Wright, Brown Named To Head MotoSAT
Mark Wright has been named chairman and CEO and C. Reed Brown has been named president of MotoSAT, a Salt Lake City, Utah-based satellite-equipment company. Brown has served as COO...
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Turner Named Head of Government Services At New Skies
Robert W. Turner has been named director of government services at New Skies Satellites [NYSE: NSK], a Dutch satellite communications company. Turner will manage New Skies’ government-related sales and business...
FCC To Promote the Use of Electronic Filing for Satellite Applications
The Federal Communications Commission is expected to approve an item tomorrow that would expand the use of electronic filing for satellite and earth station applications. The item is the third...
Verizon Airfone Raises Stakes In Competition With Connexion by Boeing
United Airlines [NYSE: UAL] and Verizon Airfone are pairing up to offer a narrowband in-flight messaging and e-mail service that will heighten competition to the proposed Connexion by Boeing satellite...
WRC Allocates Spectrum For Wi-Fi, Earth Exploration Satellites
At the World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) underway in Geneva this week, delegates reached a tentative agreement to allocate an additional 455 MHz of spectrum in the 5 GHz band for...
Europeans To Double Space-Related Spending
The European Space Agency and European Union member states have agreed to double spending on space-related activities, from a current level of 6 billion euros (US$6.9 billion) to 12 billion...
LodgeNet Digital Satellite Network Exceeds 310,000 Rooms
LodgeNet Entertainment [Nasdaq: LNET], a provider of broadband interactive television services to the lodging industry, announced Tuesday that its digital satellite network delivers digital entertainment with DVD/CD functionality to more...
CSI Wireless Receives $2M Vector Purchase Order
CSI Wireless, a Calgary, Canada-based designer and manufacturer of wireless and GPS products, has received its first major purchase order for its line of Vector GPS heading sensors for the...
Sirius Reaches 100,000 Subscriber Mark
Sirius Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: SIRI] crossed the 100,000 satellite radio subscriber mark this month. Separately, the company announced the appointment of Jay Clark as executive vice president of programming. Clark,...
Nielsen Media Selects ATCi's Simulsat C/Ku Antenna
Nielsen Media Research has selected Antenna Technology Communications’ (ATCi) Simulsat C/Ku multi-beam antenna to assist in monitoring more than 300 syndication, network and cablenet feeds. The antenna is roof mounted...