Canada's Telesat Reports Anomaly

Telesat's Anik F2 satellite suffered a technical anomaly that resulted in loss of satellite services to its customers across Canada and the U.S. Telesat believes the satellite can be returned to service and is working with customers on restoration. http://www.telesat.comTelesat Canada's Anik F2 satellite was launched by Arianespace in July 2004. It was the biggest commercial satellite launched to date at that time (5,950 kg). It is equipped with 38 Ka-band transponders, 32 Ku-band transponders and 24 C-band transponders and designed for a...

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Equinix Secures $150 Million Revolving Credit Facility

Equinix secured a $150 million unsecured revolving credit facility. Lenders in the Company's revolver consist of a group of three large U.S. banks, including Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and HSBC Bank USA, N.A. http://www.equinix....

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Open Range Files for Chapter 11 -- Largest RUS-funded Project

Open Range Communication, the largest Rural Utilities Service (RUS) funded carrier in the U.S., filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after its government loans were cut off. The company, which is based in Greenwood Village, Colorado, provides High Speed Wireless Internet and Home Phone services to rural communities across the U.S. Along with the filing, the company has laid off the majority of it workers and the CEO has reported resigned.Open...

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FCC Chairman Proposes Replacing USF with "Connect America" Fund

FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski outlined a "Connect America" plan to reform and modernize the Universal Service Fund (USF) and Intercarrier Compensation (ICC) system with the goal of expanding broadband infrastructure and extending mobile broadband to areas of the country where it is not currently available.The plan calls for transitioning the $4.5 billion annual USF into the new Connect America Fund, which would have two core goals:(1) Ensuring...

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Intelsat-18 Successfully Launched

The new Intelsat-18 was successfully launched from the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan aboard an Zenit-3SLB. Intelsat-18, which was built by Orbital Sciences Corporation, carries a hybrid C- and Ku-band payload and is located at an orbital slot at 180 degrees East Longitude. The satellite's C-band payload will serve Eastern Asia, the Pacific and the Western United States and its Ku-band payload serves French Polynesia, Eastern Australia and the...

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Sprint's Network Vision Webcast -- 9:30am ET

Sprint's 4G network strategy update will be webcast live:Friday, October 7, 2011 Time: 9:30 a.m. EDTCall-in Number: 1-888-393-1149 ID required: 6395937http://www.sprint.com/invest...

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Sprint Continues Unlimited Data Plan with iPhone

Sprint confirmed that it will continue to offer an unlimited data for its new iPhone customers.Sprint iPhone plans start at $69.99 per month plus the required $10 Premium Data add-on charge. Sprint's Simply Everything Plan (unlimited voice, data and texting) is priced at $99.99 per month plus the required $10 Premium Data add-on charge (all while on the Sprint network). A Mobile Hotspot option will be available for an additional $29.99 per month...

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Orange Business Launches SSL SaaS based on Junos Pulse

Orange Business Services introduced a secure remote access service called Flexible SSL based on Juniper Networks' Junos Pulse.The Security-as-a-Service provides business customers secure remote access to corporate IT systems from desktops, laptops, smartphones and tablets via different network connections, such as WiFi, 3G and DSL. The Junos Pulse software client ensure authenticated access. http://www.orange-business.c...

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