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Denver-based satellite broadband hopeful WildBlue received its best Christmas present ever this holiday season with a $156 million equity investment. Now, the company needs to finish building its system and...

By Maury Mechanick Juxtaposition of the words “spectrum” and “war” is nothing new. Battles over who gets what spectrum have been waged since the time of Marconi. What is different...

COZUMEL, Mexico–Passengers and crew members on the Norwegian Sun and other ships in the Norwegian Cruise Lines (NCL) fleet now are using satellite and other communications technologies to surf the...

By Jimmy Schaeffler Retention of the 20 million U.S. satellite TV subscribers is becoming an increasingly important priority for the two companies that serve them. Hughes Electronics Corp. [GMH] reflected...

HONOLULU–Asia represents one of the world’s largest markets for satellite products and services, with 67 commercial satellites transmitting to a third of the world’s population. Asian satellite operators “may be...

Liberty Satellite & Technology, a majority owned entity of Liberty Media [L], has reached an agreement with Lockheed Martin [LMT], Northrop Grumman’s [NOC] Space & Mission Systems division and Telespazio...

XM Satellite Radio [XMSR] has received tenders and consents from a majority of the holders of its senior secured notes due 2010. In addition, XM has received the necessary approvals...

Aether Systems [AETH], in partnership with TransCommunications, a Chattanooga, Tenn.-based provider of business telecom products for the transportation industry, and the Mobilacomm Eagle division of BOT Engineering, are launching GeoLogic...

TOMRA East, a division of TOMRA North America, a provider of automated recycling systems for collecting used beverage containers, will deploy Nexterna’s Clearview field service management solution. The system will...

Space Imaging has been awarded a multi-year satellite imagery capacity contract by the U.S. Defense Department’s National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA). Under terms of the contract, NIMA would acquire...