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The competition for satellite pay-TV operators is getting more intense around the globe, with traditional rival cable now joined by a growing number of telcos eager to gain a slice […]

Microsoft Corp. and Hughes announced Sept. 28 a plan to roll out 5,000 broadband-enabled kiosks across India. The two companies plan to deploy information and communications-technology kiosks in an estimated […]

NFL fans in Washington and Miami are getting their games on more than ever through a pilot program between Kangaroo TV and DirecTV. Using Kangaroo TV’s handheld unit with a […]

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Oct. 3 granted anti-trust clearance to the United Launch Alliance (ULA), a joint venture that will combine the government launch operations of Boeing Co. […]

Comtech EF Data Corp., received a $1 million order for satellite communications equipment to support a satellite-based cellular backhaul network in Southeast Asia. Included in the order are bandwidth-efficient satellite […]

Globecomm Systems Inc. announced Oct. 5 that its wholly owned subsidiary, Globecomm Network Services Corporation (GNSC), has been awarded service-contract extensions from Afghan Telecom Corp. valued at $2.1 million. Afghan […]

Globecast has signed a content deal with Verizon enabling the North American telco to offer a variety channels to customers in the United States. Globecast will supply Globecast WorldTV international […]

Current TV, headed by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, has signed with BSkyB to launch a version of its viewer-created TV channel in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) announced Oct. 5 that the upper composite of Vega, its new small launch vehicle, passed vibration tests at ESA’s European Space Research and Technology Centre. […]

Global Scan Technologies (GST), a company providing remote sensing and GIS technologies in the Middle East, signed an agreement with Antrix Corp. Ltd. to distribute imagery collected by India’s Cartosat-1 […]

The European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (Eumetsat) delayed the launch of its Metop satellite to Oct. 17. The announcement came three days after a mechanical incident at […]

Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications Co. has enhanced its high-speed data product Thuraya DSL to increase the speed of the offering. The terminal’s preliminary design was approved in May, and Thuraya plans […]

Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems (SAS) announced Oct. 5 that it will close its civil space operation in Goleta, Calif. — also known as Santa Barbara Remote Sensing (SBRS) – […]

Two scientists who helped create the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) satellite have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2006, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced Oct. 3. […]

Eagle Broadband Inc.’s new super headend facility at Newcom International’s Florida teleport is operational, Eagle announced Oct. 3. The headend gives Eagle the ability to collect and digitize TV content […]

Decarta, a supplier of software platforms and services for the location-based services industry, and Globexplorer, a provider of a commercial library of aerial photos, satellite imagery and geographic maps, have […]

Russia and India will share use of Glonass, a 24-satellite navigational and global positioning system, the Russian Federal Space Agency announced Oct. 4. Glonass is designed for military and civilian […]

ND Satcom announced Oct. 5 that it has earned a contract for VSAT systems from France VSAT service provider LCDC Telecoms. LCDC will supply end customer Maurel & Prom, an […]

The Optus-D1 telecommunications satellite for Australia’s Optus has been mated to its Ariane 5 launcher in preparation for an Oct. 12 launch aboard an Ariane 5 rocket, Arianespace announced. The […]

GMV Space Systems Inc. received a contract from Orbital Sciences Corp. to provide flight-dynamics software for the Thor 2-R telecommunications satellite, GMV announced. Orbital received a contract from Telenor ASA […]

NDS won a contract from Romtelecom, Romania’s largest telco, to provide a system for a new direct-to-home (DTH) platform, NDS announced. Romtelecom will deploy a full end-to-end system that includes […]

Zodiac Maritime Agencies Ltd., an international ship-management company, has equipped its fleet of 132 ships with an Iridium Satellite-based e-mail system supplied by And Group. Each shipboard package includes a […]

Datapath Inc. announced Oct. 4 that it won a $181 million contract by the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command to provide specialized satellite communications networks for the Joint Network Node (JNN) […]

Sirius Satellite Radio added 441,000 net subscribers in the 2006 third quarter, raising its total base to 5.1 million, the company announced Oct. 4. In the same period, XM Satellite […]

Boeing Co. will pay SES Americom $70 million as part of the shutdown of the Connexion By Boeing inflight Internet service, SES Global announced Oct. 3. Boeing is using the […]

A U.S. court of appeals on Oct. 3 granted Echostar Communications Corp.’s request to stay a permanent injunction aiming to bar the company from selling digital video recorders after it […]

“Space and Satellites: State of the Investment Climate” is the topic of an Oct. 19 executive lunch sponsored by the Washington Space Business Roundtable. Hoyt Davidson, CEO and managing member […]

Lars Bjerde has been named president of mobile satellite communications equipment provider Swe-Dish Satellite Systems, the company announced Oct. 2. Bjerde, who will join Swe- Dish in November, previously has […]

Atlanta-based EMS Technologies announced Oct. 3 that its EMS Defense & Space Systems won a $1.2 million contract from NASA to provide Ka-band antennas for the Mars Science Laboratory’s exploratory […]

Hyundai and XM Satellite Radio announced that the first Hyundai vehicles with standard, factory-installed XM Radio are hitting the showrooms. The first 2007 Santa Fe equipped with standard XM Radio […]