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SkyStream Networks, a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based provider of video networking solutions to satellite operators and telecom providers, has secured additional private funding from strategic investors. Investors include Comcast Interactive Capital, AOL […]

Communications spending rebounded 3.3 percent to $608.7 billion in 2002, driven primarily by consumer spending on media such as cable & satellite television, filmed entertainment and video games, according to […]

An American Automobile Association study recommends that hands-free GPS navigation systems be used in vehicles because they are safer and less districting than paper maps. Unlike a paper map or […]

Satellite Newspapers Worldwide, a Netherlands-based satellite distributor of digital newspaper editions, has signed a distribution agreement with the Chicago Tribune for the paper to be delivered via satellite to newspaper-vending […]

Boeing [NYSE: BA] will build and deliver a fourth Boeing 702 satellite for XM Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: XMSR], the Washington, D.C.-based satellite radio services provider. The satellite, designated XM-4, will […]

Globecomm Systems [Nasdaq: GCOM], a provider of end-to-end satellite-based communications solutions, has been awarded a contract from engineering, construction, and project management firm Bechtel in support of the U.S. government’s […]

On Thursday at 8:31 p.m. PDT (11:31 p.m. EDT), the Sea Launch Zenit-3SL rocket lifted the EchoStar IX/Telstar 13 satellite from the Odyssey Launch Platform in the Pacific Ocean. Sea […]

iSECUREtrac [OTC BB: ISRE.OB], an Omaha, Neb.-based developer of GPS devices for tracking and monitoring, announced that Montgomery County, Md., will deploy its tracNET24 GPS tracking system for use with […]

Trimble [Nasdaq: TRMB], a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based GPS products maker, has been chosen as the primary GPS timing supplier for Cattron-Theimeg‘s ACCUSPEED locomotive radio remote control system. The system allows rail […]

General Motors [NYSE: GM] announced that the 500,000th XM Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: XMSR]- equipped vehicle will roll off the production line in mid-August. GM, an owner of XM, has been […]

Following up on its deal with EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH], Qwest Communications International [NYSE: Q] announced Thursday that it is offering $5 monthly discounts on DISH Network satellite TV service […]

New York-based A&E Television Networks has signed a long-term service agreement with SES Americom for follow-on C-band transponder capacity on AMC-11, the successor satellite to Satcom C-3. Beginning in 2004, […]

Orbcomm, a Dulles, Va.-based satellite communications company, has signed an agreement to provide data communication services for the GPS products with GEOTrac Systems is developing for oil and transportation companies […]

Frequency Electronics [AMEX: FEI] has been awarded a $2 million contract to provide reference oscillators and frequency synthesizers for an undisclosed communication satellite. Delivery of these products is to be […]

Dulles, Va.-based Orbital Sciences [NYSE: ORB] has been awarded the initial phase of a $25 million satellite manufacturing contract from a university team led by Hampton University in Hampton, Va., […]

Metrodata and Mentat are partnering to offer cost-saving solutions for satellite networking. By utilizing Metrodata’s Ethernet-to-serial interface converters, users can connect Mentat’s SkyX satellite link accelerators into a satellite network […]

PGS Geophysical of Norway has renewed its global satellite communications agreement with Telenor Satellite Services through June 2005. Telenor began providing communications via satellite to PGS in 1995. The current […]

Intelsat appointed Stephen Spengler as a vice president for sales for its largest customer segment–the data, carrier and Internet segment. The company also named Ashley Fernandes as a regional vice […]

The Federal Communications Commission has ended its long-standing “Alaska Bush” satellite earth station policy and instead is allowing open-entry, facilities-based telecom competition in Alaska’s rural communities. The Alaska Bush communities […]

ePHONE Telecom [OTC BB: EPHO.OB], an Internet telephony services provider for commercial and residential users, has completed its proposed merger with Champion Teleport, a satellite broadband and broadcasting company. On […]

SkyFrames [OTC BB: SKYU.OB], a Cost Mesa, Calif.-based provider of satellite broadband Internet services, has signed a value-added reseller agreement with Orbit Communications Solutions to implement a Wi-Fi hotspot in […]

Hughes Network Systems (HNS), the Germantown, Md.-based satellite broadband unit of Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH], is offering a new Wi-Fi service to leisure travelers for secure wireless high-speed Internet access […]

Spacehab‘s [Nasdaq: SPAB] Astrotech Space Operations subsidiary has been awarded a contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to provide payload processing services for Aura, the third mission of […]

DirecTV and NDS Group have agreed to stay the litigation between them until the anticipated closing of the acquisition by NDS’ parent company, News Corp [NYSE: NWS], of 34 percent […]

Globecomm Systems [Nasdaq: GCOM], a provider of satellite-based communications solutions, has been awarded two satellite infrastructure contracts from existing customers valued at more than $4.7 million. Under the terms of […]

Week of July 25-31, 2003 Percentage Change Symbol July 31 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 3.14 6.4 30.3 155.3 82.6 […]

DirecTV, the satellite TV unit of Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH], has signed an agreement with Nielsen Media Research to measure and publish ratings data for advertiser-supported networks delivered on the […]

C-COM Satellite Systems [Toronto: CMI] is supplying its iNetVu Mobile antenna system to the Office of the Fire Marshal (OFM) of the Ontario Government Ministry of Public Safety and Security. […]

The Federal Aviation Administration has given approval to a satellite radio system for aircraft offered by Sirius Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: SIRI], Clarion and Avionics Innovations. A Sirius receiver manufactured by […]

The U.S. Coast Guard is evaluating the Fleet F55 service provided by London-based mobile satellite service company Inmarsat aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Shearwater. The evaluation follows beta testing and […]