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OPADS LLC has begun offering aggregated digital video programming transport via satellite to small- and medium-sized video franchises under the trade name SkyWayconnect. Founding partners of OPADS are ATCi, a...

NovAtel [Nasdaq: NGPS], a Calgary, Canada-based precise positioning technology company, has been authorized to begin work on a C$186,900 (US$143,000) contract from the Canadian Public Works & Government Services for...

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...

Inmarsat Ventures, EADS Space and the Thales Group have submitted a joint tender to become a concessionaire for the multi-billion dollar European Galileo satellite navigation project. The bid by the...

Rome Research Corp. (RRC), a subsidiary of PAR Technology [NYSE: PTC], was awarded a $1 million contract to operate and maintain the Department of Defense teleport commercial satellite terminal systems...

SES Americom, a subsidiary of SES Global [Luxembourg: SESG], and Nordic Satellite (NSAB) signed an agreement to transfer on Jan. 1 the pan-European beam on the SIRIUS 2 satellite from...

Concerns that Europe’s proposed Galileo satellite navigation system might interfere with the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS) appear to be easing. Talks between U.S. and European officials are leading to...

SES Global [Luxembourg: SESG], through its SES Global Americas Holdings, issued a new four-year eurobond Thursday worth 300 million euros ($364 million). The issue was oversubscribed and closed after three...

Gilat Satellite Network [Nasdaq: GILTF], an Israel-based satellite networking technology company, said it intends to acquire all of the remaining shares of rStar [Nasdaq: RSTRC] it doesn’t already own for...

ORBCOMM, a Dulles, Va.-based mobile satellite operator, has signed up Eurasia Telnet Services as its representative in Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan. SatWare Solutions, a New York-based company, facilitated...