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By Roger Rusch The transfer of technology is a legitimate concern of every advanced country. This situation is especially true if the developments have been funded through public resources. Intellectual […]

A multi-beam antenna design that simultaneously communicates with as many as 20 satellites – compared with one antenna for one satellite in conventional systems — was awarded the 2004 “Industry […]

It was difficult for me not to wonder a couple of years ago whether Englewood, Colo.-based EchoStar Communications [DISH] might fall victim to some of the accounting pitfalls that plagued […]

London-based Inmarsat, the world’s largest mobile satellite communications provider and in the midst of a transition following its sale last December, now will include a new chief executive officer. Michael […]

EchoStar Communications [DISH] showed last week it is willing to risk the loss of subscribers to protect its low-cost advantage against other multi-channel video providers. By refusing to accept what […]

Intelsat Ltd. filed a preliminary prospectus with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to conduct the company’s initial public stock offering (IPO). The offering, managed by Morgan Stanley and […]

The Space Systems/Loral (SSL)-built MBSAT broadcast communications satellite launched successfully at 12:40 EST March 13. The satellite was carried on an International Launch Services Atlas III rocket from Cape Canaveral […]

Digital Angel Corp. [DOC], a developer of GPS-based tracking technologies, today reported revenues of $8.6 million for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, 2003, up 15.3 percent compared with the […]

Harrisburg, Pa.-based TransCore purchased satellite tracking, monitoring and GPS technology assets belonging to Ottawa-based Vistar Telecommunications. The acquisition will allow TransCore to offer fleet, rail/intermodal and shipper customers a complete […]

Boeing [BA] Air Traffic Management demonstrated new flight-surveillance technology that uses processors to combine radar- and satellite-derived location and identity data for display on a single screen. “Rather than three […]

San Diego-based Systech Corp. today formed an alliance with EchoSat to deploy Systech Internet Payment Gateways over EchoSat’s satellite network, thus moving payment transactions from the conventional dial-up network to […]

Denver-based Space Imaging received bad news from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) of Bethesda, Md., in a March 10 letter informing the company negotiations for the possible award of a […]

iSECUREtrac [ISRE] signed a deal with the U.S. Pretrial Services Office for the western district of Washington to provide GPS-based tracking and monitoring services. Specific terms of the deal were […]

A new report from IMS Research estimates the sales of iDTVs (integrated digital televisions) will start to increase significantly from 2005 onwards. IMS predicts there will be more than 115 […]

General Dynamics C4 Systems (GDC4) received a $6.7 million order for a baseband node (BBN) large extension node (LEN) configuration and a BBN-LEN configuration from the Fort Monmouth, N.J.-based U.S. […]

Sun Microsystems [SUNW], a Santa Clara, Calif.-based provider of Java technology, has been chosen by Inmarsat to provide its Sun Java Enterprise System as the business support infrastructure for a […]

Englewood, Colo.-based satellite TV service provider EchoStar Communications [DISH] managed to reach a settlement with New York City-based programming giant Viacom [VIA] late Wednesday to restore carriage of the broadcaster’s […]

A 15-day extension for filing its annual report could be requested by EchoStar Communications [DISH] to report its 2003 full-year and fourth quarter results, after the company disclosed the Securities […]

International Launch Services (ILS) delayed the launch of the MBSAT satellite on an Atlas III rocket, AC-202, for one day. It now is scheduled for 12:40 a.m. EST Saturday. ILS […]

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) formally approved a request to transfer control of Globalstar’s operating license and regulatory authorizations to a new Globalstar operating company majority-owned by Thermo Capital Partners. […]

Magellan Aerospace, a Winnipeg, Canada-based space company, received a $1.5 million contract for the preliminary design of a generic small satellite platform to meet the future needs of the Canadian […]

Intuicom, a Boulder, Colo.-based wireless-networking company, and Emeryville, Calif.-based NextBus entered into a strategic relationship to pursue projects in mass transit. Intuicom brings its GPS-enabled wireless communication to the table, […]

Segovia, a Herndon, Va.-based global voice and data provider, appointed Mark Moore as executive vice president and COO. Moore will oversee day-to-day operations for engineering, network operations, program management and […]

Nera expects broadband revenues to show steady progress during the next couple of years. The company recently signed a deal with Telenor Satellite Broadcasting for the delivery of a broadband […]

Norcross, Ga.-based ViaSat [VSAT] recently supplied a LinkStar broadband satellite communications system for Velconet S.A., a privately owned Argentine company. Velconet will use the LinkStar networking platform to expand the […]

Hughes Network Systems signed three new contracts with Gtech [GTK] worth more than $34 million to deliver and install two new DirecWay hubs. The hubs will be located in Austin, […]

Visteon [VC] won a contract from Nissan Motor Co. to supply that car manufacturer with satellite radio systems for future Nissan models. Visteon said the system would accommodate either Washington, […]

XM Satellite Radio [XMSR], a Washington D.C.-based provider of satellite radio and Heads Up Technology of the aviation industry have announced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has certified the XM […]

Flash Automotive Acceptance [FAAC], a Scottsdale, Ariz.-based automotive holding company, has acquired another Scottsdale company, Navicom, a GPS tracking device company. Navicom GPS devices are can be used for any […]

Dan Fawcett has joined DirecTV‘s executive team as executive vice president and general counsel to oversee all legal and business affairs of the domestic DirecTV business. “The breadth of Dan’s […]