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London-based GlobeTrac [OTC BB: GBTR] has signed a reseller agreement with Visible, a Milan, Italy-based company specializing in customer relationship management for mobile workforces. Visible and GlobeTrac have integrated the...

SES Aster and RTL Group have signed contracts for the digital transmission of the “RTL Austria” bouquet of television channels via an Astra satellite located at 19.2 degrees East Longitude....

Orca Interactive, a developer of applications for interactive TV services, announced the licensing of its RiGHTv software solutions to Bezeq, Israel’s national telecommunications provider, and YES, an Israeli satellite TV...

Pan-European ISP Tiscali, which recently signed a deal with SatLynx to rollout its Tiscali Sat service in 10 European countries, hopes to extend that partnership if the demand for satellite...

John O’Keefe has been selected chief financial officer at Verdisys [OTC BB: VDYS.OB], a Houston-based provider of satellite communications and other services to the oil and gas industry. He joins...

Globecomm Systems [Nasdaq: GCOM], a Hauppauge, N.Y.-based provider of satellite-based communications solutions, has extended its relationship with African Virtual University (AVU) with a contract valued at approximately $1.5 million. The...

Russia’s state-owned Khrunichev Research and Production Center has received a contract to manufacture the first national geostationary telecommunications satellite for the government of Kazakhstan, according to the TASS news agency....

DirecTV, an El Segundo, Calif.-based satellite TV provider, has filed with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for authority to move its DirecTV 5 spacecraft into an orbital slot controlled by...

The dominant U.S. satellite radio services provider, XM Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: XMSR], beat analyst forecasts for the fourth quarter by signing up more than 430,000 customers – its best quarter...

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing [BA: NYSE:] a GPS III study contract valued at $20.8 million. Under the contract, Boeing will perform a 24-month systems requirement review (SRR)...