Month: July 2004

Even though it has been openly criticized for offering local weather and traffic reports, XM Satellite Radio [XMSR] is expanding this service by adding 24-hour weather and traffic channels for...

For the weather-obsessed, Air2Web today said the latest release of “The Weather Channel Interactive” will allow users to receive up-to-date looping satellite images of current weather patterns as well as...

The Malaysian Center For Remote Sensing (MACRES) signed a three-year agreement with Spot Image for satellite-imagery reception from the entire Spot satellite constellation. Financial terms of the agreement were not...

Satellite News has learned that Sen. Wayne Allard (R-Colo.) is calling on the U.S. government to shift its focus from large satellites that have lots of technology packed onto them...

By Paul Dykewicz Sirius Satellite Radio is the Rodney Dangerfield of satellite broadcasting. The company gets little or no respect, just as the famous American comedian humorously laments about himself...

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. [GILTF] will supply Koochi Communications Ltd. with 300 Skystar 360E terminals to deliver broadband communications to SOHO and SME users in Nigeria and West Africa. The...

Germantown, Md.-based Hughes Network Systems is looking to ride the growth of Wi-Fi (wireless fidelity) services by providing connectivity to retail establishments that offer the service in addition to their...

According to an executive from one of the United States’ top defense contractors, the Pentagon’s failed advocacy for the Space Based Radar (SBR) satellite program on Capitol Hill was due,...

The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (DMR) has elected to incorporate DigitalGlobe’s innovative QuickBird satellite imagery into its current geographic information system (GIS) to help with the management and protection...

The profit potential of offering a Wi-Fi hot spot is substantial. If a retailer charges an average of $6 per use, beginning with three users a day in the first...