Satellite News articles from December 2008

Satellite News archives from December 2008

Blue Force Tracking Upgrade Could Take At Least Two Years.
December 3, 2008... [Satellite News 12-01-08] ViaSat has made significant progress in developing its Blue Force Tracking (BFT) upgrade bid for the U.S. Army, according to Ric Vandermeulen, the company's director of government broadband. But Vandermeulen told...

JSAT Mobile CEO Outlines Market Opportunity in Japan.
December 3, 2008... [Satellite News 12-01-08] JSAT Mobile CEO, Kei Shibuya, said the reasons behind his company's strategic move to team up with Stratos Global to form a company targeting the MSS space was based around the company's history in the FSS sector....

Satellite-Terrestrial Product Developers Discuss Conceptual Challenges.
December 3, 2008... [Satellite News 11-26-08] Developers of integrated satellite-terrestrial handsets and modules are very excited about how the consumer market is responding to their technology, but the companies acknowledge having to address several...

Nigcomsat-1 Failure.
December 3, 2008... [Satellite News 11-25-08] The failure of the Nigcomsat-1 satellite is a significant blow to the nascent African fixed satellite services (FSS) industry, according to analysts. Nigcomsat, which already was making plans for future...

Intelsat CEO Credits Creative Funding Plan for New Africa Satellite.
December 10, 2008... [Satellite News 12-09-08] Intelsat has formed a joint venture with a South African investor group to finance a satellite to serve the growing communications market in Africa. The joint venture, Intelsat New Dawn, was created along with...

Iridium Sees Strongest Equipment Shipping Results In Company's History.
December 10, 2008... [Satellite News 12-03-08] Despite concern from some analysts over how the credit crunch would affect satellite industry customers, Iridium reported its single best quarter for number of units shipped in the company's history, Iridium CEO...

Arqiva Network Helps Armenia Fund Telethon Secure Record Donations.
December 10, 2008... [Satellite News 12-08-08] Arqiva's occasional-use satellite and Web distribution services helped The Armenia Fund's Thanksgiving telethon raise a record-breaking $35 million in 2008 to help rebuild Armenia. Produced on two stages from...

Astrium Services CEO Sees France Adopting U.K. Communications Model.
December 10, 2008... [Satellite News 12-08-08] Astrium Services CEO Eric Beranger believes the company's focus on the institutional market means it is less likely to be impacted by the credit crunch due to the services the company provides. "We are...

APT Satellite President Talks of China Opportunities.
December 10, 2008... [Satellite News 12-04-08] APT Satellite Satellite Holdings. was formed in 1992 and provides satellite communication and TV broadcasting services to broadcasters and telecoms operators in the Asia-Pacific region, Europe and the United States...

RaySat Avoids Repeating Mistakes with New Mobile TV Antenna.
December 10, 2008... [Satellite News 12-05-08] In developing a satellite antenna enabling vehicles to receive the new mobile AT&T CruiseCast TV service, RaySat had to overcome several problems that plagued some of its earlier product models, CEO Yoel Gat told...

Analyst: SES, Eutelsat Attractive for Investors.
December 17, 2008... [Satellite News 12-16-08] SES and Eutelsat Communications are attractive propositions for investors in a credit crunch era, according to Morgan Stanley satellite equity analyst Sarah Simon. "We are sufficiently relaxed about the negatives...

Obama Administration Considers Solar Satellites As Part of Energy Plan.
December 17, 2008... [Satellite News 12-12-08] President-elect Barack Obama's transition team is considering what it calls, "not-yet-refined technology," which includes solar energy-collecting satellites, as part of its energy plan, according to the...

GMV Study Recommends Increase in GNSS Capacity.
December 17, 2008... [Satellite News 12-15-08] The results of a study project coordinated by GMV and co-funded by the European Commission concluded that advancements in satellite positioning services, combined with telecommunications and cartographic services,...

Turksat Already Planning Turksat 4A.
December 17, 2008... Satellite News 12-11-08] With Turksat 3A successfully launched in June 2008, Turksat Director General Ozkan Dalbay is already thinking about the company's next satellite. In an exclusive interview with Satellite News, Dalbay said that...

Analyst: SES, Eutelsat Attractive for Investors.
December 24, 2008... [Satellite News 12-16-08] SES and Eutelsat Communications are attractive propositions for investors in a credit crunch era, according to Morgan Stanley satellite equity analyst Sarah Simon. "We are sufficiently relaxed about the negatives...

Boeing Looks to Bounce Back From GOES-R Loss.
December 24, 2008... [Satellite News 12-17-08] Boeing Satellite Systems International (BSS) President Stephen O'Neill said the company's year cannot really be viewed as a success after the loss of a major U.S. government satellite contract. NASA announced...

Satellite Pay TV Companies Assess DTV Transition Subscriber Opportunities.
December 24, 2008... [Satellite News 12-18-08] Some satellite TV providers are approaching the Feb. 17 transition to digital television in the United States as an opportunity to expand their customer base, while others disagree and see little value in the...

Bednarek Explains SES Americom's IPTV Retreat.
December 24, 2008... [Satellite News 12-22-08] SES Americom will stop offering its IPTV service in North America by mid-2009. IP-Prime had been a key part of the operator's strategy to tap into the growing IPTV market in the United States, however, with telcos,...