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EMS Satcom, a division of EMS Technologies Inc., said Dec. 5 that Venezuela’s Insituto National de Aviacion Civil awarded EMS Satcom a $2.9 million contract for the company’s search and...

U.K. cable operator NTL confirmed that it has made an approach for wireless operator Virgin Mobile. If the deal, which would be in the $1.5 billion range, were to go...

German satellite pay TV operator Premiere broadcast its first live high-definition (HD) program Dec. 3 as part of a field test for subscribers. The soccer match between VfB Stuttgart and...

Former U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Harry Raduege has been elected vice chairman of the executive council of the Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium (NCOIC). Raduege assumes the position held...

Intelsat Ltd. and APT Satellite Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of APT Satellite Holdings Ltd., entered into a strategic cooperation agreement to market each other’s satellite capacity and ground resources and...

Nera Satcom received type approval from Inmarsat for the commercial launch of the new Nera Worldpro 1000 mobile broadband satellite terminal. The device, which weighs less than a kilogram, is...

Sirius Satellite Radio announced Dec. 1 that Mazda is offering Sirius receivers as a port-installed option in a variety of 2006 model year vehicles, including the Mazda 3, Mazda 6,...

Nordic Satellite AB (NSAB) will change its name to SES Sirius AB, citing that it no longer views itself as serving just the Nordic region. “Our organization has undergone great...

Penny Glover, managing director for Europe, Middle East and Africa for EMS Technologies Inc.’s Satellite Networks Division, and her diving partner were reported missing following a Nov. 21 deep-sea dive...

Now that it has emerged from bankruptcy, Loral Space & Communications can focus on growing the company, with a return to the North American services market one of the possible...