Author: Staff Writer

Satellite dish dealers typically use their powers of persuasion with their customers but last week they came to Washington to win the support of lawmakers in Congress. A first-of-its-kind “Retailer...

Intelsat has expanded its terrestrial network by powering up a new mountaintop teleport in Hagerstown, Md. Intelsat’s teleport will provide service to 100 existing customers of GlobalConnex, the operator’s bundled...

This week, we take a closer look at a company with a plan to dominate the satellite radio market: XM Satellite Radio. For more in-depth competitive intelligence reports detailing “who’s...

The battle for video and high-speed Internet access is here. Find out who is likely to win, who has the greatest challenges, and what opportunities that knowledge will open up...

The Telecom Marketing Awards presented by PBI Media’s Telecom Group are among the telecommunications industry’s most privileged honors, recognizing the best telecom marketing campaigns and programs of the past year....

Satellite dish dealers visited Congress this week to urge support for market fairness as part of a first-of-its-kind “Retailer Rally,” organized by the Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association. The SBCA...

Wilton, Conn.-based PanAmSat [Nasdaq: SPOT] is building up its in-orbit satellite capacity of potentially lucrative high-definition television (HDTV) services. An initial step is the planned launch of the Galaxy XIII/Horizons...

Alcatel Space, a subsidiary of Paris-based Alcatel [NYSE: ALA], has won a five-year contract worth 19 million euros ($21.8 million) from French space agency CNES (Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales) to...

Australian airline Qantas [ASX: QAN] said Friday it is offering passengers unlimited use of its new Qantas Short Message Service (SMS) system for a month. The new system allows passengers...

With the installation of Rockwell Collins‘ [NYSE: COL] dual transceiver in its satellite communications system, the Falcon 900EX becomes the first business aircraft in the world to operate simultaneous dual...