Author: Staff Writer

Telenor Satellite Services [Nasdaq: TELN] has introduced Satellite Direct Plus, an innovation in fixed-to-mobile calling via satellite. The new service allows users to place satellite calls from any location in...

The World Summit on the Information Society kicked off in Geneva Wednesday with an appeal by International Telecommunication Union Secretary-General Yoshio Utsumi to world leaders to share information and communication...

International Launch Services plans to launch a Boeing [NYSE: BA]-built U.S. Navy communications satellite on board a Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT]-built Atlas III rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station...

Hughes Network Systems, the Germantown, Md.-based broadband satellite subsidiary of Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH], has signed two contracts to provide its DirecWay network and service to two entities in Africa....

NightHawk Systems [OTC BB: NIHK] has introduced its ST1500 wireless remote control product that uses the ORBCOMM satellite network. The revolutionary ST1500 allows a user to remotely control any electrical...

Trafficmaster, a British supplier of digital traffic information and telematics services, has signed agreements with Japanese auto makers Nissan Motor Co. [Nasdaq: NSANY]and Mazda Motor Corp. for its Trackstar stolen...

Vigil Locating Systems, a Montreal-based supplier of GPS-based vehicle location systems, has closed a non-brokered private placement. This tranche of the private placement closed 1,250,000 units at a price of...

2003 SATELLITE NEWS’ PR & Marketing Awards Presented by PBI Media’s Satellite Group SN’s PR & Marketing Awards are among the industry’s most privileged honors, recognizing the best satellite PR...

The Satellite Users Interference Reduction Group (SUIRG), a Washington, D.C.-based international association of satellite operators and users, announced that it has incorporated as a not-for-profit organization to lead the satellite...

ORBCOMM, a Dulles, Va.-based satellite telecommunications company, has renewed and extended its agreement with Caterpillar [NYSE: CAT] to provide wireless data access through its low-earth-orbit satellite network for equipment management...