Month: September 2000

Telenor of Norway is set to buy around one third of Lockheed Martin Global Telecommunications’ (LMGT) stake in Inmarsat Ventures Limited. Following the transaction, LMGT’s stake in Inmarsat will be...

Meeting up with Sumner Redstone, chairman of Viacom is an experience. Viacom is a phenomenon. Redstone, at 78 years old, is equally phenomenal, and was on a quick tour of...

Dubai is rapidly turning itself into the technology hub of the Gulf, but it has a larger vision. Already under construction is the $272 million (E318.64 million) Dubai Internet City,...

The U.S. Army’s Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) has asked contractors for ideas on the feasibility of producing a 2-1/2-inch-diameter, dual-frequency GPS antenna that can be worn on an infantryman’s shoulder. The...

Space Systems/Loral, a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications [LOR] has signed an agreement with Sea Launch to launch the Telstar 8 satellite in 2002. The rocket will lift the...

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. said it is developing a global information gateway that will carry voice, video conferencing, Internet connectivity and broadband data services to aircraft in flight over...

BETHESDA, Md.–Satellite manufacturers and launch vehicle providers must take more responsibility with software providers in all project phases, as new commercial systems are conceived, built and deployed. That was the...

Integral Systems Inc. [ISYS], a supplier of satellite ground systems and software, has acquired SAT Corp., which provides automatic signal monitoring systems and networks for both satellite and terrestrial applications....

Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.’s [SIRI] Sirius 2 satellite successfully was launched Sept. 5 aboard a Proton rocket, achieved successful separation about two and a half hours after liftoff and had...

Loral Cyberstar has established an Indian Ocean Region (IOR), with headquarters in Bangalore, India, to provide service and support for the carrier’s customers in the region. The new region’s territory...