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EchoStar DBS, a subsidiary of EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH], has closed its previously announced offering of $2.5 billion aggregate principal amount of senior notes. Littleton, Colo.-based EchoStar is the second-largest […]

Washington D.C.-based XM Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: XMSR], the largest U.S. satellite radio service provider, reported this week that it reached 929,648 subscribers after adding 237,395 during the third quarter. That […]

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Connexion By Boeing, a business unit of Boeing [NYSE: BA], has appointed Elissaveta Ivanova as communications manager for Europe. She will be based in London and will manage Connexion by […]

STMicroelectronics’ [NYSE: STM] total chipset shipments to XM Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: XMSR] now exceeds two million kits, according to the company. STMicroelectronics also has delivered samples of a one-chip receiver […]

Anchorage, Alaska-based Alaska Communications Systems Group [Nasdaq: ALSK] has reached a voluntary settlement with the state of Alaska regarding the comprehensive telecommunications service agreement signed by both parties in December […]

Littleton, Colo.-based EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH] has agreed to offer local TV channels via satellite to Eugene, Ore., and Memphis, Tenn. Local channels at the two locations will be offered […]

Arlington, Va.-based Iridium Holdings, the holding company for global satellite communications provider Iridium Satellite, has announced that Dan Colussy will retire as chairman of the board. Colussy, who shepherded the […]

Space Systems Loral (SS/L), a Palo Alto, Calif.-based satellite manufacturing subsidiary of Loral Space and Communications [OTCBB: LRLSQ], has received a welcome order from DirecTV, an El Segundo, Calif.-based satellite […]

Rainbow DBS, the direct broadcast satellite (DBS) division of Cablevision Systems [NYSE: CVC], announced plans this week to become the first satellite TV service to offer a comprehensive array of […]

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Sea Launch, a joint of Boeing [NYSE: BA] and foreign partners, successfully launched the Galaxy XIII/Horizons-1, a Boeing 601HP satellite, for PanAmSat [Nasdaq: SPOT] and JSAT of Japan. The satellite […]

SES Astra, a Luxembourg-based unit of SES Global [Luxembourg: SESG], and Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) of South Africa have agreed to invest in IP Direct, a satellite broadband venture started […]

League City, Texas-based Eagle Broadband [AMEX: EAG], a manufacturer of products that use the Iridium satellite constellation to provide communication services, has restructured its operations to increase revenue and become […]

Hauppauge, NY-based Globecomm Systems [Nasdaq: GCOM] has been awarded multiple satellite infrastructure contracts and a service contract worth a combined value of approximately $4.4 million. The names of the customers […]

Emerging applications using the Global Positioning System (GPS) and renewed growth in existing markets will help to expand the global GPS market beyond $22 billion by 2008, predicted New York-based […]

DigitalGlobe, of Longmont, Colo., won a huge $500 million, five-year contract from the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) to provide high-resolution imagery from the next series of U.S. commercial […]

by Chris Mecray The summer of 2003 was clearly tough for the global space market, as commercial players struggled to hold on until some semblance of a recovery kicks in–and […]

By Nick Mitsis When one thinks of satellite communications and the Middle East, 24-hour-a-day combat operations executed in part through the use of space-based technology materialize in one’s mind. Even […]

By James Careless VSAT: the acronym means Very Small Aperture Terminals. But for VSAT operators around the world, VSAT means opportunity. Consistently, it seems that someone, somewhere comes up with […]

The satellite industry is starting to feel slight tremors in the ground as the next generation of encoders is starting to make its presence known. While the encoder of tomorrow […]

by Douglas Graham Small office/ home office (SOHO) and small-to-medium enterprise companies (SMEs) are potential growth sectors for satellite broadband. These days nearly every business is Internet-driven to at least […]

by Gerry Oberst The acronym WSIS does not stand for "what’s this?" but instead is an ambitious "World Summit on the Information Society" organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). […]

The Telecom Marketing Awards presented by PBI Media’s Telecom Group are among the telecommunications industry’s most privileged honors, recognizing the best telecom marketing campaigns and programs of the past year. […]

El Segundo, Calif.-based Aerospace Corp. plans to add two new senior executives to its fold. Donald R. Walker will become senior vice president of its Systems Planning and Engineering group, […]

Bryan A. McGuirk has been named senior vice president of domestic satellite services at SES Americom, a Princeton, N.J.-based subsidiary of Luxembourg-based SES Global [Luxembourg: SESG]. In this role, McGuirk […]

Germantown, Md.-based Hughes Network Systems (HNS) has introduced the DW6000, the latest product in its family of DirecWay broadband terminals. The DW6000 incorporates an advanced, single-board architecture, offering an Ethernet […]

San Jose, Calif.-based Globalstar [OTCBB: GSTRF.OB], a mobile satellite service provider, has extended the availability of its data monitoring service to parts of the Middle East, with full commercial availability […]

Qualcomm [Nasdaq: QCOM], a San Diego, Calif.-based developer of digital wireless communications products and services, has agreed to buy Mobicom, a European mobile satellite data communications systems and service provider, […]

ViaSat [Nasdaq: VSAT] has won a $4.65 million contract to supply its LINKWAY multi-protocol broadband VSATs to provide communications and video back- haul services for the All African Games to […]