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Inmarsat announced May 24 its collaboration with ViaSat Inc. to develop new solutions based on the integration of Inmarsat’s forthcoming Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) Mobile Satellite Service and ViaSat’s...

The European Union’s executive commission requested permission from member states to engage in talks with South Korea to allow the country to participate in the Galileo satellite navigation mission, according...

Euro1080 announced it would be screening the finals of the Queen Elizabeth Music Competition on its first channel, HD1, this week. The competition, which has been running for about 60...

Orbcomm said May 23 it signed agreements with seven technology companies that will offer their customers Orbcomm’s satellite data communications services with their mobile and fixed asset applications and services....

The European Union Satellite Center (EUSC) selected Atempo Inc.’s Time Navigator as the prime data protection solution for global satellite, aerial images and collateral data, the company said May 23....

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd.’s Spacenet Inc. subsidiary introduced Connexstar SE, a new product that uses the Gilat SkyEdge very small aperture terminal (VSAT) platform to provide next-generation speed, security and...

Taide, a subsidiary of Telenor Satellite Services, said May 23 it opened a new international gateway in Nairobi, Kenya. The new gateway, a joint project with local service provider Kenya...

International Launch Services (ILS) placed the DirecTV 8 satellite into orbit May 22 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on a Proton Breeze M rocket. Satellite controllers confirmed that the...

Africa and Asia will provide the best growth opportunities for satellite networks in the next decade, industry CEOs said during a May 23 roundtable at Intelsat’s Global Telecommunications Meeting 2005....

Globalstar LLC named Greg Tees the new general manager of Globalstar Europe Satellite Services. Tees will oversee Globalstar’s European business operations from the company’s Dublin office. In his role as...