Latest News

November 2008

• Gateway Communications Chooses iDirect Evolution DVB-S2/ACM Network To Expand Services In Africa
• iDirect Platform To Interoperate With O3b Networks’ Medium Earth Orbit Satellite Constellation

October 2008

• Global VSAT Forum Membership Elects iDirect CTO Dave Bettinger To Board Of Directors
• NYNEX Implements iDirect DVB-S2/ACM Network To Expand Enterprise-Class Service In The Middle East Region
• Bentley Walker Launches iDirect Evolution Network Across EMEA Region

September 2008

• 3Di Implements iDirect SkyCelerator To Increase Data Throughput On Mission Critical Government Network
• Talia Launches iDirect DVB-S2/ACM Network To Expand Broadband Service Over Europe, Middle East And Africa
• Reduction In Shareholding In Polarsat Holdings

August 2008

• iDirect Launches Ruggedised Satellite Hub to support Mobile Network In Hostile Environments
• iDirect is First Satcom Technology Provider to be Awarded TL 9000 Quality Management System Certification

July 2008

• Telecomunicaciones BANTEL Selects iDirect Platform To Offer GSM Satellite Backhaul In Venezuela
• Panasonic Avionics Corporation Licenses iDirect’s Satellite IP Router Technology To Power In-Flight Broadband System

June 2008

• BT Latam Colombia Selects iDirect Platform To Support Government Initiative To Connect National Housing Bureaus
• Cobbett-Hill Earth Station Installs iDirect Hub To Offer VNO
• ST Electronics Satcoms Solutions @ Communicasia 2008
• iDirect Rolls Out New Evolution DVB-S2/ACM Product Line, Introduces Evolution X3 Router, XLC-10 Line Card And iDX 1.0 Software
• ST Electronics & VT iDirect Partners Tatanet To Expand Services In Demanding Markets
• iDirect Inc. renamed VT iDirect Inc

April 2008

• Malaysian Satellite Operator ScopeTel Standardises Services On iDirect Platform
• iDirect Formalises Hub Owner User Group
• ST Electronics Sets Up Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, iDirect Asia Pte. Ltd.
• iDirect, Ericsson-Oman Team To Bring Cost Efficient GSM Backhaul Solution To Market
• Reduction In Shareholding In Polarsat Holdings

March 2008

• Astrium Services Selects iDirect Platform for Newly Established Teleport In Toulouse, France Expanded network to service all major French military bases overseas
• iDirect Selected By Russian Network Operator HeliosNet To Expand Its Broadband Services
• iDirect Deploys Children's National Medical Center Implements International Telemedicine Network
• iDirect, To Showcase DVB-S2/ACM Platform Demo At CABSAT 2008 Conference And Exhibition

February 2008

• ST Electronics’ US Satcom Company, iDirect Together With Sea Tel Integrates Technologies To Extend Intelsat’s Global Maritime Broadband Service
• ST Electronics’ US Satcom Company’s iDirect Platform Named 2008 Teleport Technology Of The Year By World Teleport Association
• ST Electronics’ US Satcom Company, iDirect, Validates DVB-S2 Evolution Platform Performance Using Telesat Satellite
• ST Electronics’ US Satcom Company, iDirect Together With World Vision And Intelsat To Provide Satellite Communications To The Most Remote Regions Of The World
• iDirect Appoints Chris Burdick To Lead Global Product Management

January 2008

• iDirect Recognised As An Innovator By China’s Satellite Industry
• iDirect Platform Selected By Telefonos del Norte To Power Broadband Network In Central America
• Australian Satellite Communications Chooses iDirect Platform To Expand Services Into Southeast Asia, North And South Pacific