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Talking tactics Since the Falklands War in 1982 when the smallest amount of satellite communications were used in the battlefield, usage has grown at a phenomenal rate and shows no sign whatsoever of slowing. In fact, the realisation that satcoms provide an efficient and effective means of communication at any time and in any place has had a profound effect on the way the battlefield is connected.   Click here to read the full article

ILS to Launch 5th-Generation Satellite for Arabsat
International Launch Services (ILS) announced today it has been selected to launch a fifth-generation satellite for Arabsat...

Service Revenue for Broadband Satellite to Exceed US$4.6 Billion by 2011
In its recently released Broadband Satellite Markets, 6th Edition study, Northern Sky Research Ltd. (NSR) investigates service and customer premise equipment (CPE) revenue potential in three separate broadband satellite markets: enterprise & SME VSAT networks, single site satellite broadband Internet access services, and satellite IP trunking. ...

Intelsat Launches Global Maritime Solution
Intelsat Ltd., the world's leading provider of commercial satellite services, announced today the launch of its new Network Broadband GLOBAL Maritime service, the latest addition to Intelsat’s GlobalConnex portfolio of services, as well as the signing of a multi-year distribution agreement with Schlumberger...

SWE-DISH announces 70 MSEK order from FMV-Sweden
SWE-DISH Satellite Systems AB, headquartered in Solna-Stockholm, Sweden, has been awarded a close to 70 MSEK order for a complete satellite communications system from FMV – Defence Materiel Administration – the procurement authority of the Swedish Department of Defence...

SES signs contracts for 10 satellite launches
SES, the world’s pre-eminent satellite operator today unveiled new groundbreaking satellite launch vehicle contracts covering the majority of the satellite launch requirements for the SES group from the period 2009-2013. These “multi-launch agreements” ensure that each SES satellite will have a primary as well as a back-up launch vehicle, each with two launch slots, providing utmost planning security and flexibility for the company’s ambitious launch schedule...

SAT-GE, a new company, to offer satellite capacity across the Pacific
GE International Holdings Inc., a holding company for the satellite businesses of General Electric Company, is now engaged in business in Asia under the name of SAT-GE. SAT-GE offers unparalleled satellite capacity across the Pacific region using the GE-23 satellite (former name AMC-23)...

Eutelsat signs agreement with Telecoms Sans Frontieres
Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL), one of the world's leading satellite operators, and Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF) today announced the signature of an agreement whereby Eutelsat becomes an official partner of TSF to support its humanitarian aid operations throughout the world. The announcement was made at Eutelsat headquarters in Paris by Giuliano Berretta, Eutelsat CEO and Jean-Francois Cazenave, President of Télécoms Sans Frontières...

New SkyWAN® Platform for Government and Defence Applications
ND SatCom, an SES ASTRA company and a leading global supplier of satellite-based broadband VSAT, broadcast, government and defence communication network solutions, is extending its SkyWAN® family with new modem technology integrated in the ND SatCom SkyWAN® IDU 7000. This Indoor Unit (IDU) is the new flagship of SkyWAN®’s product family and supports flexible, secure and cost efficient satellite network solutions especially for government and defence institutions...

Advantech Satellite Networks Announces Executive Appointment
ADVANTECH today announced the appointment of Jack Buechler to the position of Director of Sales for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) for ADVANTECH Satellite Networks. Jack Buechler has proven his leadership abilities over the span of his 20-year career in sales and marketing for IT and telecommunications companies. He comes to ADVANTECH with a deep understanding and first-hand knowledge of global sales and marketing of IT solutions including VoIP, unified communications and telecommunication markets using terrestrial and satellites technologies for transmission...