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Alcatel To Build Two Early Warning Satellites

Alcatel Space, a subsidiary of Paris-based Alcatel [NYSE: ALA], has been selected by EADS Astrium, the prime contractor for France’s SPIRALE early warning satellite program, to build two demonstration satellites....

Digital Radio Taking Off, Says Study

The worldwide digital radio market, both satellite and terrestrial, will grow to over 19 million unit shipments in 2007, according to a report by market research firm In- Stat/MDR. The...

DirecTV Sets Brisk Growth Pace

Fresh off its best quarter in subscriber gains in its history, Segundo, Calif.-based DirecTV, a unit of Hughes Electronics [NYSE: HS], is ready to rumble under new owner News Corp...

Innovations Boost Satellite Radio

New services and products unveiled by the two U.S. satellite radio service providers – Washington-based XM Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: XMSR] and New York-based Sirius Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: SIRI] — could...

Global Satellite Industry Climbs Back To Health

HONOLULU–As telecom, broadcast, consumer and enterprise markets begin to recover from their recent business lows, the world’s global satellite and expendable launch vehicle (ELV) industries are looking forward to improved...

Spotlight: Diplomats Gain Secure VPN Access

The foreign ministries of the Netherlands and another European country have become the latest customers of Amsterdam-based Equant [NYSE: ENT], which is offering new secure satellite virtual private network (VPN)...