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Audiovox Corp. unveiled its first portable XM Satellite Radio product, the company announced. The X2G100B Portable Satellite Radio and MP3 Player allows the user to listen to live XM broadcasts, […]

TeleCommunication Systems Inc. (TCS) has received a U.S. government patent for technology that improves the ability of GPS to provide position information to users surrounded by geographic constraints such as […]

The consumer love affair with high definition (HD) shows no signs of slowing, and even looks to be picking up heading into 2007. With the price of HD-capable TV sets […]

With demand for satellite services growing, Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. would like to see better performance from its Spacenet Inc. services group. To accomplish this, Gilat has rebuilt Spacenet’s executive […]

What are the big issues likely to affect European satellite operators on the regulatory front throughout 2007? Some of these issues are big picture, arising from substantial proposals to change […]

While satellite traditionally has enjoyed a virtual monopoly in rural markets, operators are finding more terrestrial competitors entering these growing regions. The small towns of Fairfield, Mont., Bridgeport, W.Va., and […]

To compete in the evolving communications market, satellite operators must provide faster, more reliable and more advanced services. One of the methods for meeting this need is the flexible satellite, […]

Globalstar Unveils Smaller, Lighter Handsets Globalstar Inc. introduced its next-generation satellite telephone handset. The GSP-1700, manufactured by Qualcomm, weighs about 7.1 ounces — about half the weight of the Globalstar’s […]

The resurgence of Mobile Satellite Services (MSS), an industry and Wall Street pariah after the bankruptcies of Iridium, Globalstar and ICO in the late 1990s, was one of the major […]

AT&T To Provide Satellite ServicesTo Nlets Nlets, a Phoenix-based supplier of secure public-safety network systems, has awarded a one-year contract to AT&T for satellite services. AT&T will provide a frame […]

Boeing Receives Air Force Launch Services Contract The U.S. Air Force awarded Boeing Co. a $674.1 million cost-plus-award fee contract to provide Delta 4 launch services under the Evolved Expendable […]

DatapathApooints Member To Board Of Directors Datapath Inc., a global provider of satellite and wireless communications networks, announced Nov. 28 its appointment of James Balkcom, to its board of directors. […]

A captive audience of travelers waiting out delays in Denver International Airport (DIA) can bide their time watching DirecTV following the Dec. 28 launch of the satellite TV provider’s first […]

Calian Technologies Ltd. reported Dec. 27 its has received a contract valued in excess of $15 million Canadian dollars ($12.9 million) to develop radio frequency terminals for a new mobile […]

A new study from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) uses satellite imagery to illustrate changes in land use associated with increasing urbanization and its impacts on local, regional, and national […]

Space Micro Inc. announced that its Proton 100k space computer has been launched aboard the TacSat-2 satellite. The Proton 100k Radiation Hardened Single Board Computer is the instrument computer of […]

France’s Corot astronomy spacecraft was placed into polar orbit Dec. 27 by an enhanced Russian Soyuz 2-1b rocket in a mission conducted jointly from Baikonur Cosmodrome by Arianespace and its […]

Lockheed Martin has delivered the flight structure for the third Advanced Extremely High Frequency (EHF) satellite to the company’s Mississippi facility for integration with its propulsion subsystem, Lockheed Martin announced […]

Boeing Satellite Systems Inc. was awarded a $50.7 million contract modification to begin work on the fifth Wideband Gapfiller Satellite (WGS), the U.S. Air Force announced Dec. 22. The contract […]

Following a day’s delay, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced Dec. 26 that a key receiving antenna on its Kiku-8 engineering test satellite had been deployed, pushing completion of […]

ViaSat Inc. has received a $4.6 million order from the Defense Communication and Army Transmission Systems (PM DCATS) for MD-1366 enhanced bandwidth efficient modems, which are used by the U.S. […]

Empost, the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) national courier company, is installing GPS units in more than 425 delivery vans and motorcycles as part of an advanced information technology communications system, […]

The Russian government has placed three Glonass navigation satellites and a communications spacecraft into orbit in a pair of launches, according to press reports. A Proton rocket lofted three modernized […]

Liberty Media Corp. (Liberty) announced Dec. 22 a definitive agreement to exchange its 16.3 percent stake in News Corp. for News Corp.’s 38.5 percent stake in DirecTV Group Inc. along […]

Globecomm Systems Inc. announced Dec. 21 that it has been awarded a five-year, $5.5 million contract from Harris Corp. to provide support services for the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s Telecommunications […]

Spacenet announced Dec. 22 the availability of its new StarBand Nova Pro satellite broadband Internet service for residential customers. Offered at StarBand’s lowest-ever price point, the Nova Pro service — […]

EchoStar Communications Corp. announced Dec. 22 that its pay-TV provider Dish Network passed the 13 million-customer milestone.

The Russian Federal Space Agency is awaiting Iran’s proposals for equipment to make the Iranian satellite Zohre, according to Dec. 22 Russian reports. The agency’s deputy director, Yuri Nosenko, was […]

Globecomm Systems Inc. announced Dec. 21 that it has been awarded a five-year, $5.5 million contract from Harris Corp. to provide support services for the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s Telecommunications […]

Liberty Media Corp. has entered into a definitive agreement to exchange its 16.3 percent stake in News Corp. for News Corp.’s 38.5 percent stake in DirecTV Group Inc., the companies […]