Month: January 2006

Wireless Matrix Corp. executed a contract extension with Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) to continue providing satellite services through January 2008, Wireless Matrix announced. The satellite service is a key component...

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is finalizing the design of a satellite that will provide mobile television services, according to reports from the Hindu Business Line. A prototype of...

Digitalglobe announced Jan. 30 that Scott Smith has joined the company as its new COO. Smith will plan and direct all aspects of Digitalglobe’s operational policies, objectives and initiatives, as...

Lockheed Martin won the contract to develop the ground system for the U.S. Air Force‘s Transformational Satellite Communications (TSAT) program, the Air Force announced Jan. 27. Under the $2 billion...

German pay-TV operator Premiere kicked off the broad market launch of Premiere HD (high-definition) in Germany and Austria over the weekend. The pay-TV channel will be broadcasting extensive programming with...

Dacom Corp., an independent gateway operator for Globalstar LLC, plans to offer simplex, or one-way, data services to Globalstar customers in parts of Asia, Globalstar announced Jan. 26. New hardware...

Globalstar LLC will use its planned system of terrestrial repeaters to boost the availability of its Mobile Satellite Service (MSS) in urban areas and within buildings, but the company also...

Pan-European satellite broadband provider Aramiska has turned off its service, allegedly giving customers barely seven hours notice that their Internet access was ending. In a Jan. 27 announcement on its...

Boeing Co. will restructure operations in its Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) into three business profit and loss centers organized around capabilities, the company announced Jan. 27. Roger Krone has been...

Eutelsat ended 2005 in hectic fashion, closing the saga of its efforts to go public with a successful initial public offering (IPO) Dec. 2 after an earlier false start. With...