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General Dynamics C4 Systems will deliver GPS-equipped PDAs, along with other hardware and software, to U.S. armed forces under modifications to existing contracts. These contract modifications total $39 million and...

Columbia, Md.-based Impact Labs and London-based AOS are demonstrating a system for compressing, securing, transmitting, and viewing DICOM-compliant medical images through the use of satellite terminals at the American Telemedicine...

Within 18 months, the number of U.S. homes able to receive interactive television through cable and satellite systems will drive an increase in the number of advertisers using interactivity. This...

Hughes Network Systems Europe (HNSE), a unit of Hughes Network Systems, has agreed to provide its DirecWay broadband satellite service to PHC Poland for resale to small and medium-sized businesses...

Stanford University and QuakeFinder are developing a satellite that will detect earthquake activity in California by monitoring a network of ground-based sensors. The micro-satellite, called QuakeSat I and weighing about...

A = Analogue D = Digital 122 degreesE: Asiasat 4 D Asiasat 4 was launched successfully aboard an Atlas IIIB rocket from Cape Canaveral on April 12 at 00:47. It...

SES Americom got a shot in the arm recently with announcement of a deal with EchoStar Communications to provide satellite capacity to the U.S. direct broadcast satellite (DBS) operator on...

Alcatel Space has concluded a deal to provide a new weather satellite, worth 135 million euros ($146.9 million), to Eumetsat, an intergovernmental organisation that operates meteorological satellites for 18 European...

The International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO) has launched an initiative to bring broadband via satellite to less developed regions of the globe. ITSO was formed during the privatization of Intelsat...

While consolidation among satellite pay-TV operators is accelerating in southern Europe, the colder regions of Europe have stimulated robust competition in the satellite TV market. In the Nordic region, Modern...