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Stratos Global Corp. [SGB] launched its next-generation Stratos messaging solution that provides a platform for satellite-based maritime messaging and communications. Users now have access to a unified software solution that...

In an attempt to bolster its ranks and to strengthen its bid to secure the $2.6 billion concession to deploy and operate the Galileo satellite navigation system, the iNavSat Consortium...

Intelsat is paying big for ending its 51-percent participation in Galaxy Satellite TV Holdings Limited, a company with a Hong Kong direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television subsidiary, Galaxy Satellite Broadcasting Limited....

Integral Technologies Inc. [ITKG] inked a non-exclusive agreement with Airsis LLC that gives Airsis the right to market and manufacture Integral’s low-profile, small, ruggedized, flat-panel antenna designed for use with...

Content security solutions supplier Irdeto Access is teaming with IPricot to offer a high-performance security router to deliver multimedia content over satellite IP-DVB networks. To do so, IPricot embedded Irdeto’s...

XM Satellite Radio [XMSR] now is looking at Internet users as the next source of subscribers to its commercial-free satellite radio service. XM Radio Online subscribers will be able to...

Gilat Satellite Networks boosted its prospects in Asia by signing a key deal with Australia’s second leading telco, Optus. Gilat will supply Optus with a SkyEdge hub and remote sites...

SES Astra, a SES Global company and a provider of direct-to-home services, signed a transponder contract with the broadcast division of ntl that gives ntl more capacity in the U.K....

Hughes Network Systems Inc. unveiled a satellite-based virtual private network (VPN) acceleration solution. Based on the IPsec standard, the company’s DirecWay VPN Accelerator enables enterprises and government agencies to implement...

Intelsat announced two separate deals to lease transponder capacity to companies in the oil and gas industry. One agreement involves a long-term contract for capacity on its IA-6 satellite with...