Focus: Telecom

[10-03-07 – Satellite Today]  Stratos Global Corp. is making Inmarsat’s Satellite Phone Services available commercially, the company announced Oct. 1. The new services, available in mobile, fixed-land and fixed-maritime packages, will offer voice and data connectivity at speeds up 2.4 kilobits per second via small equipment. The IsatPhone is a handheld mobile phone with a...

[10-03-07 – Satellite Today]  Spacenet Inc. is working with Verizon Business to deploy a satellite network for the U.S. Postal Service, Spacenet parent Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. announced Oct. 1. The network will provide broadcast communications based on the SkyEdge VSAT platform for more than 5,000 postal service sites in the continental United States, Hawaii,...

[10-03-07 – Satellite Today]  Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) has signed a capacity exchange deal with Vietnam Telecom International, the companies announced Oct. 2. Under the memorandum of agreement, the two companies will exchange capacity on the ABS-1 and Vinasat-1 satellites. The agreement also provides for joint cooperation for telecoms and satellite services between the two...

[10-02-07 – Satellite Today]  Newtec has appointed Jean-Robert Barallon vice president of sales, the company announced Oct. 1. Barallon has more than 30 years in the global satellite communications and telecom industry, working most recently for Intelsat

[10-02-07 – Satellite Today] The BSat-3A broadcasting satellite is operational following on-orbit deployment and checkout,     Lockheed Martin announced Oct. 1. The spacecraft, owned by Japan’s Broadcasting Satellite System Corp. (B-Sat), was manufactured by Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems and is based on an A2100 platform. BSat-3A, located at 110° East, carries 12 Ku-band channels, eight...

[10-02-07 – Satellite Today]  BSkyB plans to offer broadband, telephone and digital terrestrial television (DTT) services in a single package as the satellite operator looks to tap into the strong DTT market in the United Kingdom, BSkyB announced Oct. 1. The offering, dubbed Picnic, will provide customers a range of TV, broadband and telephony services....

[10-02-07 – Satellite Today]  Eutelsat has been awarded a satellite broadband contract by Diputacion Provincial de Zaragoza to service 120 communities in Saragossa region in northern Spain, Eutelsat announced Oct. 1. Saragossa is the first region in Spain to initiate a universal broadband program mobilizing multiple access technologies including satellite. D-Star, a service provided by...

[10-01-07 – Satellite Today]  Hughes Network Systems and Enea are partnering to provide infrastructure for Hughes’ satellite base station subsystem, the companies announced Sept. 27.  Enea will be developing a new wireless base station to provide voice and packet data services to the subsystem. "Middleware development is one of the most complex, costly and time-consuming...

[09-28-07 – Satellite Today] Video networking company   VBrick Systems Inc. has formed a partnership with CapRock Communications, a provider of secure satellite communications, to offer video service for business with remote operations, VBrick announced Sept. 26. Caprock’s will combine its new Remote Video Streaming service with VBrick’s offerings to allows users to monitor operations such...

[09-28-07 – Satellite Today]  Globecomm Systems Inc has been awarded a pair of contracts to provide U.S. government agencies with Auto-Explorer portable satellite terminals, the company announced Sept. 25. Under the first deal, Globecomm will continue development of an X-Band portable satellite terminal. The second contract is for multiple 1.2-meter terminals supporting Ku-band operations. The...