Month: March 2003

Qualcomm [Nasdaq: QCOM] and Agentek, a provider of wireless mobile computing solutions, are teaming to deploy satellite-based fleet management system for Milan Express. Using Qualcomm’s OmniTRACS mobile communications system and...

National Scientific [OTC: NSCT] has received a $250,000 blanket purchase order from Verify Systems for mobile wireless developmental platforms for use in Verify’s iVERIFIED school bus rider authentication system. National...

Sahara Sanchar Nigam, parent company of Sahara TV, has purchased Tektronix [NYSE: TEK] video test and measurement instruments for its eight new TV channels and new uplink earth station, located...

Antenna Technology Communications, a provider of commercial satellite communications systems, won a $2.8 million contract from the Mexican Ministry of Education to install the largest distance learning network in Latin...

A U.S. Air Force Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS) spacecraft built by Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] was launched successfully Monday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., aboard a Boeing-built...

Stratos, a provider of remote communications solutions and services, agreed to provide Shell UK Exploration and Production with a satellite communications network for its Goldeneye Platform, due to be deployed...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – “Meet your milestones.” That was the message the Federal Communications Commission’s Thomas Tycz conveyed to executives from companies planning to offer Ka- band broadband satellite services at...

M2sat Ltd. and Thuraya Satellite Telecommunication Co. are teaming up to offer mobile broadband services at speeds of 192 Kbps to the international broadcasting industry and other high capacity users...

By Michelle Dickey The U.S. government’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently released a study indicating that software errors cost the U.S. economy $59.5 billion yearly. These findings...

Hughes Electronics [GMH] and Boeing Satellite Systems, formerly Hughes Space and Communication (HSC), have agreed to jointly pay a $32 million penalty to the U.S. Department of State to resolve...