Satellite News

[8/22/07 – Satellite Today] Belgacom, the Belgian telco, is exiting the satellite market, the company announced Aug. 22. The company said it had reached an agreement…

[8/22/07 – Satellite Today] Mobile Satellite Ventures LP (MSV) signed a three-year agreement with DialToneServices (DTS) for the distribution of MSV satellite communications products and services, MSV announced Aug. 21. DTS, which…

[8/22/07 – Satellite Today] Global Marine Communications Ltd, Hughes Network Systems LLC and Orbit Technology Group Ltd. completed interoperability testing and sea trials of the Hughes HN series of broadband satellite modems and…

[8/22/07 – Satellite Today] Mary Cotton has been named CEO of iDirect Inc., effective Sept. 19, replacing John Kealey, iDirect parent company Vision Technologies Systems Inc. announced Aug. 22. Cotton has more…

[8/22/07 – Satellite Today] EMS Technologies Inc. signed an agreement to design the next-generation satellite phones for Inmarsat Global Ltd., EMS announced Aug. 22. The EMS Satcom division will design the dual-mode phones will support terrestrial GSM and GMR-2+ satellite operation and will detect…

EMS Technologies, Inc. said that, under an agreement with Inmarsat Global Ltd., its SATCOM Division will design Inmarsat’s next-generation dual-mode satellite and GSM mobile phone.

Belgacom SA, Belgium’s national telecom company, has sold its satellite operations to India’s ORG Informatics Ltd.

The European Union wants to let companies providing mobile satellite-based services (MSS) get one EU-wide license and avoid applying for authorisation in each member country.