Month: April 2004

News Corp Plans U.S. Incorporation

News Corp [NWS], the parent organization of DirecTV [DTV]and BSkyB, today announced it would change the company’s place of incorporation to the United States from Australia. The proposed reorganization is...

Quake Global's Dual-Mode Modems Available

Quake Global Inc. said its dual-mode satellite modems would be available through its master distributor Teletouch Communications. The modems communicate though either a terrestrial CDMA or GSM wireless network or...

L-3 Awarded $36 Million U.S. Army Contract

L-3 Communications [LLL] officials said today the company has been awarded a $36 million task order from the U.S. Army Communications-Electronic Command (CECOM) to continue providing satellite communications software engineering...

EchoStar President Dugan Retires

EchoStar Communications [DISH] President and COO Michael Dugan announced plans to retire from his posts April 30, after serving 14 years with the company. Dugan, 55, will continue to serve...

ORBIMAGE Rises From Bankruptcy

The prospects for Dulles, Va.-based ORBIMAGE are brightening, and they could take a major leap forward if it wins the second NextView contract the U.S. government is expected to award...

Ventures Offer Respectable Returns

The high-profile failure of low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellite voice services left the industry saddled with a reputation among many large investors that it posed inordinate risks. Funding for many ventures dried...