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Telenor Satellite Services announced June 29 a four-year agreement with British Telecommunications (BT) to provide an Internet protocol (IP) custom network over satellite to 83 European Commission embassies around the...

ViaSat Inc. said June 30 the U.S. Air Force Cryptologic Systems Group awarded the company a $3.16 million contract to develop cryptographic equipment for the Space Ground Applications in Satellite...

Alcatel won a key rural telephony contract in Africa that will bring telecommunication services to remote parts of the continent, the company said. Under the deal with RascomStar-QAF, the pan-African...

Boeing Co.‘s board of directors elected James McNerney Jr. as the company’s new chairman, president and CEO, Boeing officials announced June 30. McNerney joins Boeing after serving as chairman and...

Satelites Mexicanos S.A. de C.V. (Satmex) filed in Mexico a voluntary concurso mercantil, which is similar to a bankruptcy filing in the United States, the company announced June 29. According...

Stratos Global Corp. announced June 28 the appointment of Scott Hoyt as senior vice president and chief marketing officer. Hoyt will be responsible for the overall direction, implementation and operation...

Intelsat Ltd. announced June 28 that William Atkins resigned as the company’s CFO to pursue other interests. The company named Robert Medlin acting CFO and commenced a search for a...

Symmetricom Inc. received a contract to develop next-generation atomic clocks that could be used on the U.S. Air Force‘s GPS 3 constellation, the company announced June 28. Under the $3.9...

Weida Communications Inc. announced June 28 that China’s Shenyang Water Conservancy Bureau awarded the company a $210,000 contract to supply an emergency satellite communications system. Shenyang awarded the contract to...

Pace Micro Technology announced June 29 a supplier agreement with Modern Times Group Viasat Broadcasting to support the Nordic satellite pay television service provider’s personal video recorder (PVR) rollout in...