Focus: Telecom

[Satellite News – 1-8-08] Investment firm Mountain Super Angel is confident that it can turn around the SkyDSL satellite broadband business, which the current owner, Teles, considered shutting down.     Mountain Super Angel AG signed an agreement with Teles AG Jan. 3 to potentially acquire 80 percent of Berlin-based Teles Wireless Broadband Internet GmbH, which...

[Satellite Today – 1-7-08] Iridium Satellite has named John Brunette chief legal and administrative officer, the company announced Jan. 7.     Brunette who has 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, previously worked as CEO for Teleglobe Inc.     "As Iridium continues to expand and develop our next-generation constellation, it is essential that we...

[Satellite Today – 1-7-08] Northrop Grumman Corp. named Joseph Ensor vice president and general manager of its Space ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance) Systems Division, the company announced Jan. 7.     The Baltimore-based division combines the sector’s C4ISR Networked Systems business area with its Space Sensors Exploitation Systems businesses. Ensor will also will oversee facilities in...

[Satellite Today – 1-7-08] Hughes Communications Inc. will acquire business IPTV solutions provider Helius Inc. for $30.5 million, Hughes announced Jan. 4.     The acquisition, expected to be completed in early February, makes Helius a wholly owned subsidiary of Hughes. The company will operate with Hughes’ North America and International enterprise businesses.     “As a...

[Satellite Today – 1-7-08] Mountain Super Angel AG, a Swiss investment company, signed an agreement with Teles AG to potentially acquire 80 percent of Berlin-based Teles Wireless Broadband Internet GmbH, Mountain Super Angel announced Jan. 3.     Teles operates the European broadband Internet service SkyDSL, and Mountain Super Angel has until Jan. 28 to take...

[Satellite Today – 1-4-08] GPS manufacturer Garmin has partnered with Sarantel to provide antennas for Garmin’s Colorado range of handheld GPS receivers, Garmin announced Jan. 4.     New features including an input device that allows for one-handed operation, shaded-relief and satellite imagery mapping and a color 3-inch screen with high resolution.     “Up to this...

[Satellite Today – 1-4-08] Broadcom is launching a single-chip, multi-format high-definition (HD) satellite set-top box solution that it says will enable manufacturers to develop low cost satellite set-top boxes with personal video recorder functionality, the company announced Jan. 3.     The satellite system-on-a-chip is manufactured in 65-nanometer process technology that features a high level of...

[Satellite Today – 1-4-08] The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will lead an international effort to pinpoint the location more than 40 GPS satellites in orbit, NOAA announced Jan. 3.     For the next four years, NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey will serve as the analysis center coordinator for the International Global Navigation Satellite...

[Satellite Today – 1-4-08] DigitalGlobe‘s WorldView-1 satellite has reached full operating capacity for all customers and the company is taking orders for imagery from resellers, partners and customers, DigitalGlobe announced Jan. 3.     WorldView-1, launched in September, delivered its first set of images in October and began supplying imagery to the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency...

[Satellite Today – 1-4-08] Comtech Telecommunications Corp. received orders from the U.S. Army Communications Electronics Command for satellite equipment, Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced Jan. 3.     Under the $17.7 million contract, subsidiary Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp. will provide mobile satellite transceivers, satellite bandwidth, satellite network operations, engineering services and program management to the Force 21...