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...
Month: November 2005
Skyterra to Acquire Remaining 50 Percent of Hughes Network Systems From DirecTV
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)...
Congressmen Call For Pentagon, Industry To Work Together To Fix Space Acquisition
Due to cost overruns and schedule delays on several major space acquisition programs, the U.S. Congress “is losing confidence in the Pentagon’s current acquisition system,” U.S. Rep. Terry Everett (R-Ala.),...
Intelsat Loss Widens In Third Quarter
Intelsat Ltd.‘s revenues grew 10 percent to $293.6 million in the third quarter 2005, though the satellite operator posted a net loss of $54.5 million, Intelsat reported Nov. 10. In...
Alcatel Teams Up With UNESCO, ESA
Alcatel Alenia Space is teaming up with UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) and the European Space Agency (ESA) for the SpaceForScience program, which provides telecoms and multimedia...
Iridium Names New Value-Added Developers
Iridium Satellite Nov. 9 named Avdata Systems Pty Ltd. and Advanced Global Communications new value-added developers for the Iridium system. Headquartered in Caloundra, Australia, Avdata Systems specializes in the development...
Asiasat Launches Asiasat 2 Platform from Hong Kong
Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (Asiasat) announced Nov. 10 that it has established a new distribution platform. The Multiple Channels per Carrier (MCPC) DVB platform will provide video, audio, data...
Morocco Joins Galileo Program
The European Union (EU) reached an agreement with the Kingdom of Morocco to participate in the Galileo satellite navigation program, the EU announced Nov. 8. The agreement will cover industrial...
ILC Teams with Envivio to Help Service Providers Roll out IPTV Services
ILC and Envivio Inc. have teamed to help service providers roll out IPTV services, the companies announced Nov. 9. Pairing ILC’s network control software Maxview with Envivio’s complete line of...
Dish Network To Exclusively Broadcast All Pakistani Cricket Home Games
Echostar Communications Corporations and its Dish Network announced Nov. 9 that it has acquired the rights to broadcast all Pakistani cricket home games in the United States for the remainder...