Focus - Handheld Terminals - May - week 1 In the Eye of the Beholder Handheld satellite terminals are becoming consumer commodities, with elements such as appearance and design now as important as the technical characteristics of the terminal itself. Philippa Smyth, Correspondent of Satellite Evolution Asia (SEA), reports. Click here for the full story

Transponder deal with transmission service company for UK and Ireland
SES ASTRA has announced today that it has signed a fourth transponder contract with the UK transmission service company Arqiva. The capacity subcontracted by SES ASTRA at the orbital position 28.2°/ 28.5° East will be used by Arqiva to help meet the demand from the rapidly growing number of UK channels launching on the Sky platform...

Eutelsat selects EADS Astrium to deliver Hot Bird 9 broadcast satellite
Eutelsat Communications has selected EADS Astrium to build the HOT BIRD 9 broadcast satellite which will be launched in 2008 and positioned at the Group's premium video neighbourhood at 13 degrees East...

Space Systems Loral has been chosen to build AsiaSat 5
Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has been chosen by Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat), Hong Kong, to build AsiaSat 5, a new generation communications satellite designed to offer improved power and coverage to AsiaSat's customers across the Asia Pacific region...

SES AMERICOM announces the procurement of a new spacecraft
SES AMERICOM announces the procurement of a new spacecraft, AMERICOM-21 (AMC-21), to be added to its fleet in 2008. The geosynchronous all Ku-band satellite will be operated by SES AMERICOM from 125 degrees West to deliver educational broadcasting for PBS and its affiliated state networks and introduce IP-based services for the enterprise markets throughout the United States and the Caribbean...

ND SatCom becomes partner in Indian joint venture
ND SatCom, a leading global supplier of satellite-based broadband VSAT, broadcast and defence communication network solutions announces the formation of a 50/50 joint venture with Grintex India Ltd. ND SatCom-Grintex Communications Limited offers the complete ND SatCom product portfolio and is based out of the multinational corporate hub at Gurgaon, just outside New Delhi, a location which will enable ND SatCom to optimally serve its local clients...

Globecomm Systems receives one year services contract from a major US customer
Globecomm Systems Inc has received a one year services contract from an existing major U.S. enterprise customer valued at $1.5 million...

Global Relief Technologies partners with GeoEye for timely satellite Image delivery to emergency responders
Global Relief Technologies (GRT) is teaming with GeoEye Inc., the world's largest commercial provider of satellite imagery, and Telenor Satellite Services to deliver timely satellite imagery to emergency relief workers operating in remote and often dangerous areas around the world...


Catherine Fox nominated General Counsel of SES Global
SES GLOBAL is pleased to announce the nomination of Mrs Catherine Fox to the position of General Counsel of SES GLOBAL. In this position Mrs Fox will report directly to Mr Romain Bausch, President and CEO of SES GLOBAL...

Sky Italia boosts Eutelsat Hot Bird capacity to support launch of Sky HD
SKY Italia, Italy's leading pay-TV platform which broadcasts exclusively from Eutelsat's HOT BIRD video neighbourhood, has unveiled its planning for the launch this month in Italy of its new SKY HD package dedicated to HDTV content...



Lockheed Martin delivers key software, hardware for new missile warning satellite
The Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] team developing the Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) has successfully delivered a critical payload subsystem and associated software integral to the program's first geosynchronous orbit (GEO) satellite...



Globecomm Systems receives multiple awards
Globecomm Systems Inc.has announced that the Company has received multiple awards under an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicle from a U.S. Government customer valued at $4.5 million...

Oil & Gas Communications: Africa and the Middle East, 15-17 May 2006, Cairo.
Joining more than 60 energy company representatives from across the Middle East region and the oil producing nations of Africa at the GVF Oil & Gas Communications: Africa and the Middle East Conference will be the Executive President of the Egyptian National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, who will deliver the Opening Keynote Address. The first day Industry Address will be provided by Schlumberger Connectivity Services, the lead sponsor of the Conference. Sponsorship support has also been provided by Codan, SES-Americom, Satlynx, Stratos Global, Comtech EF Data, Alkan Telecom, ND SatCom, and the Egyptian Space Communications Company. Visit the conference web site at: www.gvf-events.org.

Contact: martin.jarrold@gvf.org or + 44 1727 884 513.

CASBAA Satellite Industry Forum, 19 June 2006, Singapore
The CASBAA Satellite Industry Forum 2006, Asia's premier satellite event, will be held in Singapore on Monday, 19 June, one day before the CommunicAsia trade show in Singapore. The Forum will address the impact on satellite markets of mobile TV, IPTV services and the roll-out of HDTV while navigating a complex regulatory environment. DTH operators from some of the fastest growing markets in the world - India, Indonesia, Korea and Malaysia - will share their insights. For further information on speakers or regsitration please click here

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