Author: Staff Writer

The number of households subscribing to satellite TV has increased dramatically during the past year, according to the J.D. Power and Associates “2005 Residential Cable/Satellite TV Satisfaction Study,” released Aug....

ICO Global Communications (Holdings) Ltd. said Aug. 15 its wholly owned subsidiary ICO North America Inc. raised $650 million in a private placement with institutional investors. ICO North America intends...

Noorsat recently launched operations in the Middle East with a new platform, which will offer customers voice, video, data and Internet satellite communication solutions. Noorsat aims to put pressure on...

ViaSat is supplying a Linkstar broadband network-to-network service provider HCL Comnet Ltd, a subsidiary of HCL Technologies, for shared hub network services in India. The services are targeted at banks,...

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced Aug. 16 that its Maryland-based subsidiary, Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp., received $1.8 million of orders for its mobile data communications products. The company will provide mobile...

Audible, a provider of digitally-delivered spoken audio, and XM Satellite Radio, announced Aug. 16 the launch of the XM Audible Store featuring exclusive XM programming available for individual purchase or...

Echostar Communications Corp., on the heels of second quarter financial results, which yielded mixed reaction and diminishing new net subscribers from its telecom partners for its Dish Network direct-to-home satellite...

Paradigm Services signed a deal with its Skynet 5 partner, Serco, for a new operations building on the Paradigm Services Hawthorn site in the United Kingdom. The operations building is...

Orbimage Holdings Inc. reported Aug. 16 revenue of $8.5 million for the second quarter 2005, down from $9.7 million in the second quarter 2004. The company’s net loss widened during...

Stratos Global Corp. announced Aug. 15 it signed a letter of intent to purchase Xantic B.V. According to Stratos, the transaction will create the world’s leading provider of advanced remote...