Stefan Kollar, Deputy Director General, Intersputnik The Intersputnik International Organization of Space Communications, one of the world's first satellite operators, has been offering telecommunications services since 1971. Click here to listen to the audio
	What they had to say Giovanni Verlini, Editor of Satellite Evolution Asia (SEA), reports from the APSCC 2006 Conference and Exhibition held in Seoul on 26-28 September. Click here for the full story

Parallel has won the Small-Medium Business of the Year 2006 award
Network management specialist Parallel is pleased to announce that it has won the award for Small/Medium Business of the Year 2006 in the Bedfordshire and Luton Business Excellence “Rising Star” Awards. Parallel was one of three finalists nominated in the category...

MEASAT Vice President elected to ITU Radio Regulations Board
MEASAT’s Vice President of Engineering & Operations, Dr. Ali R. Ebadi, has been elected to a prestigious seat on the International Telecommunications Union’s (ITU) Radio Regulations Board (RRB)...

INFINITI 7300 satellite router promotion
The iDirect iNFINITI 7300 Satellite Router is iDirect’s highest performing remote networking solution. This 1U Rack Mounted 7300 delivers a satellite modem, IP router, TCP optimization over satellite and QoS/prioritization all in one easy to deploy solution...

AmerHis project culminates in service launch on board Amazonas
Alcatel Alenia Space, the prime contractor for the AmerHis project, announced that the broadband interactive multimedia communications system on Hispasat’s Amazonas satellite is ready to start commercial service. The announcement was made today at an event organized jointly by the Spanish space agency CDTI, the European Space Agency (ESA) and Hispasat...

UDcast demonstrates the power of IP and satellite at SATCON 2006
UDcast, a leading provider of solutions enabling full IP over broadcast and satellite media, is bringing live demonstrations of its satellite IP technologies for delivering satellite-aware broadband networking and mobile TV solutions to SATCON 2006, November 29-30 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City...

Gilat Satellite Networks announces the Filing of a Registration Statement for a Public Offering of its Ordinary Shares
Gilat Satellite Networks has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to a proposed underwritten public offering of 7,000,000 of its ordinary shares, which includes up to 4,666,667 ordinary shares offered by the Company and up to 2,333,333 ordinary shares offered by York Capital Management, LLC, a selling shareholder...

Comtech Telecommunications receives $2.4 million of movement tracking system orders
Comtech Telecommunications has announced that its Maryland-based subsidiary, Comtech Mobile Datacom Corporation, received orders totaling $2.4 million in support of ongoing Movement Tracking System Program activities...

Ariane 5 enters the Final Assembly Building for Arianespace's December mission
The Ariane 5 for Arianespace's December 8 heavy-lift mission has been transferred to the Final Assembly Building at Europe's Spaceport, moving preparations for this upcoming heavy-lift flight into their next phase...

ASTRIUM to build new ASTRA satellite
SES ASTRA has announced that it has awarded the contract for the construction of its new satellite, ASTRA 3B, to the European satellite manufacturer ASTRIUM. As prime contractor for ASTRA 3B, ASTRIUM will design and build the satellite...

ASTRA 3B to be launched end of 2009
SES ASTRA has announced that it has awarded the contract for the construction of its new satellite, ASTRA 3B, to the European satellite manufacturer ASTRIUM. As prime contractor for ASTRA 3B, ASTRIUM will design and build the satellite...

ST Electronics achieves double recognitionfrom Cisco Systems
Singapore Technologies Electronics Limited’s (ST Electronics) wholly-owned subsidiary, ST Electronics (Info-Comm Systems) Pte Ltd (STEE-InfoComm) has been awarded the dual honour of Cisco Systems’ prestigious Gold Partner Certification and Best Customer Satisfaction Achievement Award 2006...

SES to procure NSS-9 satellite with ORBITAL Sciences
SES NEW SKIES is pleased to announce that the contract for the construction of the NSS-9 satellite has been awarded to Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB). NSS-9 will be procured by SES GLOBAL Satellite Leasing Ltd., and will be commercially operated by SES NEW SKIES...

Shiron Satellite Communications a 2006 Deloitte Israel Technology Fast 50 Winner
Shiron Satellite Communications Ltd., a global provider of advanced broadband satellite solutions was nominated a 2006 Deloitte Israel Technology Fast 50 winner, ranking among the 50 fastest growing technology companies in Israel...

GPS satellite successfully launched
A US Air Force modernized Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-M) satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin was launched successfully aboard a Delta II launch vehicle...