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Spectrum Signal Processing Inc. said Dec. 9 its Flexcomm Pro-3500 baseband processing engine will be used for the development of a software communications architecture (SCA)-compliant waveform intended for use in...

Echostar Communications Corp. announced that new subscribers to its Dish Network direct-to-home satellite television service will be eligible to receice a free Sirius One satellite radio when they agree to...

DirecTV Inc. said Dec. 9 it has begun offering local high-definition (HD) channels to subscribers of its direct-to-home satellite television service in Boston, Dallas, Houston, Tampa, and Washington, D.C. DirecTV...

Ukraine direct-to-home satellite television operator Poverkhnost added three new high-definition channels produced by Euro1080 to its platform. Euro1080 is delivering its HD1, HD2 and HD5 channels to Poverkhnost’s studios in...

RIA Novosti reported Dec. 9 that a Soyuz rocket that will carry the first Galileo test satellite is scheduled to be launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome Kazakhstan Dec. 26. The...

International Launch Services (ILS) has delayed the launch of a Proton rocket that will carry the AMC-23 satellite into orbit for SES Americom. Liftoff had been scheduled for Dec. 5....

The members of the concessionaire for the Galileo program, the Galileo Operating Co., reached an agreement on the location of the various facilities that will be involved in the operation...

U.K. cable operator NTL‘s move last week to acquire Virgin Mobile seems to be response to BSkyB’s move to acquire a terrestrial broadband service provider and certainly will put even...

With the winter season arriving, the city of Cincinnati, will be looking to GPS technology to help in the snow removal efforts. The city’s Department of Public Services currently is...

When the Connexion by Boeing service is mentioned, it likely brings up images of airline passengers using the satellite broadband service to surf the Internet during flight. Now Boeing is...