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By Jason Bates The more than 20 countries that make up the Middle East are thirsting for more satellite bandwidth in order to provide a wide variety of military and...

By Peter J. Brown The use of Ka-band is gaining momentum. Throughout the next year, the broadband over satellite sector in particular will know if the overall business model is...

by Owen D. Kurtin The June launch of Wildblue Communication’s broadband service preceded by only a few weeks a major legal milestone that promises to preserve broadband from burdensome regulation...

People Astrotech Spacehab Subsidiary Announces Management Changes Spacehab Inc. said that John Satrom, senior vice president and general manager of its Astrotech Space Operations subsidiary, decided to leave the company...

The Modern Times Group (MTG), owner of the Viasat direct-to-home television operation, signed an agreement to acquire 50 percent of GES Media Holding (GMH) in the Czech Republic from GES...

International Datacasting Corp. of Canada entered into a non-binding agreement to acquire Profline BV for cash and stock, International Datacasting announced Sept. 29. Profline, based in the Netherlands, provides network...

STMicroelectronics said Sept. 30 it has shipped about 10.5 million XM Satellite Radio baseband decoders to XM’s radio manufacturers. The decoders integrate all the specific functions needed to manufacture an...

Norsat International Inc. said Sept. 29 it has fulfilled an $800,000 order to supply portable satellite systems to the 1st Calvary Division of the U.S. Army. 1st Calvary troops use...

Encore Networks and Orbital Data Net teamed to develop a secure satellite broadband communications network for the Parks Division of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, the companies announced Sept....

Garmin International Inc. said Sept. 29 it is now a tier-one automotive original equipment manufacturer (OEM) supplier with its newly developed modular GPS navigation system being used on the 2006...