Author: Staff Writer

ADC Telecommunications Inc. [ADCT] is angling to exploit new business opportunities in Europe through the formation of a U.K.-based subsidiary that will concentrate its efforts on providing microcellular systems solutions...

Weekly Update: Last week we highlighted Orion Network Systems, PanAmSat, and Comsat as stocks that might react favorably to the dramatic increase in satellite usage because of the Princess Diana...

Hughes Space and Communications International Inc. [GMH] has signed a contract to build a geostationary mobile satellite system based in the United Arab Emirates. Hughes was selected late last month...

HANNOVER, Germany–The world’s leading manufacturer of microprocessors for personal computers, looking to solve what it sees as a shortage of bandwidth across Europe, has joined forces with a key European...

PanAmSat Corp. [SPOT] said it recently hosted 22 regulators from developing nations around the world for a training symposium sponsored by the U.S. Telecommunications Training Institute. The symposium, which covered...

The proceedings of the fifth Satel Conseil symposium, "Where do satellites fit in the global communications picture?" held in Paris from Sept. 4-6, 1996, now are available on CD-ROM. For...

Real estate conglomerate RE/MAX has switched its proprietary business TV network to AlphaStar’s [TENXF] satellite following the failure of the Telstar 401 satellite in January, AlphaStar said. RE/MAX will use...

Orbcomm Global L.P. [ORBI] signed a distribution agreement with Korean networking equipment manufacturer Communications Technology Inc. (CTI) for service provision in Korea. CTI also will explore the possibility of developing...

French conglomerate Alcatel Alsthom plans an unorthodox regulatory campaign for SkyBridge LLC, its 64-satellite broadband satellite project, which will be anchored by an unprecedented spectrum-sharing scheme that company officials say...

Mitsubishi Electronics America Inc.’s electronic device group introduced two low-noise microwave/RF devices for use in DBS and other receivers. The two devices, MGF4919G and MGF4714CP, are, respectively, for DBS receiver...