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Eutelsat Communications has submitted an offer with two Mexican partners (Miguel Aleman Group and Clemente Serna Group) for 100 percent ownership of the Mexican satellite operator Satelites Mexicanos (SatMex), Eutelsat...

France Telecom Mobile Satellite Communications (FTMSC) has renamed itself Vizada as it aims for sharpened performance in the mobile satellite services market. Apax Partners acquired the erstwhile FTMSC in October...

Sogecable’s direct-to-home (DTH) platform Digital+ is preparing to bring high-definition (HD) services to its 2 million customers in Spain. The operator said that beginning in August, its iPlus service will...

Inmarsat and Axiom Telecom signed an exclusive agreement for Axiom to manage the global distribution of Inmarsat’s forthcoming mobile and fixed satellite phones, Inmarsat announced June 7. Axiom will support...

Asian IP solutions provider BNS has unveiled its Nautilus Middleware platform designed to power IP-based video services such as IPTV, Internet TV and MDU IPTV, the company announced June 7....

Viaccess, a conditional access vendor and subsidiary of France Telecom, has appointed François Moreau de Saint Martin as its new CEO. Moreau de Saint Martin had been chief technology officer...

Air Logistics, a U.S. helicopter fleet serving the offshore oil industry, is equipping 125 aircraft with Iridium-based satellite systems for voice communications and automatic flight following, Iridium Satellite announced June...

Stephen Tapp, president and chief operating officer of XM Canada will leave the company effective June 15 to pursue other opportunities, Canadian Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. announced on June 7....

Atlanta-based Crawford Communications Inc. has acquired the assets of StarLink Inc., a satellite uplink truck company based near Chattanooga, Tenn. The acquisition adds a C-band, Ku-band and C/Ku-band hybrid to...

Astrium has been contracted by Hispasat to design and build Amazonas-2, a powerful geostationary satellite to increase Hispasat’s offered capacity and meet demand on its American position, Astrium announced June...