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EADS Astrium is teaming with Alcatel Space to build two satellites – Arabsat-4A and Arabsat-4B – for Saudi Arabian satellite operator Arab Satellite Communications Organization (Arabsat). Financial terms were not...

Israel-based Gilat Satellite Networks’ [Nasdaq: GILTF] major noteholders intend to participate in the satellite operator’s offer to exchange outstanding 4 percent convertible subordinated notes due in 2012 for the company’s...

Intelsat and Orbit Data Systems have agreed to offer two-way satellite-based broadband Internet access service for consumers in the Middle East. Under the multi- year agreement, Intelsat will provide the...

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...

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 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...

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’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...

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...