Satellite TV Firms File Suit Against Ohio Tax
EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH] and Hughes Electronics’ [NYSE: GMH] DirecTV unit have filed a lawsuit against the state of Ohio for enacting a 6 percent sales tax on satellite TV...
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Shin Satellite Prepares for iPSTAR Launch
Next year, Shin Satellite (ShinSat) of Thailand will launch a new iPSTAR satellite aimed at providing broadband telecom and multimedia services to households, businesses and public organizations in Asia. Individual...
OrbView-3 Satellite Successfully Reaches Orbit
Orbital Imaging Corp.‘s OrbView-3 high-resolution Earth imaging satellite was successfully launched into space Thursday at 3:05 p.m. (EDT) aboard an air-launched Pegasus rocket provided by Orbital Sciences [NYSE: ORB] from...
Senate Panel Okays Measure That Would Negate FCC Action
The Senate Commerce Committee approved a measure Thursday that would prohibit the holding of an auction for multichannel video distribution and data service (MVDDS) spectrum in the 12 GHz band....
Trimble Signs Agreement for New $175M Bank Facility
Trimble [Nasdaq: TRMB], a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based GPS device maker, has secured a new $175 million secured credit facility with a syndicate of nine banks, arranged by Scotia Capital. The new...
Mainstream Data, Airpath Wireless Expand Wi-Fi Coverage With Satellite Network
Mainstream Data and Airpath Wireless are teaming to offer satellite Internet connectivity for Wi-Fi providers in need of broadband connectivity in remote or cost- prohibitive locations. As part of the...
EADS CASA Espacio Delivers Antenna For Spanish Military Satellite
EADS CASA Espacio has delivered an in-orbit reconfigurable multi-beam antenna (IRMA) to INTA for use in a satellite under construction by Space Systems/Loral for the Spanish Ministry of Defence. The...
Telenor Completes Testing of Aeronautical Data Service
Telenor Satellite Services has completed testing of its aeronautical data communications service called Swift Mobile Packet Data Service (MPDS). Based on Inmarsat‘s Swift64 technology, Telenor’s aeronautical MPDS will deliver a...
Gilat Signs VSAT Agreement with Bulgarian Petroleum Company
Gilat Satellite Networks [Nasdaq: GILTF] has signed an agreement with the Bulgarian petroleum company TRANSAT to deploy a Skystar 360E hub and VSAT network with sites throughout Bulgaria. TRANSAT, and...
Integral Systems Europe Awarded Contract For German Satellite System
Milan, Italy-based Carlo Gavazzi Space has awarded a contract to Integral Systems Europe, a wholly owned subsidiary of U.S.-based Integral Systems [Nasdaq: ISYS], to provide the satellite ground system for...