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Comtech Receives Satellite Equipment Order From The U.S. Army Comtech Telecommunications Corp. received orders from the U.S. Army Communications Electronics Command for satellite equipment.     Under the $17.7 million contract,...

Iridium Names Chief Legal Officer Iridium Satellite named John Brunette chief legal and administrative officer.     Brunette who has 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, previously served as...

Iridium Receives Approval For Air Traffic Safety Support Iridium Satellite will be able to provide Aeronautical Mobile Satellite (Route) Services for commercial aircraft on transoceanic flights.     The International Civil...

Broadcom Develops New Satellite Set-Top Box Technology   Broadcom is launching a single-chip, multi-format high-definition satellite set-top box solution the company says will enable manufacturers to develop low cost satellite...

The recent turmoil in credit markets has caused acquirers and their lenders in several high-profile pending merger and acquisition transactions to seek ways to withdraw from or renegotiate signed deals,...

For a while, the satellite industry’s battle to retain C-band spectrum seemed to be a losing proposition, as well-financed telecommunications players were lobbying hard to gain access to the bandwidth....

Each year, Via Satellite honors the top executive performances of the past 12 months. The 2007 nominees include three CEOs who guided their respective companies to successful financial years as...

The demand for mobile services continues to grow, along with the number of companies offering solutions. The only common feature among companies within the mobile satellite service (MSS) segment is...

The contrast between U.S. and European spectrum allocation responsibilities reveals a central difference in management. The European structure, however, may change in the next couple of years, with possibly a...

A team at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is using the agency’s first software-defined radio (SDR) system in deep space to communicate with spacecraft studying Mars. The system, dubbed Electra,...