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Audiovox Corp. unveiled its first portable XM Satellite Radio product, the company announced. The X2G100B Portable Satellite Radio and MP3 Player allows the user to listen to live XM broadcasts,...

Measat Satellite Systems has taken control of the Measat-3 satellite following deployment of the satellite’s reflectors and solar arrays, the company announced Dec. 28. Measat’s Teleport and Broadcast Centre in...

NDS, which supplies conditional access and middleware solutions to satellite pay-TV operators, has completed its acquisition of Jungo Ltd., NDS announced. NDS declared in December that it had reached agreement...

DatapathApooints Member To Board Of Directors Datapath Inc., a global provider of satellite and wireless communications networks, announced Nov. 28 its appointment of James Balkcom, to its board of directors....

Boeing Receives Air Force Launch Services Contract The U.S. Air Force awarded Boeing Co. a $674.1 million cost-plus-award fee contract to provide Delta 4 launch services under the Evolved Expendable...

AT&T To Provide Satellite ServicesTo Nlets Nlets, a Phoenix-based supplier of secure public-safety network systems, has awarded a one-year contract to AT&T for satellite services. AT&T will provide a frame...

The resurgence of Mobile Satellite Services (MSS), an industry and Wall Street pariah after the bankruptcies of Iridium, Globalstar and ICO in the late 1990s, was one of the major...

Globalstar Unveils Smaller, Lighter Handsets Globalstar Inc. introduced its next-generation satellite telephone handset. The GSP-1700, manufactured by Qualcomm, weighs about 7.1 ounces — about half the weight of the Globalstar’s...

To compete in the evolving communications market, satellite operators must provide faster, more reliable and more advanced services. One of the methods for meeting this need is the flexible satellite,...

While satellite traditionally has enjoyed a virtual monopoly in rural markets, operators are finding more terrestrial competitors entering these growing regions. The small towns of Fairfield, Mont., Bridgeport, W.Va., and...