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Telenor Satellite Services has signed a three-year agreement with Brittany Ferries to provide high-speed data communications via satellite. Under terms of the agreement, Telenor will provide Ku-band service for two […]

Comtech Telecommunications’ [Nasdaq: CMTL] Maryland-based subsidiary Comtech Mobile Datacom has received $4.0 million in orders relating to its satellite-based movement tracking system, under an existing contract with the U.S. Army. […]

GlobalNet [OTCBB:GLBT] has successfully tested its pre-paid mobile satellite system, which serves Turkey, and areas to the south and east, including the eastern Mediterranean, Egypt, Lebanon and Iraq. Initially, GlobalNet […]

NomadISP, a division of LinOra, and StarBand Communications have formed a strategic partnership to offer NomadISP’s AH-1 WiFi Hotspot product through StarBand’s satellite broadband dealer network. The partnership enables the […]

Week of Jan. 2- 8, 2003 Percentage Change Symbol Jan. 8 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 2.80 17.6 8.1 34.6 […]

Arianespace has started the year with two key launch contracts from Japanese satellite operator JSAT. Under the contract, Arianespace will launch the JCSAT-9 satellite and another future satellite. Commenting on […]

Pan-European ISP Tiscali, which recently signed a deal with SatLynx to rollout its Tiscali Sat service in 10 European countries, hopes to extend that partnership if the demand for satellite […]

The following are a selection of some of the projects – both planned and operational – that were on display either at the WSIS exhibition or conference and that involve […]

By David Hartshorn GENEVA – The recent World Summit for the Information Society (WSIS) – a United Nations initiative that aims to bridge the digital and knowledge divides — yielded […]

China Airlines (CAL) became the latest customer of Connexion by Boeing by signing a letter of intent to obtain high-speed connectivity for travelers on the airline’s flights in and out […]

The two U.S. satellite radio service providers, Washington-based XM Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: XMSR] and New York-based Sirius Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: SIRI], demonstrated last year that fierce head-to-head competition can be […]

News Corp’s completion of its long-anticipated acquisition of Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH], its coveted satellite television unit DirecTV, and other subsidiaries offers a host of potential advantages for the combined […]

DirecTV, a unit of Hughes Electronics [NYSE: HS], achieved its highest quarterly subscriber growth by connecting 861,000 total customers during the fourth quarter. This translates into 405,000 net new subscribers […]

On Saturday, Sea Launch successfully deployed the Telstar 14/Estrela do Sul 1 communications satellite into orbit. A Zenit-3SL rocket lifted off at 8:13 p.m. PDT from the Odyssey Launch Platform, […]

ORBIMAGE, the Dulles, Va.-based satellite imagery provider, has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the company announced last week. As part of the final reorganization plan, all existing notes and […]

Waltham, Mass.-based aerospace giant Raytheon [NYSE: RTN] has been awarded a $7.6 million engineering and manufacturing development contract to supply anti-jam GPS receivers to the U.S. Air Force‘s C-130 avionics […]

China plans to launch 10 satellites this year as part of a significant expansion of its space program, according to a Chinese aerospace official quoted in Business Daily Update. The […]

OptiStreams, a Fresno, Calif.-based private satellite network provider, has introduced a new line of wired and wireless networking hardware designed for consumer, small office/home office and small business users of […]

Pan-European ISP Tiscali, which recently signed a deal with SatLynx to rollout its Tiscali Sat service in 10 European countries, hopes to extend that partnership if the demand for satellite […]

Orca Interactive, a developer of applications for interactive TV services, announced the licensing of its RiGHTv software solutions to Bezeq, Israel’s national telecommunications provider, and YES, an Israeli satellite TV […]

SES Aster and RTL Group have signed contracts for the digital transmission of the “RTL Austria” bouquet of television channels via an Astra satellite located at 19.2 degrees East Longitude. […]

London-based GlobeTrac [OTC BB: GBTR] has signed a reseller agreement with Visible, a Milan, Italy-based company specializing in customer relationship management for mobile workforces. Visible and GlobeTrac have integrated the […]

Pharos Science & Applications, a provider of portable GPS navigation and location-based services, has announced a partnership with Hitachi to combine Hitachi’s G1000 multimedia communicator with Pharos’ Ostia Smart Navigator […]

AccessVia, a provider of automated sign printing solutions and electronic display technologies for retailers, has received a contract to provide stores on 225 U.S. Army and Air Force military bases […]

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing [BA: NYSE:] a GPS III study contract valued at $20.8 million. Under the contract, Boeing will perform a 24-month systems requirement review (SRR) […]

The dominant U.S. satellite radio services provider, XM Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: XMSR], beat analyst forecasts for the fourth quarter by signing up more than 430,000 customers – its best quarter […]

DirecTV, an El Segundo, Calif.-based satellite TV provider, has filed with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for authority to move its DirecTV 5 spacecraft into an orbital slot controlled by […]

Russia’s state-owned Khrunichev Research and Production Center has received a contract to manufacture the first national geostationary telecommunications satellite for the government of Kazakhstan, according to the TASS news agency. […]

Globecomm Systems [Nasdaq: GCOM], a Hauppauge, N.Y.-based provider of satellite-based communications solutions, has extended its relationship with African Virtual University (AVU) with a contract valued at approximately $1.5 million. The […]

John O’Keefe has been selected chief financial officer at Verdisys [OTC BB: VDYS.OB], a Houston-based provider of satellite communications and other services to the oil and gas industry. He joins […]