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United Press International reported that KDDI Network and Solutions Inc. will offer Iridium satellite services to the Japanese market, marking the first time in five years the service will be...

Intelsat selected Convergent Media Systems as a provider of worldwide distribution services for its business TV offering. Intelsat’s global fiber and satellite network will be used to transmit live and...

Eagle Broadband said its board of directors promoted David Micek to the position of president and CEO from his position as COO. Micek succeeds Dave Weisman, who will continue to...

Motorola Inc. and WorldGate Communications Inc. claim they have conducted the first true-to-life videophone call over satellite broadband connections using the Motorola Ojo personal videophone. The phone call originated from...

The Intersputnik International Organization of Space Communications said Vadim Belov, who was elected director general earlier this month, has officially assumed his position within the organization. Russian Telecommunications Administration nominated...

EchoStar Communications Corp. announced a special offer to New York Mets fans in the New York tri-state area and parts of Pennsylvania who otherwise are not able to watch the...

SES Astra said UPC agreed to lease a fourth transponder on the SES satellite fleet located at 19.2 degrees East. The latest leased transponder is on the Astra 1E satellite....

SES Astra said the SES Group increased its shareholding in Satlynx from 41 percent to 77 percent, resulting in SES Astra taking full operational control of the company. As a...

Eumetsat, the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, said that August 23 will be the launch date for the MSG-2 satellite, which will be renamed Meteosat-9 once it...

Hispasat said it certified Integrasys‘ SatmotionPocket to be fully compliant to its radio and IP broadband hub systems requirements, adding that the Integrasys tool has been integrated to Hispasat hub...