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Gilat Satellite Networks [GILTF] president and CEO Oren Most is gearing up the company for the launch of its SkyEdge family of products later in the year. Gilat claims this...

SBC Communications [SBC] and EchoStar Communications [DISH] launched a combined SBC/DISH Network satellite TV service across the SBC service area that spans 13 states and 55 million telephone lines. The...

ISECUREtrac [ISRE], an Omaha, Neb.-based provider of GPS tracking services, has received private placement funding of $5 million from an undisclosed investment group. Proceeds from the placement will be used...

Hughes Network Systems [GMH], a Germantown, Md.-based satellite broadband network services provider, will promote the implementation of the IPoS (Internet Protocol over Satellite) standard through a multi-tiered licensing program that...

Robust growth clearly is possible for satellite operators doing business in comparatively weak Latin America, according to a panel of speakers at Satellite 2004 this week in Washington, D.C. “Latin...

The world of fixed satellite services (FSS) is evolving into one of scrappy survivors whose leaders are viewing the same marketplace opportunities and challenges but are drawing different conclusions about...

Hughes Network Systems Inc. will promote the implementation of the IP-over-satellite (IPoS) standard through a multi-tiered licensing program available to all industry applications and systems providers. “IPoS is the only...

Worldspace Corp. introduced what it calls the first multinational satellite radio subscription plan available across the Worldspace Satellite Radio footprint, which covers Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Worldspace...

Envivio Inc. demonstrated for the first time the distribution of H.264 (MPEG-4 AVC) encoded content over the Hughes satellite network. The live-source content is encoded at 1.2 Mbps, Envivio said,...

Frost & Sullivan awarded its 2004 Regional Satellite Operator Award to Telesat. This award is given annually to the operator that best competes against all other operators in a region,...