Eutelsat signed an agreement with Italian telco Tiscali to expand its range of Tooway satellite broadband service broadband products by launching a satellite service targeting the 12 percent of the Italian population un-served by ADSL or fiber, Eutelsat announced July 23.
    The service will be called Tiscali BroadbandSat and will use the Tooway consumer ...

    Globecomm Systems has been awarded an $8.7 million Ka-band infrastructure contract from an unnamed foreign government, company announced July 15.
    Globecomm will design and install multiple Ka-band antennas and related subsystems under the contract scope, which includes a turnkey RF electronics installation for fixed- and vehicle-mounted Ka-band terminal ...

   CapRock Communications signed a three-year contract with BW to deploy CapRock’s SeaAccess service onboard BW’s fleet of approximately 100 vessels including very large crude carriers (VLCCs) and liquefied petroleum gas carriers (LPGCs), CapRock announced June 25.
    CapRock, acquired by Harris Corp. in May, will provide the fleet with voice over IP, access to the ...

   HBO Asia signed a long-term transponder lease agreement with APT Satellite for capacity on Apstar 2R (Telstar 10) and Apstar 2R's replacement satellite, Apstar 7, set to be launched in early 2012.

    Apstar 2R will provide C- and Ku-band coverage over the Asia-Pacific region from its orbital slot at 76.5 degree East. Apstar 7 will provide 28 C-band and 28 ...

   SES World Skieshas signed a deal withAn Vien Group(AVG) to provide transponder capacity on the NSS-6 satellite for a new DTH service in Vietnam, the operator announced May 27.
     AVG will utilize two and a half transponders on NSS-6 to launch the service in the fourth quarter of 2010, with initial plans to offer up to 80 channels of television programming in...