XM Tops 1.5 Million Subscribers
Washington-based XM Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: XMSR] topped the 1.5 million subscriber mark this month, while also reporting that its fourth quarter financial performance beat the guidance it had given Wall...
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Sirius To Air Wall Street Journal Network
Sirius Satellite Radio, [Nasdaq: SIRI] has agreed to broadcast The Wall Street Journal Radio Network throughout the United States. Starting this month, subscribers will be able to hear hourly market...
KVH Launches New Tracphone
KVH Industries [Nasdaq: KVHI], a Middletown R.I.-based manufacturer of mobile communication products, has introduced a new compact satellite communication device to offer global voice coverage. The device, called the Tracphone...
Elektra Plans To Expand VSAT Network
Elektra, a Mexican-based home appliance retailer, plans to expand its VSAT network with the help of Israel’s Gilat Satellite Networks [Nasdaq: GILTF]. Elektra’s network provides internal connectivity services to its...
American Wireless Expands Role With EchoStar
Campbell, Calif.-based American Wireless, a North American wireless retail distributor, has agreed to begin selling the satellite TV services of EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH] and its DISH Network nationally, rather...
Hughes Revenues Rise, While One-time Charge Spurs Bottom-line Decline
El Segundo, Calif.-based Hughes Electronics [NYSE: HS] reported that its fourth quarter 2003 revenues rose more than 20 percent to $2.95 billion, on the strength of rising subscriber gains and...
DirecTV Appoints New Senior Executive
El Segundo, Calif.-based DirecTV, the largest U.S. satellite television services provider, added to its executive team by naming Richard Slenker to become its executive vice president of technology and engineering...
Metro Fuel Chooses Satellites for Tanker Control and Security
Satellite Security, a San Diego-based company that provides secure Global Positioning System (GPS) services, has signed a pact to monitor oil tankers for New York-based Metro Fuel Oil. No financial...
EGNOS Undergoes Test in China Before Mid-Year Launch
The European Geostationary Navigation Overlay System (EGNOS), designed to improve the accuracy of satellite global navigation systems, is now undergoing tests prior to service launch in the middle of the...
Cisco, Surrey Deploy Router in Space
VIENNA, Va. — U.S.-based Cisco Systems [NYSE: CSCO] and British small satellite manufacturer Surrey Satellite Technology have successfully launched and deployed a “router in space.” The Cisco-supplied router is part...