Optus Satellite‘s D2 satellite completed in-orbit testing and is fully operational, the company said Jan. 29     The satellite is replacing the Optus B3 satellite, which has been in operation since 1994. The new generation D-series offers increased satellite performance and provides continuity of service for Optus customers, the...

[Satellite Today – 1-29-08] Iridium Satellite is introducing a rebate program for North American customers switching from Globalstar to Iridium, the company announced Jan. 29.     The “Trade-Up To Iridium” program targets government users, first responders, educational institutions and relief organizations that have purchased satellite phone service that may now be unreliable, Iridium said.    ...

[Satellite Today – 1-28-08] Revenues for Northrop Grumman Corp.’s Space Technology division increased by 14 percent to $860 million in the fourth quarter and by 17 percent for the year, the company reported Jan. 24.     Higher sales volume in both periods primarily was driven by higher volume for restricted programs and civil systems, partially...

[Satellite Today – 1-28-08] RamTelecom Inc. has launched its new broadband satellite network, Global-IP, the company announced Jan. 28.     The network, which will meet the increasing IP telecommunication demands of large enterprise customers throughout North America, also will support the requirements for multiple VOIP, data and video conferencing applications.     "The service is carrier-grade,...

[Satellite Today – 1-28-08] OmniGlobe Networks Inc. has received a contribution of  200,000 Canadian dollars ($199,000) from the National Research Council Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program to further develop satellite-cellular based infrastructure for delivering cellular phone services to remote regions of the globe, OmniGlobe announced Jan. 28.     The contribution is OmniGlobe’s third in two...

[Satellite Today – 1-28-08] Arqiva signed a deal to provide TV services to hairdressing salons across Europe, the company announced Jan. 28.     Under a contract with Fitzgerald Shurey Tarbuck (FST), Arqiva will deliver In-store TV to Toni & Guy salons in Europe. Arqiva already provides a fully managed service for more than 273 Toni...