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Following up on its deal with EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH], Qwest Communications International [NYSE: Q] announced Thursday that it is offering $5 monthly discounts on DISH Network satellite TV service...

General Motors [NYSE: GM] announced that the 500,000th XM Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: XMSR]- equipped vehicle will roll off the production line in mid-August. GM, an owner of XM, has been...

Trimble [Nasdaq: TRMB], a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based GPS products maker, has been chosen as the primary GPS timing supplier for Cattron-Theimeg‘s ACCUSPEED locomotive radio remote control system. The system allows rail...

iSECUREtrac [OTC BB: ISRE.OB], an Omaha, Neb.-based developer of GPS devices for tracking and monitoring, announced that Montgomery County, Md., will deploy its tracNET24 GPS tracking system for use with...

The Federal Communications Commission has ended its long-standing “Alaska Bush” satellite earth station policy and instead is allowing open-entry, facilities-based telecom competition in Alaska’s rural communities. The Alaska Bush communities...

Intelsat appointed Stephen Spengler as a vice president for sales for its largest customer segment–the data, carrier and Internet segment. The company also named Ashley Fernandes as a regional vice...

PGS Geophysical of Norway has renewed its global satellite communications agreement with Telenor Satellite Services through June 2005. Telenor began providing communications via satellite to PGS in 1995. The current...

Metrodata and Mentat are partnering to offer cost-saving solutions for satellite networking. By utilizing Metrodata’s Ethernet-to-serial interface converters, users can connect Mentat’s SkyX satellite link accelerators into a satellite network...

Dulles, Va.-based Orbital Sciences [NYSE: ORB] has been awarded the initial phase of a $25 million satellite manufacturing contract from a university team led by Hampton University in Hampton, Va.,...

Frequency Electronics [AMEX: FEI] has been awarded a $2 million contract to provide reference oscillators and frequency synthesizers for an undisclosed communication satellite. Delivery of these products is to be...