XM Names New President, Reaches Agreement With ASCAP
XM Satellite Radio appointed Nate Davis to the newly created position of president and chief operating officer, the company announced July 24. Davis has been a member of XM’s board...
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France Telecom Sells Mobile Satellite Communications Unit
France Telecom signed an agreement to sell its stake in France Telecom Mobile Satellite Communications SA to investment funds managed by Apax Partners SA for 60 million euros ($76.1 million)...
ISRO's Rescue Network Used To Save 30 Lives
Indian Space Research Organisation‘s satellite-based search and rescue network was used to help save 30 crewmembers from a ship in distress in Sri Lankan water. The agency’s geostationary communication satellite,...
Aerojet Delivers Next-Generation Thruster To NASA
Aerojet delivered the first of the new-generation propulsion thrusters to NASA‘s Glenn Research Center to be used in NASA’s Evolutionary Xenon Thruster (NEXT) project. The thrusters are capable of operating...
Eutelsat Post Revenue Gains Across The Board
Eutelsat Communications reported a 5.4 percent increase in revenues to 791.1 million euros ($998.1 million) in its 2006 fiscal year, the company announced July 20. Video applications improved 3.4 percent...
Stratos Global Corp. Set Up Government Subsidiary
Stratos Global Corp. formed a subsidiary company dedicated to U.S. government customers, the company announced. Stratos Government Services Inc. is a single-source integrator of several commercial satellite technologies and will...
Connectivity
BSkyB Plans Ambitious Broadband Offering In Competitive Market
Satellite-TV provider BSkyB intends to be a major force in the U.K. triple-play market, unveiling broadband plans this week that are bigger, bolder and more ambitious than anyone expected. Looking...
Finance
Prospects For Commercial Launch Industry Looking More Stable
After enduring some lean years, the commercial launch industry is beginning to gain momentum again according to officials from Arianespace, International Launch Services (ILS) and Sea Launch, the three major...
Government/Military
Mobile Satellite Telephone Technology Used To Save Endangered Elephants Of Sri Lanka
San Diego-based All Road Communications, a provider of satellite phone equipment for the Iridium and Globalstar systems, donated two Iridium satellite phones to the Sri Lanka Wildlife Conservation Society as...
Connectivity
Executive Q&A: Wall Street Looks More Favorably At Satellite Industry
With the consolidation of the major players in the Fixed Satellite Services industry now completed, public and private investors are now turning their attention to other aspects of the satellite...