Focus - CommunicAsia Preview - June - week 3 The Region's Premier Event Singapore once again plays host to the region’s premier event. With arguably the most influential and largest group of telecommunications professionals ever gathered together in Asia, this is an event not to be missed. Click here for the full story

Sea Launch begins countdown for Galaxy 16 launch
The Sea Launch team has initiated a 72-hour countdown in preparation for the launch of the Galaxy 16 communications satellite, scheduled for Saturday, June 17, at the opening of a two-hour launch window, at 12:50 am Pacific Daylight Time (07:50 GMT)...

New Indian TV channel on Thaicom
Affirming Shin Satellite’s leading status as a hotbird satellite company in India, YPT Entertainment, of Chandigarh, has commenced leasing space for its news and entertainment programming...

Lockheed Martin names Mark Valerio VP and GM, special programs for its Space Systems Company
Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT) today named Mark Valerio vice president and general manager, special programs for its Space Systems Company. Valerio succeeds Thomas J. Scanlan, who is retiring June 30...

Intelsat, Ltd. announces receipt of requisite consents by PanAmSat
Intelsat, Ltd. reported today that PanAmSat Holding Corporation (“PanAmSat”) announced the results to date of PanAmSat’s previously announced offer to purchase and consent solicitation for any and all of their outstanding 10 3/8% Senior Discount Notes due 2014 (the “Notes”)...

BBC radio increases presence in the Arab world with Arabsat agreement
Audiences in Asia, Europe, Africa and the Middle East can now enjoy a range of BBC radio programmes in two streams - Arabic and English. Both languages are available in digital quality sound, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, thanks to a renewed partnership between the international radio and online broadcaster BBC World Service and the satellite operator Arabsat...


Sea Launch awarded launch assignment for the Thuraya-3 Satellite
In a contract signed with Boeing Satellite Systems International (BSSI), a Sea Launch Zenit-3SL vehicle will lift the 5250 kg (11,578 lb) Thuraya-3 satellite to geosynchronous transfer orbit from Sea Launch's equatorial launch site in the Pacific Ocean in January 2007 ...


SES Americom Affiliate, Sistemas Satelitales de Mexico, earns long-term satellite capacity contract with Comsat Mexico
SES AMERICOM, an SES GLOBAL company (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg stock exchanges: SESG), has announced that its affiliate Sistemas Satelitales de Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V., (SSM) was awarded a long-term contract by Comsat Mexico, S.A. de C.V., a division of Comsat International, for Ku-band satellite capacity on AMC-4 ...


International pay-TV industry welcomes Taiwan market moves
The Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) today welcomed steps by Taiwan's new pay-TV regulator, the National Communications Commission (NCC), to relax regulations impeding further development of the pay-TV market ...


ITU and infoDev launch new module of online ICT Regulation Toolkit
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations specialized agency for telecommunications, and infoDev, a multi-donor programme focusing on information and communication technologies (ICT) for development, today launched the second module of their collaborative online ICT Regulation Toolkit, the Legal and Institutional Framework ...

Gilat's SkyEdge selected by Cisco for tested interoperability with Cisco IP VSAT WAN Module
Gilat Satellite Networks, Ltd. (Nasdaq: GILT), today announced that its SkyEdge hub has met the Cisco Technology Developer Program criteria for interoperability with the CiscoVSAT NM for the Cisco 2800 and 3800 - series Integrated Services Routers and the Cisco 2600XM, 2691 and 3700 - series access routers ...


Comtech Telecommunications Corp. receives $1.1 million order for satcom high power amplifiers
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (Nasdaq: CMTL) announced today that its Melville, New York-based subsidiary, Comtech PST Corp., received a $1.1 million order for high power amplifiers from a leading OEM in aviation electronics and communication systems ...

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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