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Nexterna has released Clearview 2.0, the latest version of its service management system. Clearview provides integration of complete service management functionality with real-time wireless connectivity and GPS-based location tracking. Clearview...

Motorola’s [NYSE: MOT] Broadband Communications Sector is launching its recently acquired Multimedia Home Platform (MHP) software on its interactive digital set-top boxes. With the integration of MHP technology into its...

The European Mars Express space probe has been placed in a trajectory that will take it to Mars by late December. A Soyuz-Fregat rocket sent the probe, weighing 1,120 kilograms,...

XM Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: XMSR], a Washington, D.C.-based satellite radio provider, plans to sell $125 million principal amount in senior secured notes due 2010 to qualified institutional buyers. The notes...

Pace Micro Technology [London: PIC.L], a U.K. set-top box (STB) manufacturer, has signed multiple key deals recently with satellite pay-TV operators. In May, it clinched deals with Sky Italia in...

Schlumberger‘s [NYSE: SLB] Houston-based Oilfield Services unit will provide remote monitoring and control of electrical submersible pumps (ESPs) via satellites for Columbian oil and gas firm Hocol. Schlumberger’s service includes...

Wavesat Wireless, a manufacturer of microwave network products, has signed an agreement with BIP Corp. of San Diego, to supply satellite amplifiers estimated at approximately $1.2 million. The equipment will...

ViaSat [Nasdaq: VSAT], a Carlsbad, Calif.-based VSAT and Ka-band communications provider, has been awarded a contract by an undisclosed satellite operator to procure ViaSat’s DOCSIS-based two-way broadband satellite system to...

EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH] has inked a deal to deliver business television, a satellite communications service, to CompUSA, a retailer and reseller of computer technology and related products and services...

GlobeCast, a satellite transmission unit of France Telecom [NYSE: FTE], has signed a long-term agreement with Abu Dhabi TV – the satellite channel of Emirates Media – to provide satellite...