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While more than 40 million global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) receivers were shipped in 2005, by 2011 the market will have grown to nearly 300 million shipments, according to a...

Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) of Guildford, United Kingdom, has delivered the first of four flight SGR-10 GPS receivers to California-based Spacedev, SSTL announced Sept. 20. SSTL’s Space GPS Receiver,...

An item in the Sept. 20 edition of Satellite Today, “Spacenet Reinvents Home and Small-Office Satellite Services with All-New StarBand Nova,” should have read “StarBand Nova services include two options:...

Telesat Holding Inc. and its shareholder BCE Inc. announced that a preliminary prospectus and registration statement have been filed for an initial public offering (IPO) of non-voting shares of Telesat...

Eutelsat intends to maintain development of digital terrestrial television (DTT) in France. The operator has announced that, following the first series of tests of reception of HDTV through France’s DTT...

Spacenet Inc. introduced StarBand Nova satellite broadband Internet services for small-office and residential users, according to a Sept. 19 release. StarBand Nova is aimed at independent users looking for reliable,...

Harmonic Inc. announced Sept. 19 that Boom TV’s recent satellite direct-to-home (DTH) service in Romania is powered by a Harmonic IP-based headend including Divicom encoders, Divitrack IP-distributed statistical multiplexing and...

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced Sept. 19 that its Tempe, Ariz.-based subsidiary, Comtech EF Data Corp., received a $1.9 million satellite communications equipment order from a U.S. government agency to expand...

Artel, Inc., a global provider of information technology and managed network services, announced nine signed but previously unannounced contracts valued at approximately $100 million. According to a Sept. 18 statement,...

Blue Sky Network (BSN), a global-logistics provider for two-way linking and managing transportation assets via satellite, announced Sept. 19 it will offer existing MagnaStar customers special pricing on BSN Iridium...