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A post office in Croatia. Photo: Hrvatska pošta [Via Satellite 12-01-2014] Croatian post offices are now offering Eutelsat’s Tooway satellite broadband through the KA-SAT High Throughput Satellite (HTS). Intersat Telecom, Eutelsat’s regional partner, is providing the service. Homes outside the reach of terrestrial broadband are given priority for the service, which offers download speeds of…
Seoul, the capital city of South Korea. Photo: Clint Sharp. [Via Satellite 12-01-2014] The number of homes with multichannel television in the Asia Pacific has reached 500,639,000 according to new research from the Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA). Findings from the organization’s Asia Pacific Multichannel TV Advertising 2015 report reveal that consumers…
David Rubner, Chairman of NovelSat’s board of directors. Photo: NovelSat [Via Satellite 12-01-2014] NovelSat, a satellite transmission technology company, has named former ECI Communications CEO David Rubner as chairman of the company’s board of directors. Rubner led ECI Telecommunications, which provided telecommunications networking infrastructure solutions, from September 1991 to February 2000. He also serves on…
The Hughes 9211-HDR portable BGAN terminal. Photo: Hughes [Via Satellite 12-01-2014] Hughes Network Systems’ new Hughes 9211-High Data Rate (HDR) Portable BGAN Terminal has received Inmarsat-type approval. The Hughes 9211-HDR is designed to provide high performance mobile satellite connectivity in challenging environments. The device supports an average speed of 650 kbps and can reach up…
A Gilat facility. Photo: Gilat [Via Satellite 11-26-2014] Buoyed by projects gaining traction in Latin America, Gilat Satellite Networks reported third quarter revenues of $57.1 million, up from $54.1 million during the previous quarter and up $51.8 million during the same period in 2013. Two major projects, specifically Colombia’s Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications…
A Comtech Telecommunications facility. Photo: Comtech [Via Satellite 11-26-2014] Comtech EF Data, a subsidiary of Comtech Telecommunications Corporation has received a $3.5 million order for satellite communications ground equipment for use by one of Eastern Asia’s largest Mobile Network Operators (MNOs). Comtech EF Data will team the CDM-625A advanced satellite modem with the Memotec Radio…
Artist’s rendition of a Defense Satellite Communications System spacecraft. Photo: Lockheed Martin [Via Satellite 11-26-2014] The United States Department of Defense (DOD) has awarded a cost-plus-award-fee modification worth nearly $41 million to Lockheed Martin Space Systems for a previously awarded contract. The modification provides additional funding for logistics and sustainment support of the Defense Satellite…
A schematic of a meteor-m satellite. Photo: SRC Planeta [Via Satellite 11-26-2014] Russia’s Center for Operation of Space Ground-Based Infrastructure (TsENKI) reports that the Meteor M2 remote sensing satellite has nearly completed in-orbit testing following its July 8 launch. Once completed, Meteor M2 will succeed Meteor M1, which, after launching in September 2009, has reached…
The TH9 Tetra radio. Photo: Airbus Defence and Space [Via Satellite 11-26-2014] Airbus Defence and Space has released the new TH9 Tetra hand-portable radio, featuring enhancements in coverage, durability and location-based applications. The radios provide voice and data communications and all the functions of previous Tetra radios, along with support of the 406 to 410 MHz…
An HGTV “dream house.” Photo: Lee Ruk [Via Satellite 11-26-2014] Globecast has entered an agreement with Measat Satellite Systems to broadcast U.S. network Home and Garden Television (HGTV) channel in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Europe. The channel will be carried in HD on the Measat 3 satellite’s global C-band footprint, which covers more…