Month: February 2005

SES Global reported a slight decline in the company’s revenue for 2004 to 1.1 billion euros ($1.4 billion) from 1.2 billion euros ($1.6 billion) in 2003. The one percent drop...

According to a Feb. 21 Dow Jones wire report. Thailand is looking to spend between $90 million and $100 million on two satellites that will replace Thaicom 1 and 2,...

Stratos Global Corp. said that based on the initial response to its issuer bid dated Jan. 13, it will purchase for cancellation a total of 7.4 million common shares at...

SkyWave Mobile Communications, a provider of Inmarsat D+ terminals, satellite airtime and services, announced that its DMR200L D+ satellite terminal has passed the applicable sections of the International Electrotechnical Commission...

Although it defies conventional logic, if MPEG-4 AVC technology became a standard form of encoding broadcast content, the lower bandwidth requirements for MPEG-4 AVC could translate into an increase in...

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) announced the appointment of Jennifer Manner as the company’s new vice president of regulatory affairs. She comes to MSV after most recently serving as senior counsel...

The Global VSAT Forum (GVF) said the international satellite sector has launched an initiative seeking to streamline earth station-type approvals procedures through the endorsement of a global standard and the...

Eagle Broadband Inc. and GlobeCast said they are launching IPTVComplete, which they describe as the first turnkey IPTV services solution that enables telephone companies, municipalities, utilities and real estate developers...

Intelsat said Phillip Spector has been hired by the company to serve as executive vice president and general counsel. The well-known Washington attorney most recently serves as chairman of the...

EMS Technologies said its satellite network division signed a contract with Morsviazsputnik for a DVB-RCS system to be installed in Russia. The DVB-RCS product and technology solutions enable two-way broadband...