Focus: Telecom

[09-26-07 – Satellite Today] Iridium Satellite has signed contracts with four North American air ambulance and medical transportation fleets to provide mobile satellite communications services, the company announced Sept. 25....

[09-25-07 – Satellite Today]  Stratos Global Corp. introduced its maritime broadband satellite communications solution based on Inmarsat’s FleetBroadband, Stratos announced Sept. 19. The service is expected to be commercially available...

[09-25-07 – Satellite Today]  Universal Space Network Inc. will add two new antennas to ground stations in Hawaii and Australia, the company announced Sept. 19. The Hawaii ground station will...

[09-24-07 – Satellite News]  GMV has launched SmartRings 2.0, the latest version of its telecommunications satellite payload reconfiguration tool, the company announced Sept. 21. Engineers can use SmartRings during the...

[09-24-07 – Satellite News]  STM Group’s research and development center is leading a consortium to evaluate, prototype and test advanced modem technologies for the European Space Agency (ESA), the company...

[09-20-07 – Satellite Today]  Tandberg Television has won a deal to supply advanced IP infrastructure equipment and encoders to a new direct-to-home provider in India, Tandberg announced Sept. 19. Bharti...

[09-20-07 – Satellite Today]  OHB Technology Group of Germany has acquired part of SpaceDev Inc. of California, the companies announced Sept. 19. OHB, which has operations in satellite, space hardware...

[09-20-07 – Satellite Today]  SES New Skies will partner with SeaMobile’s Maritime Telecommunications Network product group to test a pair of miniaturized VSAT antennas for small vessels, the companies announced...

[09-20-07 – Satellite Today]  Arianespace received a contract from JSAT to launch the JCSAT-12 satellite in summer 2009, Arianespace announced Sept. 19. JCSAT-12, being manufactured by Lockheed Martin Commercial Space...

[09-18-07 – Satellite Today] The state of Missouri awarded Orbital Data Net a satellite broadband contract to provide WildBlue high-speed internet via satellite service throughout the state, the company announced....