Month: April 2004

By Maria Velez de Berliner It is useful to remember that Brazil was the country most responsible last year for the belief that Latin America was recovering economically. Cautious optimism...

Houston-based CapRock Communications and Carlsbad, Calif.-based ViaSat [VSAT] combined their respective marketplace and technical strengths to form a global VSAT (very small aperture terminal) alliance to serve the oil and...

By Paul Dykewicz, PBI Media LLC The inimitable Aretha Franklin used her booming and soulful voice to turn the song “Respect” into a huge hit. Respect is exactly what satellite...

British Columbia based-MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates [MDA] was awarded a contract for a RADARSAT-2 ground station for the Instituto Geografico de Venezuela Simon Bolivar (IGVSB). The ground station will provide...

EchoStar Communications [DISH], an Englewood, Colo.-based provider of U.S. satellite TV, added local channels to El Paso, Texas, and to the Las Cruces, N.M., area as well as to the...

Intuicom, a Boulder, Colo.-based wireless data company, yesterday released the Military II navigator data link with embedded Global Positioning System (GPS) capabilities for military and homeland- security applications. The Military...

CopyTele, [COPY], a Melville, N.Y.-based manufacturer of encryption based products, agreed to provide its technology for use with the Boeing-built [BA] Thuraya satellite communications network. Financial terms were not disclosed....

The Superbird-6 satellite lifted into orbit last night after a successful launch from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on an Atlas IIAS rocket provided by International Launch Services (ILS). Liftoff of the...

SkyPort International officials said the company successfully conducted a product demonstration to the Harris County Department of Education Center for Safe and Secure Schools in Texas. The demo of a...

OpenTV [OPTV] CEO James Ackerman believes a new era of interactive television could be just around the corner in the United States, and his company could play a key role...