Recently added articles from Wireless Satellite and Broadcasting Newsletter:
PT Telkom awards $200 million deal to Reshetnev for supplying telecom satellite.(TOP STORY)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Indonesia's biggest telecommunications service provider in terms of revenues and subscribers, PT Telkom, has granted a $200 million deal to Russia-based ISS-Reshetnev for supplying a new telecom satellite, according to a report in AsiaPulse. The news report states that as per the ...
Lockheed Martin establishes new Space Vehicle Integration Laboratory.(TOP STORY)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Lockheed Martin announced that it has established a new Space Vehicle Integration Laboratory (SVIL) to enable a more efficient and reliable process for space vehicle component and flight software integration. As a Lockheed Martin Space Systems-wide asset, the laboratory will have ...
Direct on PC Ltd. Nigeria signs multiyear, multimillion-dollar contract with O3b Networks.(CONTRACTS)
Apr 01, 2009 ... O3b Networks Limited (O3b) the developer of a new fiber-quality, satellite-based, global Internet backbone infrastructure announced that Direct On PC Ltd. (DOPC), an Internet and Intranet services provider in Nigeria and West Africa, has signed a multiyear, multimillion-dollar contract for ...
Fox Pan American Sports establishes its first HD platform on the Intelsat network.(CONTRACTS)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Intelsat, Ltd., a provider of fixed satellite services and the first global satellite operator to provide international digital transmissions of high-definition (HD) content, announced that Fox Pan American Sports, one of the world's largest Spanish-language sports programming ventures, ...
Gilat to provide Netcom Africa with SkyEdge satellite network broadband network.(CONTRACTS)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Nigeria-based telecom player Netcom Africa announced that Gilat Satellite Networks would provide it with SkyEdge satellite network broadband network across the energy, corporate, and financial segments. Gilat Satellite ...
Liberty Sports Group contracts with Intelsat to distribute programming across America.(CONTRACTS)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Intelsat, Ltd., a provider of fixed satellite services, announced that Liberty Sports Group has signed a multi-year contract with Intelsat for satellite capacity to distribute its three regional sports networks to viewers across America. Utilizing capacity on Intelsat's Galaxy ...
Astra enters into long-term agreement with Croatia-based CME.(CONTRACTS)
Apr 01, 2009 ... SES Astra has inked a long-term deal with CME in order to expedite the launch of the first-ever Croatia-based channel on its satellite telecom network. Under the agreement, Nova TV, the national commercial station of CME, would be ...
Galaxy Broadband Communications selects Encore Networks to deliver satellite broadband VPN throughout Canada.(CONTRACTS)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Encore Networks announced that Galaxy Broadband Communications Inc. has selected Encore's BANDIT line of industrially hardened routers for their satellite networks, systems and solutions throughout Canada. This partnership allows Galaxy customers to create end-to-end VPN's across both ...
Gulfcom fills Caribbean cable programming gap with SES AMERICOM-NEW SKIES.(CONTRACTS)
Apr 01, 2009 ... SES AMERICOM-NEW SKIES, a division of SES S.A., announced Gulfcom has signed a five-year distribution agreement to meet the niche programming needs of cable operators serving the tropical region. Gulfcom is leveraging a full transponder (36 megahertz) of capacity aboard the ...
Alcatel-Lucent to develop satellite base station subsystems for SkyTerra and TerreStar to support 3G satellite communications.(CONTRACTS)
Apr 01, 2009 ... SkyTerra and TerreStar Networks jointly announced an agreement for the development of innovative mobile network technology that integrates Qualcomm's EV-DO-based satellite communications technology into an Alcatel-Lucent base station. The satellite-adapted EV-DO base stations--developed by ...
Infineon, SkyTerra and TerreStar announce agreement to develop the world's first satellite-cellular mobile platform based on SDR technology.(CONTRACTS)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Infineon Technologies, SkyTerra, and TerreStar Networks jointly announced the world's first multi-standard mobile platform based on Infineon's innovative software-defined-radio (SDR) technology. SkyTerra and TerreStar are both developing next-generation integrated satellite-terrestrial ...
Panasonic Avionics signs five major broadcasters to the Panasonic Airline Television Network.(CONTRACTS)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Panasonic Avionics Corporation (Panasonic), a provider of state-of-the-art in-flight entertainment and communication (IFEC) systems, announced that it has entered into multiyear agreements with five major television news groups to provide live news and information via its proprietary ...
ViaSat awarded broadband gateway contract for new Eutelsat Ka-band KA-SAT satellite.(CONTRACTS)
Apr 01, 2009 ... ViaSat Inc. has received an $18 million contract award from Skylogic, the broadband subsidiary of Eutelsat Communications for broadband gateway earth stations for the previously announced high-capacity KA-SAT Ka-band satellite system. ViaSat is under contract to deliver and install eight ...
Globecomm Systems launches service for GCI village cellular network in Alaska.(CONTRACTS)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Globecomm Systems Inc., a provider of satellite-based communications infrastructure solutions and services on a global basis, announced the startup of cellular service for rural villages across Alaska served by General Communications Inc. (GCI), Alaska's leading integrated communications ...
MTN Satellite Services contracts for Intelsat capacity to expand broadband services to maritime customers.(CONTRACTS)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Intelsat Ltd., a provider of fixed satellite services, announced that Maritime Telecommunications Network (MTN), a wholly owned subsidiary of SeaMobile Inc., has contracted for Intelsat capacity to expand the range of satellite-based services MTN provides to its maritime customers, ...
MotoSAT introduces MESA, the first tri-axis motorized antenna for fixed VSAT communications.(NEW PRODUCTS)
Apr 01, 2009 ... MotoSAT, a provider of mobile and fixed satellite antenna solutions, announced the release of its MESA series, the first tri-axis motorized self-aligning VSAT antenna for fixed applications. With the MESA, businesses gain a new level of flexibility for remote satellite communication and ...
Raytheon reaches key milestones with troposcatter solution.(NEW PRODUCTS)
Apr 01, 2009 ... In a recent exercise with the U.S. Army, Raytheon Company achieved an industry-first wireless transmission of its lightweight High Capacity Beyond Line-of-Sight troposcatter system. "This exercise illustrates that Raytheon's solution has proven interoperability with existing ...
Boeing CubeSat completes 10,000th orbit, advances NanoSat technologies.(NEW PRODUCTS)
Apr 01, 2009 ... The Boeing demonstration picosatellite CubeSat TestBed 1 (CSTB1) surpassed 10,000 Earth orbits since its launch on April 17, 2007. After completing its original mission goals of operating for six months in space and supporting three months of tests, the spacecraft, which is smaller than a ...
SES ASTRA expands two-way satellite broadband in Central and Eastern Europe.(PARTNERSHIPS)
Apr 01, 2009 ... SES ASTRA, an SES company, announced that it has signed a further reseller agreement for its two-way satellite broadband service ASTRA2Connect with the TV and telecommunications operator Towercom in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. With this agreement, SES ASTRA will significantly expand ...
U.S. Air Force/Lockheed Martin team set to launch modernized GPS satellite with new demonstration payload.(PARTNERSHIPS)
Apr 01, 2009 ... A U.S. Air Force/Lockheed Martin team is gearing up to launch a modernized Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-M) satellite, which includes a demonstration payload that will transmit a new third civil signal, known as L5. The L5 demonstration payload will comply with ...