Month: December 2003

CSI Wireless [TSX: CSY], a Calgary, Alberta-based GPS device manufacturer, has introduced two new GPS products for the global aerial guidance market. The LiteStar II is an entry-level guidance system […]

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Boeing [NYSE: BA] officials announced Wednesday the successful rollout and vehicle erection of the first Delta IV heavy launcher at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The mission is scheduled […]

Tenzing Communications and ARINC have signed an agreement to provide airlines with in-flight email connectivity via satellite. Airlines that want to enable their aircraft for e-mail can do so by […]

International Launch Services (ILS) has received authorization to begin operations for the launch of a new classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) on a Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT]-built […]

Telenor Satellite Services [Nasdaq: TELN] has introduced Satellite Direct Plus, an innovation in fixed-to-mobile calling via satellite. The new service allows users to place satellite calls from any location in […]

WorldSpace Corp., a Washington D.C.-based satellite radio company, is leading a team of companies that are bidding on a $98 million Department of Defense contract to rebuild Iraq’s news and […]

Marcel Fenez has been reelected for a second two-year term as chairman of the Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) during the group’s annual meeting held in Singapore […]

2003 SATELLITE NEWS’ PR & Marketing Awards Presented by PBI Media’s Satellite Group There’s still time to enter SN’s PR & Marketing Awards, which are among the industry’s most privileged […]

Karrier Communications, a Cameron Calif.-based sports software company, has begun shipping its new IntelliGolf version 7.0 golf software for PalmOne [Nasdaq: PLMO] handheld devices and Microsoft [Nasdaq: MSFT] mobile pocket […]

Trafficmaster, a British supplier of digital traffic information and telematics services, has signed agreements with Japanese auto makers Nissan Motor Co. [Nasdaq: NSANY]and Mazda Motor Corp. for its Trackstar stolen […]

Vigil Locating Systems, a Montreal-based supplier of GPS-based vehicle location systems, has closed a non-brokered private placement. This tranche of the private placement closed 1,250,000 units at a price of […]

The World Summit on the Information Society kicked off in Geneva Wednesday with an appeal by International Telecommunication Union Secretary-General Yoshio Utsumi to world leaders to share information and communication […]

International Launch Services plans to launch a Boeing [NYSE: BA]-built U.S. Navy communications satellite on board a Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT]-built Atlas III rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station […]

Hughes Network Systems, the Germantown, Md.-based broadband satellite subsidiary of Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH], has signed two contracts to provide its DirecWay network and service to two entities in Africa. […]

NightHawk Systems [OTC BB: NIHK] has introduced its ST1500 wireless remote control product that uses the ORBCOMM satellite network. The revolutionary ST1500 allows a user to remotely control any electrical […]

2003 SATELLITE NEWS’ PR & Marketing Awards Presented by PBI Media’s Satellite Group SN’s PR & Marketing Awards are among the industry’s most privileged honors, recognizing the best satellite PR […]

The European Space Agency‘s Rosetta space probe has undergone checkout and modification at Arianespace‘s spaceport in French Guiana in preparation for its new launch date on a mission to catch […]

German pay-TV satellite operator Premier is likely to hit the 3 million subscriber mark in early 2004. The operator expects to close this year with around 2.9 million subscribers. Georg […]

BT Broadcast Services is providing transmission services for Philippine broadcaster ABS-CBN. The broadcaster’s programming will be delivered to viewers via BT’s DTH (direct-to-home) digital platform, which includes four pay-TV channels […]

The Satellite Users Interference Reduction Group (SUIRG), a Washington, D.C.-based international association of satellite operators and users, announced that it has incorporated as a not-for-profit organization to lead the satellite […]

ORBCOMM, a Dulles, Va.-based satellite telecommunications company, has renewed and extended its agreement with Caterpillar [NYSE: CAT] to provide wireless data access through its low-earth-orbit satellite network for equipment management […]

The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has confirmed that the Japanese satellite Nozomi has been rerouted away from Mars by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). Crucial orbit insertion maneuvers were […]

2003 SATELLITE NEWS’ PR & Marketing Awards Presented by PBI Media’s Satellite Group SN’s PR & Marketing Awards are among the industry’s most privileged honors, recognizing the best satellite PR […]

Concerns that Europe’s proposed Galileo satellite navigation system might interfere with the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS) appear to be easing. Talks between U.S. and European officials are leading to […]

A star-studded music concert in Cape Town, South Africa, broadcast worldwide via satellite helped to raise money and awareness to fight AIDS. The three-hour concert on Nov. 29 was made […]

By David Hartshorn Expanded satellite market access and earth station interoperability topped the telecom agenda at a recent government/industry meeting held in El Salvador. The focus was to identify the […]

Recent gains in promoting access to broadband services in Latin America have resulted from intensive private and public sector efforts to improve satellite regulations throughout the region. Collaboration among officials […]

Philips Consumer Electronics [NYSE: PHG], the Dutch-based electronics manufacturer, hopes to take advantage of the consolidation in satellite pay-TV markets across Europe to provide better products and services to its […]

Week of Nov. 28- Dec. 4, 2003 Percentage Change Symbol Dec. 4 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 2.56 (1.2) 3.6 […]