Month: April 2003

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...

Maritime Telecommunications Network (MTN), a Miramar, Fla.-based provider of satellite-based communications to cruise ships and offshore oil rigs, has signed a marketing and distribution agreement with Xantic, a Dutch satellite...

Belgacom will use SkyStream Networks’ Mediaplex 20 video services router to deliver Internet and streaming services via satellite to its business customers, especially Internet service providers. Belgacom is a Belgian...

As a first step in collecting space debris, the National Space Development Agency of Japan’s (NASDA) satellite, mu-Lab Sat, last month captured images of a small target jettisoned from the...

U.S.-based satellite service provider PanAmSat is hoping for a successful year in Latin America despite the recent announcement that one of its biggest customers in the region, DirecTV Latin America...

The interactive TV revolution is well underway. This was the main message coming out of the recent MILIA 2003 show in Cannes, France. With seemingly more and more channels being...

In the previous edition of Interspace (issue 765), in the AsiaSat story titled “Despite lower revenues, AsiaSat CEO still hopeful,” the table within the story states that AsiaSat 4’s final...

SES Americom’s deal with EchoStar to provide satellite capacity on its AMC-15 satellite is a key first step in bringing a European wholesale model for direct-to-home (DTH) services across to...

News Corp has had a double boost in the last week. Its deal to merge Telepiu and Stream in Italy is expected to be approved by the European Commission. It...

International Launch Services is getting ready to launch the AsiaSat 4 communications satellite April 10 aboard an Atlas III rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The AsiaSat 4,...