Focus: Telecom

[12-20-07 – Satellite Today] About 90 percent of the 1,700 transponders targeting Europe, the Middle East and North Africa (EMEA) were fully or partially used during the first official measurement campaign conducted in the region, Euroconsult announced Dec. 20.     Euroconsult and the London Stock Exchange (LSE) measured and analyzed Ku-band loading and found actual...

[12-20-07 – Satellite Today] ViaSat Inc. will supply business jets with airborne broadband terminals and satellite service through contracts with Rockwell Collins and Arinc, ViaSat announced Dec. 20.     The agreements, worth more than $26 million, maintain the four-year relationship ViaSat has with Arinc SkyLink and adds Rockwell Collins Exchange as a distribution partner.    ...

[12-19-07 – Satellite Today] SES Astra signed its third contract to market its high-speed internet access service to consumers in Germany, the company announced Oct. 19.     Yato, a telecommunications provider based in Zug, Switzerland, will use the Astra2Connect service to offer its clients triple-play services via satellite. Astra2Connect is wholesale broadband service that SES...

[12-19-07 – Satellite Today] Norsat International Inc. will open a research and development facility in South Korea to develop components for Norsat’s microwave products and satellite systems business units, the company announced Dec. 19.     “Extending our operations into Korea will facilitate our overall growth initiatives and accelerate our [research and development] efforts,” Amiee Chan,...

[12-19-07 – Satellite Today] ViewCast Corp. named Peter Still the company’s sales director, ViewCast announced Dec. 19.     Still will join the company Jan. 2 and be responsible for developing and enhancing sales of ViewCast products and creating new business opportunities.     Still has been in sales and sales management for more than 25 years,...

[12-18-07 – Satellite Today] Boeing Co. completed testing of the Spaceway 3 satellite and handed control over to Hughes Network Systems LLC, Boeing announced Dec. 18.     Spaceway 3, placed into orbit in August, carries 68 Ka-band transponders and will provide HughesNet broadband internet services throughout North America. The spacecraft includes a downlink phased  array...

[12-18-07 – Satellite Today] Israel’s Space Communication Ltd. (Spacecom) has signed broadcast deals in Hungary, Slovenia and Romania for transponder space on the Amos satellites, the company announced Dec. 18.     In  Romania, Spaceom signed a three-year deal with the Bucovina and Moldavia Church to broadcast Trinitas TV. In Slovenia, Spacecom signed a five-year contract...

[12-18-07 – Satellite Today] WildBlue Communications Inc. signed an agreement with Google Inc. for a suite of enhanced services, WildBlue announced Dec. 17.     The WildBlue.net home page will make Google’s e-mail, calendar, instant messaging services and Web creation tools available to WildBlue customers      "Our partnership with Google is another example of WildBlue’s continued...

[12-18-07 – Satellite Today] SpaceDev Inc. has completed development of its low shock release mechanism (LSRM), which provides restraint and release of spacecraft components, the company announced Dec. 17.     Applications for the LSRM include the hold-down and release of satellite and spacecraft systems as well as launch vehicle staging events.     "Our objective is...

[12-18-07 – Satellite Today] MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) closed its acquisition of Alliance Spacesystems, MDA announced Dec. 18.     Alliance Spacesystems provides U.S. government and aerospace customers with advanced technology solutions as well as robotic and mechanical structures applied on a variety of space missions as well as terrestrial applications. Alliance will become...