Month: June 2004

Globalstar LLC officials today said the Federal Communications Commission adopted a Report and Order with new rules for “Big LEO” mobile satellite systems that will allow Globalstar to continue using...

Meanwhile, XM Satellite Radio [XMSR] recently surpassed two million subscribers to its satellite radio service. The company launched its nationwide offering in November 2001, and it reached one million subscribers...

EchoStar Communications Corp. [DISH] officials today announced the company surpassed the 10 million-subscriber mark for its DISH Network direct-to- home satellite television service. To celebrate the milestone, 1,000 existing customers...

The need for 100,000 humanitarian- and reconstruction-aid workers worldwide to manage and communicate information and data quickly from remote parts of the world spurred a former refugee coordinator to start...

Jericho, N.Y.-based Rainbow DBS, Cablevision System’s [CVC] capacity-constrained satellite TV division, increased its in-orbit capabilities last week by agreeing to lease 16 transponders during the next 10 years from Princeton,...

By D.K. Sachdev, SpaceTel Consultancy Even a cursory look at the overall financial performance of the satellite industry during the last few years makes it obvious that the future for...

New Skies Satellites [NSK] CEO Dan Goldberg fully expects the company’s management team to remain in place after the company’s announcement of its sale last week. His comments came in...

Ya.com Internet Factory’s CEO believes his company’s foray into the satellite broadband market in Spain is crucial if it wants to put pressure on rival Telefonica in its home market....

Loral Skynet and HBO Pacific Partners V.O.F. renewed their deal that has Loral distributing HBO Asia content across Asia via the Telstar 10 satellite. Specific details on the agreement, including...

Tachyon Networks is joining in the celebration of graduating high-school students by donating the company’s bandwidth and remote-access satellite equipment to let their parents serving in the military in Iraq...