DirecTV LA's Critical Month
DirecTV Latin America (DLA) expects to know before the end of February whether it will have to enter Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The satellite TV operator announced earlier this month...
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Don’t miss the world’s largest satellite industry conference and exhibition! SATELLITE 2003 February 26 – 28, 2003 Washington Convention Center Washington, DC http://www.satellite2003.com SATELLITE 2003 is the industry event where...
Water Utility Uses GPS Vehicle Tracking System To Manage Fleet
Radio Satellite Integrators (RSI), a provider of customized GPS-based vehicle tracking and mobile data solutions, has sold an automatic vehicle location (AVL) system to the Erie County, Pa., Water Authority...
Crosby Named To Head Conexant's STB Business
Jeffrey Crosby has joined Conexant Systems [Nasdaq: CNXT] as vice president of marketing for set-top box (STB) products. Conexant supplies chipsets used in STBs for satellite TV and other uses....
Amnis, Hughes Network Systems Sign Satellite Video Agreement
Amnis Systems [OTC: AMNM], a provider of networked streaming video systems, has signed an agreement with Hughes Network Systems (HNS), the broadband satellite unit of Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH], to...
Nera Telecommunications Will Serve the Philippines
Nera Telecommunications (NeraTel) signed a memorandum of understanding with Isaiah Verse 65 Foundation in the Philippines for the supply, delivery and implementation of 1,000 Nera satellite communications terminals. The contract...
C-Com Satellite Serves Minnesota State Patrol
C-Com Satellite Systems is teaming up with the Minnesota State Patrol to provide satellite-based communications. C-Com (Ottawa, Ontario) delivered a number of its iNetVu Mobile satellite-based antenna systems to the...
Telenor Satellite Services Inks Pact With Comtech
Telenor Satellite Services will provide dedicated capacity on Inmarsat satellites and land earth station services to Comtech to offer its customers real- time asset tracking and messaging services. The agreement...
EchoStar Plans To Offer Latino Television Network
EchoStar Communications [NYSE: DISH] announced that its DISH Network will add Si TV to its “America’s Top 150” programming package when the network launches this summer. Si TV is an...
Orbital's Pegasus Rocket Launches NASA's SORCE Satellite
Orbital Sciences [NYSE: ORB] announced it launched the National Aeronautics and Space Administration‘s (NASA’s) Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment (SORCE) satellite into its targeted orbit aboard its Pegasus rocket on...