Finally coming to Europe John Balding, Correspondent of Satellite Evolution EMEA, takes a look at the development of satellite radio outside the North American market. Click here to read the full article

ViaSat receives $12 million MIDS tactical network terminal order for Taiwan
ViaSat has been awarded an order valued at more than $12 million for Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS) terminals for the government of Taiwan. This award is for more than 70 LVT(1) configuration terminals plus spares under the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Program through the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR). The order will be for the Taiwan Ministry of National Defense...

SES to buy back GEs 19.5 percent stake in exchange for assets and cash
SES announces that it has agreed with GE a EUR 1.2bn split-off transaction in which SES will contribute certain assets and cash to a new company and exchange shares of that new company for GE’s entire holding of 103,149,900 shares in SES, subject to satisfaction of certain closing conditions. As disclosed in March 2006, SES has been discussing with GE a number of options to achieve a structured exit from its remaining shareholding...

Modernday and AsiaSat jointly announce proposed privatisation of AsiaSat
Asia Satellite Telecommunications Holdings Limited and Modernday Limited jointly announced the proposed privatisation of AsiaSat through a scheme of arrangement under which all shares, including all shares underlying American Depositary Shares (ADS), not already held by AsiaSat’s controlling shareholder will be cancelled in exchange for the share offer price of HK$18.30 per share...

Loral Skynet announces SkyReach celular backhaul service with Comtech EF Data
Loral Skynet has introduced a new, satellite-based cellular backhaul service that enables mobile/cellular operators to extend their networks and reduce the operational costs of serving remote and low annual rate per user (ARPU) areas...

Load balancing boosts efficiency and reliability of Star, Hybrid and Meshed SkyWAN VSAT networks
ND SatCom recently upgraded its core technology platform SkyWAN® with Load Balancing, a new software feature which is unique in the international VSAT market for IP data traffic...

John Kealey to serve on Telarix Board of Directors
Telarix, Inc., the leading provider of Interconnect Business Optimization (IBO) and settlement solutions for content providers, IP service providers and global fixed and mobile operators, has announced the appointment of John Kealey to its board of directors. Kealey brings more than 20 years of in-depth telecommunications experience to support Telarix’s ongoing business development and strategic direction. Kealey is currently President and CEO of iDirect Technologies...

Intelsat names seasoned executive and national security expert to head Intelsat General Unit
Intelsat has appointed William Shernit as the new President of its subsidiary Intelsat General. Intelsat General provides innovative communications solutions primarily to military and civilian government customers...

Helius introduces new content management technologies
Helius will be demonstrating at the Satellite 2007 tradeshow several key advancements as part of their content management and content distribution products. Some of the new innovations that will be shown at the event in Washington D.C. next week include support for DVB-S2 as well as Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation...

Globecomm introduces SatCell service restoration terminal using Auto-Explorer technology
At the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona, Globecomm announced the introduction of the Satcell Service Restoration Terminal for rapid restoration of mobile communications affected by natural and other disasters. Based on Globecomm's Auto-Explorer Ku-band satellite terminal that is capable of automatically locking onto a satellite with the push of a button, the SatCell SRT integrates to mobile base stations using SatCell's high-efficiency satellite technology to provide immediate extension from a carrier's base station controller or switch into areas affected by an outage...

Expand Networks and EMS SATCOM announce milestone in airborne acceleration networking product
Expand Networks announced that EMS SATCOM has purchased its 200th license for the Expand software that is integrated into EMS SATCOM’s CNX-200 Network Accelerator– airborne networking equipment. Expand will demonstrate its technology at Satellite 2007 (February 20-22)...

Law firm announces Class Action Lawsuit against Globalstar, Inc
Goldman Scarlato & Karon, P.C., a law firm with offices in Pennsylvania and Ohio, announces that a lawsuit has been filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, on behalf of persons who purchased in the initial public offering (“IPO”) or otherwise acquired publicly traded securities in the open market of Globalstar, Inc. (“Globalstar” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ:GSAT) between November 2, 2006 and February 6, 2007, inclusive, (the “Class Period”). The lawsuit was filed against Globalstar and certain officers and directors (“Defendants”)...

Telemar Scandinavia AB teams with Telenor Satellite Services for maritime communications for the Wallenius Fleet
Telenor Satellite Services has teamed with Telemar Scandinavia AB on delivery of broadband maritime communications for 27 vessels managed by Wallenius Marine AB...

Significant increase in number of HD channels on ASTRA
SES ASTRA has announced that the number of High Definition (HD) channels broadcast via the ASTRA Satellite System has increased significantly. ASTRA today transmits 26 HD channels across Europe (24 at year-end 2006), including HD offers from BSkyB, Discovery, National Geographic and History Channel from the UK, CANAL+, M6 and TF1 from France and Premiere, ProSieben, Sat1 and Anixe from Germany...

Advantech brings innovation to market with new DVB-SCPC system offering
ADVANTECH Satellite Networks and ADVANTECH Satellite Equipment, two divisions of Advantech AMT, Inc., have announced the availability of their new low cost DVB-SCPC system offering. The newly launched system features the world’s first dual capability DVB-SCPC & DVB-RCS terminal, SatNet terminal model S5400...

Hungarian neighborhood heats up for Spacecom with eight contracts for AMOS satellites
Spacecom announced that it secured eight contracts in Hungary with new channels during the past twelve months, further fortifying its solid business position in Hungary. AMOS satellites’ hot-spot located at 4°West longitude proved especially attractive for TV channels requiring content distribution to cable head-ends for a growing number of Hungarian clients during the period including: Telemedia Hungary, Sanoma Central Europe, IKO and Vital TV...