Focus: Telecom

[09/12/07 – Satellite News] Inmarsat’s announcement earlier this year that the company planned to enter the handheld market is a bold statement of intent. The company aims to be a key player in the handheld arena and its president and COO Michael Butler told Satellite News that the operator had a “compelling” offer to end...

[09/12/07 – Satellite Today] The Modern Times Group (MTG) is the latest player to look to tap into the pay-TV market in the Ukraine. The company, announced that through its subsidiary, Viasat, it had signed a partnership agreement, Sept. 11, with Strong Media Group to launch a digital premium DTH satellite TV operator in Ukraine....

[09-11-07 – Satellite Today] Spacenet Inc. has signed a sales agent agreement with Tessco Inc., the company announced Sept. 11. Tessco,  a wholly owned subsidiary of Tessco Technologies Inc., will offer Spacenet’s Connexstar services as part of a TerraWave branded solution to support the Cisco ISR based instant communication solutions , which are integrated bundles...

[09-10-07 – Satellite Today] Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. has been selected to deploy a satellite communications network that will provide unlimited Internet access for Russian schools, the company announced Sept. 10. Russian satellite service provider Closed Joint-Stock Company (CJSC) is deploying the network, based on Gilat’s SkyEdge IP VSATs. Since the beginning of the year,...

09-10-07 – Satellite Today] ND SatCom will be providing two satellite uplinks for VTS, the company announced Sept. 10. VTS, a German system integrator for audio and video technology ordered the uplinks for Satellite News Gathering (SNG) vehicles. The vehicles are for WDR (Westdeutscher Rundfunk), a major European broadcaster. The WDR production vehicles will be...

[09-10-07 – Satellite Today] The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) has awarded Marshall Communications Corp. a contract to provide the only Digital Video Broadcasting-Return Channel Satellite (DVB-RCS/S2) hub in the United States that will be connected to the Defense Information Service Network (DISN), the company announced Sept. 10. The Tactical Service Provider (TSP) for the...

[09-10-07 – Satellite Today] Eutelsat Communications and ViaSat Inc. are expanding the distribution system for the Tooway satellite broadband service, the companies announced Sept. 10. The service will be extended beyond Germany into France, Spain and Bulgaria, using partners Sat2Way, Overon and Bulsatcom. Tooway is a broadband service designed for residential users who only have...

[09-06-07 –  Satellite Today] Mainstream Data has teamed up with Portugal Television (PT) and Lusa, Portugal’s national press agency, to distribute news stories and photographs to customers in Europe and Africa, the company announced Sept. 5. Mainstream will replace its existing satellite distribution system with Medias Server, a proprietary application server that utilizes a combination...

[09-06-07 –  Satellite Today] Spacenet, Inc. announced a new hybrid service program specifically built for retail enterprises that will help mitigate the risks of network downtime, the company announced Sept. 6. The Hybrid Ultra Reliability program provides a wireline service (DSL or cable) for primary connectivity that supports business applications, and VSAT (very small aperture...

[09/06/07 – Satellite Today] JCSAT-11 was lost when the Proton rocket suffered a second stage failure shortly after liftoff, launch provider International Launch Services (ILS) said. The satellite was slated to provide service to Japan, the Asia-Pacific region and Hawaii via 30 Ku- and 12 C-band transponders. JSAT said the loss of the satellite will...