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Gizmondo Europe Ltd. recently announced it is delaying the launch of its Gizmondo multi-entertainment handheld device in North America from Aug. 11 to an unspecified date closer to Christmas. Gizmondo...

U.K. satellite pay-TV operator BSkyB signed a new transponder deal with SES Astra as it steps up its plans to introduce high-definition (HD) television service in the United Kingdom. It...

EMS Technologies Inc. received a contract to provide components for the U.S. government’s National Polar-orbiting Operational Environment Satellite Systems (NPOESS), EMS announced recently. Under the $4 million contract, awarded in...

More than half of Quebec’s citizens believe the advent of satellite radio services will have a positive impact on Canada’s French culture, according to a survey performed on behalf of...

Inmarsat CEO Andy Sukawaty confirmed to Satellite Today that everything is on track for the operator’s launch of BGAN (Broadband Global Area Network) services later this year. Based on Internet...

EMS Technologies Inc. announced last week it has executed non-binding letters of intent with unnamed strategic buyers for its Space & Technology/Montreal and Satnet divisions and currently is engaged in...

International Launch Services (ILS) is in final preparations for what will be the first Atlas 5 launch for the U.S. government. The company will be sending NASA‘s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter...

ViaSat Inc., which offers VSAT products for voice and data applications, broke a company record with revenues of $100 million during the fiscal 2006 first quarter, up from $84.2 million...

Following its ratification of the European Space Agency (ESA) Convention, Luxembourg became ESA’s 17th Member State, effective June 30. Cooperation between ESA and Luxembourg began with the signing of a...

International Launch Services is in final preparations for what will be the first Atlas 5 launch for the U.S. government. The company will be sending NASA‘s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter into...