Month: July 2004

Patrick Brant, former president and COO of Loral CyberStar, is joining satellite phone service Iridium Satellite LLC as its newest executive-team member. Brant will serve in a multi-dimensional role as...

Congressional interest in pursuing legislation to let U.S. television viewers pick and choose the individual channels they want to buy each month from their satellite and cable TV providers is...

The Federal Communications Commission said applications submitted from Columbia Communications Corp. and Mobile Satellite Ventures Inc. (MSV) have been accepted, and those companies can move forward with their plans. In...

For the first time, cruise ship passengers will be able to use their cellular phone to talk and send text messages while in international waters. The Island Escape cruise ship...

By Roger Rusch For decades, universal communication service has been the dream of government planners. The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Development Sector is chartered to collect statistics and to encourage...

Loral Skynet, a satellite-operating subsidiary of Loral Space and Communications, is hoping for an upswing in fortunes over the next few months. While its parent company has had to deal...

By Kirby Ikin The world is entering an interesting new era as China ventures into manned space flight. Following in the footsteps of only two other nations, China has embarked...

By Paul Dykewicz, Antitrust regulators and a top Wall Street analyst made good calls last week regarding New Skies Satellites N.V. [NSK]. The Blackstone Group, a private investment firm, received...

SCI is turning over operation of Atlanta International Teleport to SatCom Systems Inc., the teleport’s new owner. SCI CEO Tom Sheddan said in a prepared statement that, with the relinquishing...

The launch of Telesat’s Anik F2 satellite was delayed for a second time, with Mother Nature stepping in to keep the satellite grounded. The telecommunications satellite originally was scheduled to...