Month: June 2005

Sirius Satellite Radio said June 6 that it’s exclusive relationship with Ford Motor Co. has been extended through September 2011. The agreement covers all Ford brands in the United States,...

Swe-Dish Satellite Systems added new functionality to its IPT Suitcase navigation solution offering, which the company claims will make the product as easy to use as a mobile phone. The...

The commercial satellite industry generated $97.2 billion in revenues in 2004, up 6.7 percent from the previous year, according to the Satellite Industry Association‘s (SIA) “State of the Satellite Industry...

Sirius Satellite Radio announced June 1 an exclusive series that will follow Lance Armstrong on his quest for an historic seventh consecutive Tour de France title, which begins July 2....

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. reached a settlement with the government of Israel covering six years of tax assessments against the company, Gilat announced May 30. Under the settlement, Gilat agreed...

Globalstar introduced May 31 Express Data, a subscription-based service that allows users to send e-mail, transfer files and browse the Internet two to five times faster than the 9.6 kilobits...

Novatel Inc. claims to be the first company to demonstrate a dual mode GPS and Galileo L1/E5A dual frequency prototype receiver in North America. Novatel made the claim even though...

Americom Government Services Inc. (AGS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of SES Americom, said May 31 it received a contract through prime contractor Innovative Technologies Inc. to provide the satellite communications bandwidth...

Radyne Comstream Inc. announced May 31 that it completed its acquisition of Xicom Technology. After final adjustments, Radyne paid $37.7 million in cash, 219,708 shares of stock and assumed $5.1...

The Tuttle family of Strasburg, Colo., became the first subscriber of Wildblue Communications Inc.‘s two-way broadband satellite service June 2, and if the service turns out to be successful, the...