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Australian giant Telstra [TLS], like other phone companies around the world, is struggling with declining payphone revenues due to increased use of cellphones. As such, it is running a trial […]

Global, in-flight broadband connectivity is one service that must use satellites. Unlike multi-channel video, voice services and radio, there is no alternative technology that can offer broadband connectivity across the […]

Iridium Satellite LLC, a privately held mobile satellite communications company based in Bethesda, Md., is showing signs of taking an aggressive approach to growing its business under the leadership of […]

Officials at Annapolis, Md.-based ARINC said they are preparing to rollout a comparatively low-cost, satellite-based broadband data service onboard commercial aircraft to challenge the Connexion by Boeing that inaugurated revenue-generating […]

The expected sale of Germantown, Md.-based Hughes Network Systems by The DirecTV Group [DTV], of El Segundo, Calif., is likely to be finalized next month, and a strong possibility exists […]

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said Aug. 27 that PanAmSat Licensee Corp. has filed a request for a 180-day extension of its special temporary authority to operate the Galaxy 9 […]

DigitalGlobe was awarded a contract from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to update the agency’s ortho-imagery base program. Under the contract, DigitalGlobe said it will provide 2-foot resolution, ortho-rectified, […]

Globecomm Systems Inc. [GCOM] inked a follow-on contract from an existing, unidentified customer for $1.9 million. The first contract, signed in July 2003, was worth $8.3 million and was sought […]

Satellite Today learned that China launched a satellite yesterday that will conduct a surveying and mapping mission over a several-day period before returning to Earth. According to reports, this satellite […]

Eagle Broadband Inc. [EAG] today said its SatMAX non-line-of-site wireless repeater technology will be used in conjunction with Iridium mobile satellite communications services provided by World Communications Center by New […]

On the island of Puerto Rico where terrestrial-based, conventional Internet access often is cost-prohibitive and unreliable for educators, SES Americom, the U.S. satellite arm of Luxembourg-based SES Global, today announced […]

International Launch Services (ILS) rescheduled the launch of the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) satellite, used for national security activities, for today at 6:53 p.m. EST from the Cape Canaveral Air […]

Bethesda, Md.-based Iridium Satellite LLC, a global, mobile satellite communications service provider, is in the process of developing a next-generation handset that could offer improved service. Iridium, currently averaging subscriber […]

Satellite Today learned that the U.S. Air Force awarded a $54 million launch contract to The Boeing Co. [BA] that calls for the use of four Delta II rockets to […]

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted PanAmSat Corp. conditional authority to operate the C-band communications payload and the Ku-band telemetry, tracking and command stations aboard its PAS-9 satellite from the […]

According to the National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC), a U.S. bankruptcy judge approved its final settlement of legal disputes brought by Pegasus Satellite Television against the group. NRTC added that […]

Warren Hardy, managing director of Optus Wholesale and Satellite, is optimistic that his company’s recently launched satellite broadband product will prove to be a hit in rural and remote Australia, […]

Daniel Tam was named CFO at Kirkland, Wash.-based Kistler Aerospace today, reporting directly to CEO Randy Brinkley. His addition to the company’s management team will help to advance the company’s […]

Denver-based Space Imaging sold more than $1.6 million worth of satellite imagery to the Alaska Department of Veterans and Military Affairs to support a new aviation- safety project in the […]

The Canadian government has petitioned the FCC for frequency coordination for four Canadian earth stations operating in the 3700 MHz-4200 MHz and the 5925 MHz-6425 MHz bands. A FCC spokesman […]

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said in an Aug. 24 order that it has granted a petition filed by Star One S.A. to add the Star One C1 satellite to […]

Digital video systems provider SeaChange International racked up record revenues in the second quarter. Revenues for the period ending July 31 reached $43 million, a 18- percent increase compared with […]

CenturyTel Inc. [CTL] and EchoStar Communications Corp. [DISH] inked a strategic partnership that will allow CenturyTel to bundle its services with EchoStar’s Dish Network direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television service in […]

Atlanta-based Airo Wireless, a provider of Global Positioning System (GPS)-enabled mobile location services, is assisting Clear Technologies in the integration of an Emergency On-board Communications solution for Coach USA LLC‘s […]

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) earlier this week granted SWE-Dish Satellite Communications Inc. a license to operate an elliptical 0.90X0.6-meter, transportable, transmit/receive, fixed-satellite service (FSS) earth station, subject to conditions. […]

Eagle Broadband Inc. [EAG] renamed its Orb Phone Exchange non-line-of-site satellite communications repeater system the “Satellite Media Access Extender (SatMAX),” and it is launching a suite of turnkey, application-specific SatMAX […]

Australian pay-TV operator Foxtel is making concerted efforts to boost its interactive strategy. The operator is launching an on-air campaign to increase awareness and to promote usage of interactive services […]

The Japanese government reportedly is planning on spending about $635 million on two spy satellite missions, Satellite Today has learned. The first mission, set for sometime next year, would launch […]

International Launch Services (ILS) today revealed the details of the launch of a satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). The satellite, which will be used for national security activities, […]

SpaceDev [SPDV] was awarded a small expansion to its existing contract with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to examine satellite orbits that can be used to deploy and […]