Month: November 2005

Spotlight: Keeping Ports Safe

Following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C., increasing the safety and security of U.S. ports became one of the many areas the federal...

Companies Gearing Up For BGAN Launch

Given the amount of effort going into the marketing of Inmarsat‘s forthcoming Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) service, the high-speed data access service should be a significant component of the...

IS-804 Failure Review Board Update

Intelsat Ltd. said Nov. 10 in its third quarter financial report that, based on failure review board analysis (FRB), the most likely cause of the of the total failure of...

Skyterra Gains Complete Ownership Of HNS

Skyterra Communications Inc., an affiliate of New York-based private equity firm Apollo Management LP, has executed an agreement to acquire the remaining 50 percent of Hughes Network Systems LLC (HNS)...

HS3 Completes Acquisition of IP-Colo

HS3 Technologies Inc. (HS3), announced Nov. 11 that it acquired IP-Colo Inc., which offers wireless technologies integrated with high-speed Internet via satellite to provide real-time security and monitoring solutions for...

Orbiting Wall Street

NSE New Skies Satellites Holdings Ltd. reported Nov. 9 a profit of $6.1 million on revenues of $61.2 million in the third quarter 2005. “Revenues are 14 percent higher relative...