XinhuaNet | March 22, 2011 | Wang Guanqun
BEIJING, March 22 (Xinhuanet) -- China's car owners are likely to start using a homegrown global positioning system next year, senior space technology experts said at the weekend.
Liu Jingnan, from the Chinese Academy of Engineering who is...
Intelsat | March 21, 2011 | Press Release
Intelsat S.A., the world’s leading provider of fixed satellite services, today announced that Sun TV Network Ltd. (Sun TV) has signed a multi-year, multi-transponder contract for C-band capacity on the recently launched Intelsat 17 satellite (IS-17) at...
Business News Americas | March 18, 2011 | Patrick Nixon
Certain countries in the Caribbean are implementing an advanced communications system called Common Alerting Protocols (CAP), which allows automatic, multimedia distribution of information in the case of tsunamis, earthquakes and other natural disasters, Bernardo Aliaga,...
SES World Skies | March 15, 2011 | Press Release
SES WORLD SKIES, a division of SES S.A. (Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG), today announced a new capacity deal with Axesat aimed at meeting escalating ...
Arianespace | March 15, 2011 | Press Release
ARSAT has once again selected Arianespace for its commercial launch services - this time to orbit the Argentinean satellite operator's second satellite, Arsat-2.
Participating in this week's Satellite 2011 conference in Washington, D.C., Arianespace today announced that it...
Arianespace | March 15, 2011 | Press Release
ARSAT has once again selected Arianespace for its commercial launch services - this time to orbit the Argentinean satellite operator's second satellite, Arsat-2.
Participating in this week's Satellite 2011 conference in Washington, D.C., Arianespace today announced that it...
Advantech Wireless | March 14, 2011 | Press Release
Advantech Wireless, a Canadian-based manufacturer of Satellite, RF and Microwave systems has concluded major sales in Brazil and Mexico for its Satellite Communications product line. Products include AMT 75 Modems and redundant switches, SCPC and DVB-RCS...
PR Newswire | February 28, 2011 | Press Release
Transition to all MPEG-4 will optimize bandwidth utilization, readying the network for delivery of more high definition services
HORSHAM, Pa., Feb. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Motorola Mobility Inc. (NYSE: MMI) announced today that Home Box Office (HBO) Latin America will upgrade its...
PR Newswire | February 28, 2011 | Press Release
Transition to all MPEG-4 will optimize bandwidth utilization, readying the network for delivery of more high definition services
HORSHAM, Pa., Feb. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Motorola Mobility Inc. (NYSE: MMI) announced today that Home Box Office (HBO) Latin America will upgrade its...
DirecTV | February 3, 2011 | Press Release
DIRECTV is the Exclusive Satellite Provider of Perú Mágico, Offering a Rich Selection of News, Entertainment, Sports and More – All Direct from...
Satmex | January 25, 2011 | Press Release
MEXICO, D.F.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Satélites Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V. (“Satmex” or the “Company”) announced that it has reached an agreement with the holders (the “Supporting ...
Xinhua Net News | January 13, 2011 | Xiong Tong
LA PAZ, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- Bolivian President Evo Morales said Wednesday that a telecommunications satellite to be built and launched by China would greatly contribute to Bolivia's development.
The two countries signed contracts in mid-December...
Gilat Satellite Networks | January 5, 2011 | Press Release
Petah Tikva, Israel, 5 January, 2011 - Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (Nasdaq: GILT), a worldwide leader in satellite networking technology, solutions and services, today announced that the Ministry of Information Technology and Communications in Colombia,...
Korea Telecom | December 30, 2010 | Press Release
▶ KT successfully launched its satellite “Olleh 1” from the Guyana Space Center in French Guyana, South America at 06:27 on Dec. 30, 2010
▶ High quality satellite services including HD and 3D are to be provided...
ILS Press Release | December 29, 2010
RESTON, Va. & MEXICO CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--International Launch Services (ILS) and Satellites Mexicanos S.A. de C.V. (Satmex) announce the launch of the Satmex 8 satellite on an ILS ...
Boeing | Press Release | December 20, 2010
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Dec. 20, 2010 -- Boeing today announced that it has received a contract for approximately $1 billion from the government of Mexico to deliver an end-to-end satellite communications system. The system, known as...
BEIJING, Dec. 20, 2010 | PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall | Linktone Ltd
Linktone Ltd. (Nasdaq: LTON), a leading provider of interactive media and entertainment products and services to consumers in China and Southeast Asia, today announced it will purchase, through the secondary market, a portion of the senior...
NexTVLatam | Monday, December 20 2010
The Colombian National Television Commission decided to reduce from 10% to 7% the percentage on gross income tax paid by Pay-TV operators. Such measure will become effective as from January 2011. According to the aforementioned agency such decision is...
Comtech | Press Release
MELVILLE, N.Y., Dec. 13, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (Nasdaq:CMTL) announced today that its Tempe, Arizona-based subsidiary, Comtech EF Data Corp., won a $1.3 million order for satellite communications infrastructure equipment. The equipment will support a satellite-based mobile backhaul network in Latin America.
The order includes a comprehensive list...
OTTAWA, ONTARIO, Nov 30, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- C-COM Satellite Systems Inc.(CA:CMI 0.34, 0.00, 0.00%) ("C-COM" or the "Company") a leading global provider of mobile auto-deploying satellite antenna systems today announced that it has received orders in excess of $1,000,000 from resellers in Argentina and Russia.
The...
December 15, 2010 | Hughes Network Systems Press Release
Leading Digital Media Provider Chooses Hughes Managed Services For Distributing Corporate Video Content
Germantown, Md., USA, 15 December 2010?Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES),the global leader in broadband satellite networks and services, today announced that its Brazilian operating unit,...
By Patrick Nixon | Business News Americas
The Brazilian unit of satellite and services providerHughes Network Systems (Nasdaq: HUGH),Hughes do Brasil, is looking at potentially expanding services to the Southern Cone, given the boom it is seeing in the Brazilian market for backhaul, Rafael Guimaraes,...
Every year since the World Cup in 2006, companies have been proclaiming that ‘this year will be the year for mobile TV.’ Yet despite the optimism, Mobile TV doesn’t really seem to have taken the world by storm.
