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Leaders from the satellite, cable and broadcast industries gathered last week to comment on “best practices” recommendations intended to ensure effective delivery of information via satellite and other technologies during […]

The upcoming World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) in Geneva will address key issues for the increasingly important Global Positioning System (GPS) and other satellite navigation systems. The U.S. government-operated GPS is […]

Cablevision Systems [NYSE: CVC] is taking steps to spin off its proposed satellite TV service, Rainbow DBS, and its Clearview Cinemas theater chain. The Cablevision board approved the spin-off plan […]

GlobeCast, a satellite transmission unit of France Telecom [NYSE: FTE], has signed a long-term agreement with Abu Dhabi TV – the satellite channel of Emirates Media – to provide satellite […]

EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH] has inked a deal to deliver business television, a satellite communications service, to CompUSA, a retailer and reseller of computer technology and related products and services […]

ViaSat [Nasdaq: VSAT], a Carlsbad, Calif.-based VSAT and Ka-band communications provider, has been awarded a contract by an undisclosed satellite operator to procure ViaSat’s DOCSIS-based two-way broadband satellite system to […]

Wavesat Wireless, a manufacturer of microwave network products, has signed an agreement with BIP Corp. of San Diego, to supply satellite amplifiers estimated at approximately $1.2 million. The equipment will […]

Schlumberger‘s [NYSE: SLB] Houston-based Oilfield Services unit will provide remote monitoring and control of electrical submersible pumps (ESPs) via satellites for Columbian oil and gas firm Hocol. Schlumberger’s service includes […]

by Peter J. Brown Throughout the next 18 months, commercial Ka-band satellite capacity will grow considerably. New North American broadband multimedia ventures in particular are starting to talk about specific […]

By James Careless The state of New Mexico is the fifth largest state in the United States, according to http://www.netstate.com. All told, it covers 121,598 square miles: a vast area […]

People ERI Names Development Director Electro-Radiation Inc.(ERI) named John Thoma to the position of director of business development. His responsibilities include all sales and marketing activities. Prior to joining ERI, […]

By Nick Mitsis High in the Peruvian Mountains, satellite technology became a life saving tool for a wounded Israeli hiker, two friends and members of an isolated village. According to […]

By James Careless Talk to some ISP executives, and you may get the impression that the market for satellite-delivered Internet backbone connections is dead. Take Jeff Henriksen, for instance, the […]

By Peter J. Brown Throughout the next 18 months, commercial Ka-band satellite capacity will grow considerably. New North American broadband multimedia ventures are starting to talk about specific plans rather […]

by Douglas Graham The airline and satellite industries have seen better days. Revenues are down, anxieties are up and the immediate future does not auger particularly well. Both industries need […]

by Gerry Oberst At the recent gathering in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, an International Telecommunication Union (ITU) "Internet Strategy and Policy Advisor" described how the ITU works. Speaking before the […]

SES Americom is among the global satellite operators that are looking to get a share of the homeland security market. David Helfgott, president and CEO of the Princeton, N.J.-based company’s […]

PanAmSat [Nasdaq: SPOT] CFO Joseph Wright said Thursday that the company plans to expand the use of fiber in its satellite-based global network. Wright said the fixed satellite services (FSS) […]

The Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Panel has granted a 90-day extension to rStar [Nasdaq: RSTRC], a Sunrise, Fla.-based satellite private network supplier, to meet its listing requirement. Nasdaq requires that a […]

Inforetech Wireless Technology [OTCBB: WYRE], a Vancouver, British Columbia-based supplier of Global Positioning System technology for the golf industry, has concluded a five-year distribution agreement with Asian GPS Golf valued […]

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Paul T. Unger has formed Paul Unger NBS Search, an senior executive search firm in McLean, Va., specializing in the satellite communications, telecommunications, information technology, aerospace, homeland security, cyber-security, nanotechnology, […]

Antonio Rodota, director general of the European Space Agency (ESA), is delighted that the agency’s member states reached agreement earlier this week on how the Galileo satellite navigation program will […]

Home Box Office announced this week that it will switch satellite transponders for its digital programming beginning June 1. The AOL Time Warner [NYSE: AOL] unit will begin using the […]

After the Rosetta comet exploration mission was delayed due to problems with the Ariane 5 rocket, the spacecraft will now be sent to rendezvous with Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko instead of the […]

InterWAVE Communications International [Nasdaq: IWAV], a Menlo Park, Calif.-based provider of compact wireless communications systems, has received a $1.8 million contract from Mauritel Mobiles to provide a terrestrial wireless/satellite communications […]

ACS [NYSE: ACS], a Dallas-based provider of business process and information technology outsourcing solutions, has begun construction of satellite- linked technology center in Accra, Ghana. Located near the Accra airport, […]

Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Trimble [Nasdaq: TRMB] is supplying Global Positioning System reference stations and virtual reference station (VRS) software to the Seismological Bureau of Sichuan Province in China to establish a […]

Eutelsat‘s broadband ambitions have been significantly enhanced through a recent agreement with pan-European Internet Service Provider (ISP) Tiscali. According to Antonio Arcidiacono, director of OPENSKY at Eutelsat, the deal represents […]

Leaders from the satellite, cable and broadcast industries met today to consider recommendations for ensuring effective delivery of emergency information through public warning systems. The recommendations were presented to members […]