http://www.telecomweb.com TelecomWeb.com en-us 2008 Fri, 16 May 2008 1:42:05 EDT [24/08/07 - Satellite News] India's Org Informatics, which acquired Belgacom's satellite assets Aug. 22, is in discussion to buy other satellite assets, a company executive said. "I hope we will make other acquisitions in the satellite sector in the next 12 months," Ajoy Khanderia, Org Informatics CEO told... http://www.telecomweb.com/news/satellite/satellitenews/25114.html Mon, 27 Aug 2007 0:00:00 EDT [23/08/07 - Satellite News] Canal+ Cyfrowy, one of the more progressive direct-to-home (DTH) operators in Eastern Europe, had a banner year in 2006 adding nearly 250,000 new subscribers to bring its total to around 950,000 customers in Poland. Jacques Aymar de Roquefeuil, Canal+ Cyfrowy's COO, said he was... http://www.telecomweb.com/news/satellite/satellitenews/25115.html Mon, 27 Aug 2007 0:00:00 EDT [8/22/07 - Satellite Today] The European Commission believes the best way for the mobile satellite services (MSS) market to reach its potential is putting mechanisms in place so these services can be offered in a uniform fashion across Europe and said Aug. 22 it had adopted a proposal to select systems for... http://www.telecomweb.com/news/satellite/satellitenews/25116.html Mon, 27 Aug 2007 0:00:00 EDT [08/17/07 - Satellite News] Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat) is aiming to become a major force on the satellite landscape in the Middle East. The satellite operator, a wholly owned subsidiary of Mubadala Development Company, a UAE-based company, is spending big to rival other satellite... http://www.telecomweb.com/news/satellite/satellitenews/25117.html Mon, 27 Aug 2007 0:00:00 EDT Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat) is aiming to become a major force on the satellite landscape in the Middle East. The satellite operator, a wholly owned subsidiary of Mubadala Development Company, a UAE-based company, is spending big to rival other satellite operators in the Middle East. On... http://www.telecomweb.com/news/satellite/satellitenews/24914.html Mon, 20 Aug 2007 0:00:00 EDT Hughes Communications, a provider of broadband satellite networks and services for large enterprises, governments, small businesses and consumers is ready for a new chapter after the successful launch of the Spaceway-3 satellite. The satellite was successfully placed into orbit on August 14 by an Ariane 5... http://www.telecomweb.com/news/satellite/satellitenews/24915.html Mon, 20 Aug 2007 0:00:00 EDT Over the last few weeks, all the major satellite pay-TV operators in Europe and U.S. have announced their results. Here, in a special two-part article, we look at how well satellite pay-TV operators are performing against cable and telco alternatives. With telcos aggressively targeting the television market... http://www.telecomweb.com/news/satellite/satellitenews/24916.html Mon, 20 Aug 2007 0:00:00 EDT Over the last few weeks, all the major satellite pay-TV operators in Europe and U.S. have announced their results. Here, in a special two-part article, we look at how well satellite pay-TV operators are performing against cable and telco alternatives. With telcos aggressively targeting the television market... http://www.telecomweb.com/news/satellite/satellitenews/24917.html Mon, 20 Aug 2007 0:00:00 EDT Measat Satellite Systems is confident the launch of its new high-definition (HD) platform will give it an edge in the competitive market in Asia, Paul Brown-Kenyon, Measat's COO, told Satellite News. The operator launched an HD distribution platform in July aimed at catering to the needs of international... http://www.telecomweb.com/news/satellite/satellitenews/24918.html Mon, 20 Aug 2007 0:00:00 EDT Just over a year ago, BSkyB launched key initiatives in the mobile and broadband arenas, giving its customers more access to Sky content than ever before. Its Anytime PC service is one of the more comprehensive legal movie download services in Europe, and Sky Mobile TV is also another high-profile service... http://www.telecomweb.com/news/satellite/satellitenews/24881.html Mon, 13 Aug 2007 0:00:00 EDT TeleCommunication Systems Inc. (TCS) is one of six prime contractors in the U.S. Army's $5 billion Worldwide Satellite Systems (WWSS) contract awarded in 2006. The contract provides users with a single-source, turnkey, rapid-response solution for U.S. Department of Defense communications requirements... http://www.telecomweb.com/news/satellite/satellitenews/24882.html Mon, 13 Aug 2007 0:00:00 EDT When SES Global this week announced its half-year results to the end of June, the company's status was greeted positively by analysts who believe that the stock represents an attractive pick in the satellite sector. On Aug. 6, SES reported overall revenues of 789.1 million euros ($1.09 billion), an increase... http://www.telecomweb.com/news/satellite/satellitenews/24883.html Mon, 13 Aug 2007 0:00:00 EDT Loral Space & Communications saw revenues increase by 17 percent in the second quarter, and 22 percent for the first half of the year, the company announced Aug. 8. For the three- and six-month periods ended June 30, 2007, total consolidated revenue for the second quarter reached $226 million, up from... http://www.telecomweb.com/news/satellite/satellitenews/24884.html Mon, 13 Aug 2007 0:00:00 EDT In a case stemming from more than a dozen years ago, Semtek International Inc. is proceeding against various Russian entities to collect a $381 million civil judgment awarded by a U.S. federal court. Unfortunately, however, the plaintiff estimates less than a one-in-five chance of ever seeing a ruble of it... http://www.telecomweb.com/news/satellite/satellitenews/24885.html Mon, 13 Aug 2007 0:00:00 EDT In a second-quarter 2007 earnings report, fixed satellite services provider Intelsat Ltd. claimed revenue of $543.2 million and a net loss of $31.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2007. The company's results for the three- and six-month periods were announced on Aug. 9. Those results... http://www.telecomweb.com/news/satellite/satellitenews/24886.html Mon, 13 Aug 2007 0:00:00 EDT EchoStar Communications Corp., the Colorado-based parent of Dish Network satellite TV, reported boosts in subscriptions and total revenue as it announced its second quarter 2007 figures on Aug. 10. For the quarter ended June 30, EchoStar tallied revenues of $2.76... http://www.telecomweb.com/news/satellite/satellitenews/24887.html Mon, 13 Aug 2007 0:00:00 EDT Gilat Satellite Networks announced strong increases in revenues and profits when it reported its second-quarter results on Aug. 9. The publicly traded, Israel-based company which designs, develops and markets satellite and hybrid networking products, services and solutions to operators in 85 countries... http://www.telecomweb.com/news/satellite/satellitenews/24888.html Mon, 13 Aug 2007 0:00:00 EDT Australian direct-to-home (DTH) operator Foxtel ended June with close to 1.3 million domestic direct customers, the company announced Aug. 9. The operator added 150,000 of those customers in the last year, an increase of more than 13 percent over the same period in 2006. In terms of its full-year numbers... http://www.telecomweb.com/news/satellite/satellitenews/24889.html Mon, 13 Aug 2007 0:00:00 EDT Worldspace Satellite Radio saw a slight drop in overall subscriptions during the second quarter of 2007, the company announced with its earnings report on Aug. 9. For the period ended June 30, 2007, the broadcaster ended with 190,333 subscribers worldwide, a loss of 1,313 or nearly 1 percent from the close... http://www.telecomweb.com/news/satellite/satellitenews/24890.html Mon, 13 Aug 2007 0:00:00 EDT Global broadband satellite network solutions and services provider Hughes Communications Inc. reported second-quarter increases in services, hardware sales and revenues, the company announced Aug. 10. For the second quarter ended June 30, 2007, revenues increased to $234.4 million or up 12.3 percent from the... http://www.telecomweb.com/news/satellite/satellitenews/24891.html Mon, 13 Aug 2007 0:00:00 EDT