Month: April 2003

Maritime Telecommunications Network (MTN), a Miramar, Fla.-based provider of satellite-based communications to the cruise and offshore oil and gas rigs, has signed an agreement with Holland America Line to provide...

CSI Wireless [Toronto: CSY] has reached an agreement to supply aftermarket agricultural GPS-based guidance systems to AGCO [NYSE: AG], a Duluth, Ga.-based manufacturer and distributor of agricultural equipment. CSI Wireless,...

International Datacasting [Toronto: IDC] has won a contract to provide satellite datacasting services to Canadian armed forces deployed overseas. The one- year, C$3.6 million (US$2.47 million) contract calls for the...

The U.S. Army has selected General Dynamics Decision Systems, a unit of Falls Church, Va.-based General Dynamics [NYSE: GD], to integrate a voice and data communications system called the secure...

Northrop Grumman [NYSE: NOC] has signed an agreement with Orbcomm, a Dulles, Va.-based satellite communications provider, for Orbcomm to provide data transmission services through its low-orbit satellite network for container...

France Telecom Mobile Satellite Communications and KDDI have signed a partnership that will allow the French operator to offer global coverage to its Inmarsat customers with value-added services in Asia...

The launch last week of two satellites aboard an Ariane 5 rocket was a much-needed boost for French launch company Arianespace and the owners of the precious cargo. Arianespace, and...

LAS VEGAS–Satellite-delivered broadband services will gain a market niche despite fierce competition from regional telephone companies and the nation’s cable TV system operators, top satellite industry officials are predicting. “Convergence...

Don’t miss the International Space University’s 8th Annual International Symposium: “Satellite Navigation Systems: Policy, Commercial and Technical Interaction” to be held in Strasbourg, France from May 26-28. The symposium will...

By Jimmy Schaeffler Recent announcements by Washington-based XM Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: XMSR] suggest that its first quarter subscriber growth will be strong enough for it to meet aggressive 2003 projections....