Month: May 2003

GlobeCast, a satellite service subsidiary of France Telecom [NYSE: FTE], has created its Government Services Group to provide satellite, terrestrial network and integrated value-added services in the United States to […]

V-ONE [OTCBB:VONE], a Germantown, Md.-based Internet security technology company, has partnered with Ground Control, which supplies mobile and fixed satellite Internet access, to provide secure satellite communications and applications. San […]

The Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association (SBCA) has promoted Alex Breckon to vice president of business development, reporting to SBCA President Andrew Wright. Breckon’s responsibilities will include building association membership, […]

Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT], based in Bethesda, Md., and Spectrum Astro, headquartered in Gibert, Ariz., have joined together to pursue the development of the next-generation of Global Positioning System satellites […]

Harris [NYSE:HRS], a Melbourne, Fla.-based supplier of weather data processing systems to the U.S military and other government agencies, has signed a contract to provide U.S. mobile forces with real-time […]

NDS Group believes the European market is likely to show signs of improvement for conditional access (CA) vendors this year. NDS has recently signed deals with satellite pay-TV operators Foxtel […]

XM Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: XMSR] Thursday reported revenue of $13.1 million for the first quarter, up $11.3 million from $1.8 million a year ago. XM posted an EBITDA (earnings before […]

NSI Global [TSX: NGL], a supplier of satellite-based communications systems headquartered in Montreal, announced that its Vistar subsidiary is supplying 700 GlobalWave MT2000 satellite data communication terminals for use by […]

90 degreesE: Yamal 102 D Evrasija TV [Eurasia TV] has been replaced by Oblastnoe TV from Ekaterinburg on 3600 MHz LHCP, SR 4285, FEC 3/4, VPID 308, APID 256. Several […]

New Skies Satellites [NYSE: NSK] reported first quarter net income of $3.6 million, rebounding from a net loss of $17 million during the same quarter last year. The big difference […]

EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH] first quarter subscriber levels impressed analysts on Wall Street. The company’s strong subscriber growth momentum versus cable and rival DirecTV earned a positive review from Karim […]

Integral Systems [Nasdaq: ISYS] has been awarded a contract from Northrop Grumman Space Systems in Azusa, Calif., to develop the SBIRS- High Payload Diagnostic System, a high-Earth orbiting component of […]

Globalstar Canada Satellite, the Mississauga, Ontario, Ca. – based provider of global mobile satellite telecommunication services in Canada, has acquired all shares of Globalstar Canada Holding from Shaw Communications [NYSE:SJR]. […]

Flight Explorer, Arlington, Va.- based provider of Internet-based flight tracking and information systems, and Blue Sky Network, a La Jolla, Calif.-based satellite communications company, are partnering to provide worldwide satellite-based […]

Smith Micro Software [Nasdaq: SMSI], a Aliso Viejo, Calif. -based developer of software and service communications for the wireless market, has agreed to supply data connectivity accessory kits to Thuraya […]

The clock is ticking for Inmarsat. The mobile satellite operator faces a June 30 deadline set by the U.S. Congress in the ORBIT Act to hold an initial public offering. […]

Maqsat, a Dutch satellite communications provider, has joined the Europe*Star gateway program. The program, consisting of network providers, national telecom providers and independent teleport operations, provides access to Europe*Star’s satellites. […]

Viaccess CEO Jean-Pierre Coustel is in a belligerent mood. The French conditional access (CA) vendor has had a tough few months that culminated in one of its leading customers, satellite […]

French satellite pay-TV operator TPS is celebrating after the Paris Appeals Court approved a new agreement thrashed out between itself, pay-TV rival Canal+, and the Ligue Francais de Football (LFP) […]

While most satellite operators are showing declines in revenues, all of them appear to be working behind the scenes in terms of repositioning their operations for growth. Whether it is […]

By Maury Mechanick The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention in Las Vegas this past April was thought provoking on a number of levels. NAB is always an interesting venue […]

Intelsat took a hit in revenues for the first quarter of 2003, compared to the same stage last year. It had revenues of $238.9 million in the first quarter, compared […]

After receiving European Commission approval in early April, the sale of Italian pay-TV satellite operator Telepiu has been completed. As a result, Vivendi Universal [NYSE: V] has raised some much […]

Americom Government Services (AGS) and Japan’s JSAT Corp. (JSAT) have signed a business collaboration agreement to support each company’s pursuit and execution of U.S. government-related satellite-based communications services in the […]

New Skies Satellites [NYSE: NSK], a Dutch-based satellite communications company, and KMS/FalconStream, a Kuwaiti information technology firm that provides Internet connectivity services via satellite, have signed a long-term multi-transponder, multi-satellite […]

London-based mobile satellite service provider Inmarsat now derives more than half of its revenues from mobile data services, according to President and CEO Michael Storey. And this growth in data […]

EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq:DISH] Tuesday reported 2003 first-quarter revenues of $1.36 billion, a 23 percent increase from $1.1 billion for the same period in 2002. The company’s earnings before interest, taxes, […]

Delphi Product & Service Solutions, a unit of Delphi Corp. [NYSE: DPH], has signed up mass retailer Wal-Mart [NYSE: WMT] to sell Delphi XM SKYFi radios and other products in […]

EMS Technologies [Nasdaq: ELMG] said it has delivered ahead of schedule an engineering model of the beam-forming network (BFN) for the U.S. Department of Defense‘s advanced EHF satellite system. The […]

Satellite service providers have made limited inroads in the enterprise IP data networking market, notes Northern Sky Research in its latest series of research report entitled “Satellite IP Data Services […]