Focus: Telecom

[12-06-07 – Satellite Today] Intelsat Ltd. and On Call Communications are donating emergency communications to help coordinate efforts to combat the recent wildfires in Southern California as well as aid...

[12-05-07 – Satellite Today] MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) will acquire Alliance Spacesystems LLC,  MDA announced Dec. 5.     Alliance Spacesystems provides U.S. government and aerospace customers with advanced...

[12-05-07 – Satellite Today] NDS and DirecTV have extended their contract for NDS to deliver conditional access technology and services to DirecTV U.S. and Latin America until June 2013, NDS...

[12-05-07 – Satellite Today] Microspace Communications Corp. has retained movie industry veteran Michael Murphy to help Microspace expand digital cinema services into Mexico, the company announced Dec. 3.     Murphy’s...

[12-04-07 – Satellite Today] Iridium Satellite will provide voice and data services to government agencies in Idaho through the World Communications Center (WCC), Iridium announced Dec. 4.     WCC won...

[12-3-07 – Satellite Today] STM Group signed a 15-year deal with Avanti Communications Group for capacity on the Hylas satellite, Avanti announced Dec. 3.     STM, a supplier of IP...

[12-3-07 – Satellite Today]  Japanese information and communications company KDDI has selected Antenna Technology Communications Inc. (ATCi) to provide the antenna for its newest teleport facility in Yamaguchi, Japan, ATCi...

[12-3-07 – Satellite News] Globecomm Systems Inc. donated thousands of dollars worth of satellite equipment and services to help victims of the California wildfires, which destroyed more than 1,400 homes...

The demand for satellite-based communications is not fading anytime soon, according to a pair of studies released in early November. The fixed satellite services industry recorded an 8 percent growth...

Thales Alenia Space, one of the major players in the satellite manufacturing arena, has been boosted recently by winning a huge satellite contract in the Middle East. Al Yah Satellite...