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Ericsson has made an unsolicited offer to acquire Tandberg Television for 9.8 billion Norwegian kroner ($1.6 billion), Ericsson announced Feb. 26. Ericsson has acquired 11.7 percent of the outstanding shares in Tandberg and has entered into agreements to acquire another 13 percent, Ericsson said. Tandberg would operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of Ericsson and...

Shin Satellite reported a net loss of 46 million Baht ($1.4 million) in 2006, the company announced Feb. 26. Discounting a 675 million Baht ($20.1 million) write-off of the Thaicom-3 satellite, Shin would have made a net profit of Baht 629 million ($18.7 million). Shin’s revenues improved more than 22 percent in 2006 compared to...

The European Space Agency (ESA) officially opened the construction site of the Soyuz launch base in French Guiana in a ceremony attended by French authorities and representatives of all the European and Russian entities contributing to the project, the agency announced Feb. 26. Excavation work began several months ago, and the first Russian teams are...

GuardianBox will provide security for satellite broadband systems offered by Bentley Walker, a European VSAT distributor, GuardianBox announced Feb. 26. GuardianBox reported that an evaluation of its system resulted in a 25 percent gain in VSAT bandwidth when using its system to manage access to the satellite connection from customer computer networks.

Mexico’s telecommunications regulator, Federal Commission of Telecommunications (Cofetel), has approved the rules for a Ka-band satellite license auction, the regulator announced Feb. 21. This is Cofetel’s second attempt to auction a license for the slot at 109.2° West. The first attempt was abandoned in October after the regulator could not attract any companies willing to...

Hughes Network Systems LLC and Sea Tel Inc., have completed interoperability testing on a VSAT platform for the maritime market, Hughes announced. The platform combines the Hughes HX family of Internet-protocol satellite broadband modems and Sea Tel’s family of marine stabilized satellite antennas.

SAT Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Integral Systems Inc. has released two new software options that extend the ability of its product lines to detect and locate the source of signal interference, SAT announced. The software improves the ability of SAT’s Monics and DSA product lines ability to assist in identifying carriers using the...

The European Technical Standards Institute (ETSI) has approved and published the SES SDR standard for satellite digital radio services in Europe, Ondas Media announced. The standard has been developed by the ETSI Satellite Earth Stations & Systems – Satellite Digital Radio work group, which includes organizations such as Ondas, Delphi Electronics & Safety, Fraunhofer IIS...

Blue Sky Network, a logistics solution provider for two-way linking and managing transportation assets via satellite, announced the expansion to its aviation product line with a carry-on, flight-tracking device, the company announced Feb. 23. The compact D2000MA/MDA not only supplies customers with real-time position reporting of their helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft, but also provides continuous...

China Mobile Broadcasting Satellite Ltd., a Hong Kong-based affiliate of EchoStar Communications Corp. will provide S-band satellite capacity for a mobile video project in China slated to launch prior to the 2008 Olympics, the company announced Feb. 22. The contract was awarded by China Satellite Mobile Broadcast Ltd., a company held under Wireless Bureau of...