Canada's Telesat Opens Office in Detroit
Telesat, a Gloucester, Ont.-based satellite services subsidiary of BCE [NYSE: BCE], has opened an office in Macomb, Mich., located 23 miles north of downtown Detroit, to meet the growing demands...
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Hughes Wins Contract with packetPointe to Deploy DirecWay
Hughes Network Systems (HNS) [NYSE: GMH], a Germantown, Md.-based broadband satellite unit of Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH], has won a contract from Utah-based packetPointe Communications, an energy management and equipment...
EchoStar Redeems $1 Billion In Subordinated Notes
EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH] said that effective Oct. 20, 2003, it completed the previously announced redemption of $1 billion principal amount of its 4 7/8 percent convertible subordinated notes due...
Call For Entries - Late Deadline - November 7, 2003
2003 Telecom Marketing Awards Presented by PBI Media’s Telecom Group The Telecom Marketing Awards are among the telecommunications industry’s most privileged honors, recognizing the best telecom marketing campaigns and programs...
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Sea Launch To Add Land-based Missions To Sea-based Capability
Sea Launch’s board of directors has voted to enhance the joint venture’s capabilities by offering launch services from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, in addition to its sea-based launches from...
DRS, ITT Ink $3.2M Military Satellite Systems Deal
Parsippany, N.J.-based DRS Technologies [NYSE: DRS] has signed a $3.2 million deal with White Plains, N.Y.-based ITT Industries [NYSE: ITT] to provide satellite communications systems to support the U.S. military’s...
Thomson To Support New European HD Satellite Channel
Paris-based Thomson [NYSE: TMS] has signed a deal with Belgium-based Alfacam to provide the company with 5 million euros ($5.8 million) worth of broadcast equipment. Alfacam will use the equipment,...
Encore Networks, Future Visions Sign Reseller Agreement
Dulles, Va.-based Encore Networks has signed a reseller agreement with Long Beach, Calif.-based Future Visions for the company to add Encore’s line of integrated IP and virtual private network products...
Titan II Rocket Launches Military Weather Satellite
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT]-built Titan II rocket launched the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) Block 5D-3 spacecraft into orbit Oct. 18 at 9:17 a.m. PDT from the Vandenburg Air Force...