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Telenor Satellite Services [Nasdaq: TELN] has introduced Satellite Direct Plus, an innovation in fixed-to-mobile calling via satellite. The new service allows users to place satellite calls from any location in...

WorldSpace Corp., a Washington D.C.-based satellite radio company, is leading a team of companies that are bidding on a $98 million Department of Defense contract to rebuild Iraq’s news and...

Karrier Communications, a Cameron Calif.-based sports software company, has begun shipping its new IntelliGolf version 7.0 golf software for PalmOne [Nasdaq: PLMO] handheld devices and Microsoft [Nasdaq: MSFT] mobile pocket...

Marcel Fenez has been reelected for a second two-year term as chairman of the Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) during the group’s annual meeting held in Singapore...

2003 SATELLITE NEWS’ PR & Marketing Awards Presented by PBI Media’s Satellite Group There’s still time to enter SN’s PR & Marketing Awards, which are among the industry’s most privileged...

The World Summit on the Information Society kicked off in Geneva Wednesday with an appeal by International Telecommunication Union Secretary-General Yoshio Utsumi to world leaders to share information and communication...

International Launch Services plans to launch a Boeing [NYSE: BA]-built U.S. Navy communications satellite on board a Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT]-built Atlas III rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station...

Hughes Network Systems, the Germantown, Md.-based broadband satellite subsidiary of Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH], has signed two contracts to provide its DirecWay network and service to two entities in Africa....

NightHawk Systems [OTC BB: NIHK] has introduced its ST1500 wireless remote control product that uses the ORBCOMM satellite network. The revolutionary ST1500 allows a user to remotely control any electrical...

Trafficmaster, a British supplier of digital traffic information and telematics services, has signed agreements with Japanese auto makers Nissan Motor Co. [Nasdaq: NSANY]and Mazda Motor Corp. for its Trackstar stolen...