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Littleton, Colo.-based EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH] has agreed to offer local TV channels via satellite to Eugene, Ore., and Memphis, Tenn. Local channels at the two locations will be offered...

Anchorage, Alaska-based Alaska Communications Systems Group [Nasdaq: ALSK] has reached a voluntary settlement with the state of Alaska regarding the comprehensive telecommunications service agreement signed by both parties in December...

STMicroelectronics’ [NYSE: STM] total chipset shipments to XM Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: XMSR] now exceeds two million kits, according to the company. STMicroelectronics also has delivered samples of a one-chip receiver...

Connexion By Boeing, a business unit of Boeing [NYSE: BA], has appointed Elissaveta Ivanova as communications manager for Europe. She will be based in London and will manage Connexion by...

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by Gerry Oberst The acronym WSIS does not stand for "what’s this?" but instead is an ambitious "World Summit on the Information Society" organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)....

by Douglas Graham Small office/ home office (SOHO) and small-to-medium enterprise companies (SMEs) are potential growth sectors for satellite broadband. These days nearly every business is Internet-driven to at least...

The satellite industry is starting to feel slight tremors in the ground as the next generation of encoders is starting to make its presence known. While the encoder of tomorrow...

By James Careless VSAT: the acronym means Very Small Aperture Terminals. But for VSAT operators around the world, VSAT means opportunity. Consistently, it seems that someone, somewhere comes up with...

By Nick Mitsis When one thinks of satellite communications and the Middle East, 24-hour-a-day combat operations executed in part through the use of space-based technology materialize in one’s mind. Even...