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Digitalglobe and Ontario, Canada-based provider of geospatial information products DMTI Spatial Inc., announced June 7 the availability of a new imagery-mapping solution. The solution, named Satellite Streetview, combines Digitalglobe’s 60-centimeter...

The Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association (SBCA) said it trained and certified more than 4,000 technicians during the first quarter of 2005, an increase of almost 50 percent compared to...

Intellon Corp. announced that Echostar Communications Corp. selected its Homeplug Powerline technology, which will be added to Echostar’s Dish Network satellite television receivers to integrate multiple receivers with a single...

Telenor Satellite Services signed a three-year communication agreement with Neste Oil Corp. of Helsinki, Finland, for maritime broadband services, Telenor announced. Under the terms of the agreement, Telenor will provide...

C-Com Satellite Systems Inc. said June 7 it signed an agreement with EMS Satellite Networks, a division of EMS Technologies Inc., to integrate and jointly sell its iNetVu mobile satellite-based...

XM Satellite Radio said June 7 it signed an exclusive content sharing deal with Audible Inc., a provider of digitally delivered, spoken word audio. The two companies will introduce in...

Hughes Network Systems LLC (HNS) introduced the first Inmarsat Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) Class 1 terminal to work over the new Inmarsat I4 satellite system, HNS announced June 8....

Nera, a supplier of satellite communications equipment, received approval from the U.S. government to provide its open standards DVB-RCS (Digital Video Broadcast – Return Channel Satellite) technology for two-way broadband...

Panamsat Corp. announced June 8 it signed a multiyear expansion agreement to distribute premium programming from China Central Television (CCTV) to western Africa. Panamsat currently provides full-time program distribution services...

EADS Space Services signed a framework agreement with the French Ministry of Defense to provide satellite telecommunications services for up to two years, EADS announced June 7. EADS Space Services...