The European meteorological satellite organization (Eumetsat) has selected Arianespace to launch its new Metop-C satellite into polar orbit on a Soyuz launch vehicle during the last quarter of 2016, Arianespace announced Sept. 10. The Meteorological Operational Polar Satellite program, a ...

AsiaSat signed a capacity deal with Pakistani broadcaster Sports Star International Private (SSI) to deliver two Urdu-language satellite channels, A-Lite and A-Plus, on the AsiaSat 3S satellite, the operator announced Aug. 30. A-Lite is one of Pakistan's first female-oriented channels, ...

KVH and ViaSat have expanded KVHs mini-VSAT Broadband network capacity in the North American region by more than 500 percent, the companies announced Aug. 20. KVH said it added a full transponder and new spread spectrum waveform to provide more than six times the previously available ...

Inmarsat will invest more than $1 billion in three Ka-band satellites that will be manufactured byBoeing, which be based on the Boeing 702 high-power platform and used to launch Inmarsats Global Xpress service, the company revealed in its latest financial results issued Aug. 6.Global Xpress ...

C-COM Satellite Systems Inc. (TSXV: CMI) today announced that it has received a single order valued at $2.3 million for its iNetVu? mobile antenna systems from one of its leading Asian resellers. "This order is the largest single order the company has received to date from Asia for ...

Eutelsat signed an agreement with Italian telco Tiscali to expand its range of Tooway satellite broadband service broadband products by launching a satellite service targeting the 12 percent of the Italian population un-served by ADSL or fiber, Eutelsat announced July 23. The service will ...

Globecomm Systems has been awarded an $8.7 million Ka-band infrastructure contract from an unnamed foreign government, company announced July 15. Globecomm will design and install multiple Ka-band antennas and related subsystems under the contract scope, which includes a turnkey RF ...

CapRock Communications signed a three-year contract with BW to deploy CapRocks SeaAccess service onboard BWs fleet of approximately 100 vessels including very large crude carriers (VLCCs) and liquefied petroleum gas carriers (LPGCs), CapRock announced June 25. CapRock, acquired by Harris ...

SES World Skieshas signed a deal withAn Vien Group(AVG) to provide transponder capacity on the NSS-6 satellite for a new DTH service in Vietnam, the operator announced May 27. AVG will utilize two and a half transponders on NSS-6 to launch the service in the fourth quarter of 2010, with ...

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission(FCC) has voted unanimously to amend the Wireless Communications Service (WCS) spectrum rules to include mobile broadband uses and allow mobile broadband providers to offer services on a 25MHz band of spectrum, according to FCC documents filed May 20. ...