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Globecomm Systems [Nasdaq: GCOM], a Hauppauge, N.Y.-based provider of satellite-based communications solutions, has extended its relationship with African Virtual University (AVU) with a contract valued at approximately $1.5 million. The...

Russia’s state-owned Khrunichev Research and Production Center has received a contract to manufacture the first national geostationary telecommunications satellite for the government of Kazakhstan, according to the TASS news agency....

DirecTV, an El Segundo, Calif.-based satellite TV provider, has filed with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for authority to move its DirecTV 5 spacecraft into an orbital slot controlled by...

The dominant U.S. satellite radio services provider, XM Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: XMSR], beat analyst forecasts for the fourth quarter by signing up more than 430,000 customers – its best quarter...

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing [BA: NYSE:] a GPS III study contract valued at $20.8 million. Under the contract, Boeing will perform a 24-month systems requirement review (SRR)...

Wherify Wireless, a Redwood Shores, Calif.-based developer of wireless location products, has introduced what the company says is the world’s smallest GPS-enabled cell phone. The new phone will feature a...

AirTran AirWays, a subsidiary of Atlanta, Ga.-based AirTran Holdings [NYSE: AAI], has selected XM Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: XMSR], a Washington D.C.-based satellite radio provider, to provide in-flight entertainment. No financial...

Ottawa, Canada-based C-Com Satellite Systems [TSXV: CMI] has signed a distribution agreement with ShowNet Internet Solutions, a Kuwait- based reseller of DirecWay broadband satellite service, to distribute C-Com’s iNetVu mobile...

Petah Tikva, Israel-based Gilat Satellite Networks [Nasdaq: GILTF] will supply a hub and 300 VSATs to China’s Central Agriculture Broadcast and Television School (CABTS) for a rural distant learning network....

Canada’s MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) has secured C$1.8 million (US$1.4 million) in downlink agreement renewals with four RADARSAT-1 clients. MDA holds the exclusive international marketing rights to RADARSAT-1 data....