Month: May 2007

Ministers To Adopt European Space Policy

Ministers responsible for space activities among the European Space Agency’s (ESA) member states will meet May 22 with officials responsible for the internal market, industry and research in the European...

Russian Service Provider Picks Shiron's InterSky

Shiron’s certified distributor and support center in Russia, JSC Cedicom, has contracted with Elvis-Telecom Co. for delivery of InterSky DVB-S2 broadband satellite solution, JSC Cedicom announced May 16. Shiron’s broadband...

Canal+ France Reaches 5.2 Million Subscribers

Canal+ France ended March with 5.2 million subscribers, an increase of about 200,000 compared to the combined Canalsat/TPS numbers from the same quarter of 2006. The two platforms were combined...

Globalstar To Add Asian Gateway

Globalstar Inc. will add a gateway in Asia and extended a value-added reseller partnership, the company announced. Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. will construct and operate a Globalstar gateway ground station in...

Thales Grows Overall Revenues

Thales reported a revenue increase of nearly 7 percent in the 2007 first quarter to 2.2 billion euros ($3 billion), the company announced May 15. The majority of revenues were...

FCC Grants TerreStar Spectrum Reservation

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted TerreStar Networks Inc. a reservation for 20 megahertz of spectrum in the 2GHz frequency band. TerreStar, a majority owned subsidiary of Motient Corp.,...

Eutelsat Repositions To 9° East With Eurobird-9

Eutelsat Communications announced May 15 that its HotBird-2 satellite has been rebranded as Eurobird-9 and redeployed to 9° East, marking the opening of a video neighborhood adjacent to Eutelsat’s premium...