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EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH]has agreed to purchase 8PSK technology from Broadcom [Nasdaq: BRCM], an Irvine, Calif.-based provider of silicon-based products, for its DISH network receivers. Financial terms were not disclosed....

Guardian Mobility, anOttawa, Canada-based provider of tracking devices for industrial customers, is using GPS receivers supplied by Finland-based Fastrax for the Guardian Sentinel GPS tracking device. The Guardian Sentinel, which...

Digital Angel, [Amex: DOC], a South Saint Paul, Minn.-based provider of GPS tracking and monitoring devices, has named Scott R. Silverman as vice chairman of the company. Silverman currently serves...

Gilat Satellite Networks’ [Nasdaq: GILTF] Spacenet subsidiary has launched its Connexstar franchise co-marketing program, a collection of resources for Spacenet VSAT network customers to help provide their franchisees or members...

In the story “StarBand Cleared to Exit Bankruptcy,” which appeared in the Nov. 17 issue of SATELLITE TODAY, we incorrectly identified Gilat Satellite Networks as the strategic partner with which...

2003 SATELLITE NEWS’ PR & Marketing Awards Presented by PBI Media’s Satellite Group SN’s PR & Marketing Awards are among the industry’s most privileged honors, recognizing the best satellite PR...

Wilton, Conn.-based satellite operator PanAmSat [Nasdaq: SPOT] is expanding its land-based capabilities with an all-cash acquisition of Chantilly, Va.- based Sonic Telecom, a provider of international high-definition multimedia transmission services...

The high stakes competition to determine the builder of the U.S. government’s multi-billion dollar Orbital Space Plane (OSP) has led Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] to take the unusual move of...

U.S. consumers interested in subscribing to satellite radio have a host of new receivers to choose from this holiday season. Sirius Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: SIRI] and XM Satellite Radio [Nasdaq:...

China CNOOC [NYSE: CEO], a Hong Kong-based producer of offshore crude oil and natural gas, is deploying a satellite network to carry high-speed data, videoconferencing and voice/fax services. Roughly 40...