Focus - Virtual Private Networks - March - week 1 Virtually all around the world In the age of globalisation, companies and businesses have a dire need for global connectivity, a demand that the satellite industry is perfectly capable of meeting. Giovanni Verlini, Editor of Satellite Evolution EMEA, lent an ear to one of the leading experts in this area, Robert Feierbach, Executive Director of Eutelsat’s wholly-owned IP services affiliate, Skylogic Italia. Click here for the full story

New Skies Reports Record 2005 Performance
New Skies Satellites Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:NSE), the global satellite communications company, today reported financial results for the year ended December 31, 2005. Revenues for the year were $240.5 million, up 14 percent over the prior year, net loss was $1.4 million and Adjusted EBITDA(A) was $157.7 million, up 31 percent over the same period in the prior year...

Alcatel Alenia Space demonstrates the first emergency service based on EGNOS, a precursor to Galileo
Alcatel Alenia Space today announced that it will demonstrate the first emergency service based on EGNOS, a precursor of Galileo, in Lisbon, Portugal, on March 3rd. The integrated end-to-end Location-Based Solution (LBS), designed under the coordination of Alcatel Alenia Space, enables the Civil Security forces and Fire Brigades to locate emergency calls from mobile phones and efficiently guide the intervention team. Using EGNOS-enhanced accurate positioning integrated with the telecom network and the emergency control centre application, the service improves the speed and efficiency of the rescue, increases the team safety and optimizes the resources needed for overall incident management...

SES Astra to offer new digital TV services
SES ASTRA, a SES GLOBAL company (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG), enhances its digital services and offers an infrastructure for Free-TV, Pay-TV and additional interactive services. The new offer will be open to all broadcasters and ease the development of digital services on an open technological basis...

ILS Declares Proton Launch Anomaly
BAIKONUR COSMODROME, Kazakhstan -Khrunichev and International Launch Services regret to announce the failure of the Proton launch vehicle to put the ARABSAT 4A satellite into proper orbit for EADS Astrium and ARABSAT...

IDC Announces new Board Members
International Datacasting Corporation (TSX: IDC) is pleased to announce that two senior industry experts have agreed to join the IDC Board of Directors. The two individuals are Peter Liebel, a prominent investment banker and expert in corporate finance and mergers & acquisitions specializing in telecommunications and information technology and Neil Bauer, a long-time CEO and senior executive in the satellite industry with links to the major operators and service providers...

France's HD Forum issues HD ready-to-broadcast recommendations
France's HD Forum (of which Eutelsat is a founding member) announced on February 27 a set of technical recommendations for broadcasters, content providers, production and post-production companies in order to have a common basic reference for HD audio-visual-data content from multiple sources...

Alcatel Alenia Space announced today that it has signed a turnkey contract with Turkish operator Turksat AS, for the construction and the in-orbit delivery of a new powerful telecommunication satellite, Turksat 3A. Alcatel Alenia Space has been Turksat’s sole satellite provider with five satellites* awarded in more than 10 years...

SES Astra signs second contract with Globecast
SES ASTRA, an SES GLOBAL company (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG), has signed a second capacity agreement with GlobeCast, an international content management and delivery enterprise. The new transmission capacity subcontracted by SES ASTRA at the orbital position 28.2°/ 28.5° East will be used by GlobeCast to serve the UK and will support the development of new services such as high-definition TV. The first contract with GlobeCast on subcontracted capacity was signed last year...

Serbian digital TV platform starts first channel launches on W2
Serbia's new pay-TV platform, Total TV has initiated first broadcasts on Eutelsat's W2 satellite at 16 degrees East with the following channels: Art Serbia, BK TV, SOS, SportKlub, Studio B and Nickelodeon Europe...

The Golden Book
The Golden Book - a record of work undertaken to implement the goals of the World Summit on the Information Society and build the future Information Society - was launched on 24 February 2006 during the Consultation Meeting of WSIS Action Lines Facilitators/Moderators, convened by ITU, UNESCO and UNDP in Geneva...

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