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Loral Space & Communications Inc. announced June 8 it formed a consulting agreement with Dean Olmstead, one of the company’s directors. The agreement allows Olmstead to provide consulting services to...

Outerlink, a subsidiary of Digital Angel Corp., won contract from the South Carolina Army National Guard to deliver its satellite based Automatic Flight Following System (AFFS). Under the $3.2 million...

Teracom selected Wegener Corp. to provide technology to support digital signage solutions in Sweden, Wegener announced June 7. Teracom currently uses Wegener’s Ipump Media Servers and Compel Network Control to...

Eutelsat Communications signed a facilities agreement for a 1.9 billion euro ($2.4 billion) loan at part of the company’s debt refinancing plans, Eutelsat announced June 8. The proceeds of the...

Foxtel, the Australian direct-to-home operator, has unveiled what it claims to be Australia’s most advanced digital television facility. The newly built Foxtel Television Centre will be the company’s national headquarters...

SES Americom won a multiyear contract to provide Local Communications Network Inc. (LCN) with C-band satellite bandwidth on the AMC-12 satellite, SES Americom announced June 8. The contract will allow...

Sirius Satellite Radio orders its fifth satellite, dubbed FM-5, from Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), the companies announced June 8. The spacecraft, scheduled to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2008,...

End II End Communications named Michael Penny director of business continuity and disaster recovery, the company announced June 7. Penny’s position will include responsibility for product management and business development...

The National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC) is sponsoring a program in conjunction with Wildblue to provide training, sales and marketing experience as well as a paid internship to college students...