Focus: Telecom

[10-04-07 – Satellite Today] The  U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted a request by  TerreStar Networks Inc. for an extension of the launch milestone for its TerreStar-1 satellite from November...

[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....

[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...

[10-03-07 – Satellite Today]  Wegener Corp. has renewed its $1.8 million distributor agreement with Mega Hertz, Wegener announced Oct. 1. The long-standing agreement grants Mega Hertz exclusive distributor status for...

[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,...

[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...

[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),...

[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...

[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....

[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...