Month: June 2005

Intellon Corp. announced that Echostar Communications Corp. selected its Homeplug Powerline technology, which will be added to Echostar’s Dish Network satellite television receivers to integrate multiple receivers with a single...

Telenor Satellite Services signed a three-year communication agreement with Neste Oil Corp. of Helsinki, Finland, for maritime broadband services, Telenor announced. Under the terms of the agreement, Telenor will provide...

C-Com Satellite Systems Inc. said June 7 it signed an agreement with EMS Satellite Networks, a division of EMS Technologies Inc., to integrate and jointly sell its iNetVu mobile satellite-based...

Panamsat Corp. announced June 8 it signed a multiyear expansion agreement to distribute premium programming from China Central Television (CCTV) to western Africa. Panamsat currently provides full-time program distribution services...

Nera, a supplier of satellite communications equipment, received approval from the U.S. government to provide its open standards DVB-RCS (Digital Video Broadcast – Return Channel Satellite) technology for two-way broadband...

Hughes Network Systems LLC (HNS) introduced the first Inmarsat Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) Class 1 terminal to work over the new Inmarsat I4 satellite system, HNS announced June 8....

XM Satellite Radio said June 7 it signed an exclusive content sharing deal with Audible Inc., a provider of digitally delivered, spoken word audio. The two companies will introduce in...

Arianespace pushed back the launch of a pair of satellites due to an unspecified technical problem with the Telkom 2 spacecraft, Arianespace announced June 6. The launch of the Spaceway...

Swe-Dish Satellite Systems will develop an Internet protocol (IP)-based, Ku-band satellite network for Malaysian authorities based on its suitcase terminal already in use by other government organizations. The order includes...

EMS Satcom, the Ottawa-based division of EMS Technologies, said it launched its interactive video aimed at giving clients the tools to install the company’s Fleet 55 satellite marine communication terminal....