Cable / Telecom News

Now in service: Anik F3

OTTAWA – Satellite owner Telesat announced today that it has launched commercial services on its brand new Anik F3 satellite that launched a few weeks ago. The new satellite provides broadcasting and telecommunications capacity and business communications throughout North America and also carries a Ka-band payload to supplement services now being carried on the Anik F2 satellite."With Anik F3, Telesat continues to grow its fleet of domestic satellite services to Canada and the US," said Dan Goldberg, Telesat's president and CEO, in a release. "Anik F3 will provide services to EchoStar… in the US market, as well as broadcasting and...