DirecTV, Echostar Drop Out Of Spectrum Auction
After placing the largest deposit among the 168 qualified bidders and leading after the early rounds, DirecTV Group Inc. and Echostar Communications Corp. have dropped out of an auction of...
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GM Cuts Price Of Factory-Installed XM Radios
General Motors (GM) cut the option price of factory-installed XM Satellite Radio by nearly 40 percent for most of its 2007 model year cars, the automaker announced Aug. 16. The...
Hughes Incorporates Helius Technology Into Digital Media Service Offering
Hughes Network Systems LLC and Helius Inc. announced an agreement that allow Helius technologies to be incorporated into Hughes’ new Digital Media suite of services, the companies announced. The service...
Six Groups Join SES Americom-Comcast Digital Broadcasting Solution
Six TV network groups representing 10 East and West Coast feeds have signed up for network transport aboard the Comcast Media Center (CMC)-SES Americom Total Digital Solution, the companies announced....
Satcon Receives Circuit Orders From Satellite Component Makers
Satcon Technology Corp. has received contracts valued at more than $1 million to provide electronic components to a pair of North American-based satellite subcontractors, Satcon announced. The custom signal-processing devices,...
Rockwell Collins Introduces New Satellite TV System For Aircraft
Rockwell Collins has unveiled Tailwind 300, its latest satellite TV offering for business jets. First delivery of the system is expected by mid 2007. Rockwell Collins has partnered with DirecTV...
Space Systems/Loral Wins Terrestar-2 Satellite Contract
Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), announced that it won a contract to build the Terrestar-2 Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) spacecraft for Terrestar Networks Inc. Terrestar’s two-satellite system, which includes the TerreStar-1 satellite...
MTN Group Signs Pan-African Supplier Agreement With Harris Corporation
Harris Corp. has secured a five-year supplier agreement to supply digital microwave radios for backhaul and access applications in Africa for mobile phone operator MTN Group Harris announced Aug. 15....
Gilat Reports Higher Revenues, Profit In 2006 Second Quarter
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. posted a profit of $2.1 million in the 2006 second quarter, rebounding from a loss of $1.1 million in the same period a year ago, the...
Iridium Provides Links For New Aircell Airborne Medical Assistance Program
Aircell Inc., an Iridium service provider will launch a new service in conjunction with Medaire Inc. that offers in-flight, on-demand medical assistance from ground-based health experts through the Iridium satellite...