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The International Telecommunication Union is partnering with London-based Inmarsat to promote rural telecommunication and support emergency communications in developing countries. Inmarsat will make a 105,000 euro ($109,500) contribution toward the...

Orbital Recovery Corp. has appointed Kirby Ikin as its senior vice president for risk management. Ikin has extensive experience in the space insurance and risk management sectors, which he will...

The U.S. Air Force successfully launched a Titan II booster from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 6:19 a.m. Jan. 6. The joint government and industry project, dubbed “Coriolis,”...

Week of January 6 – 10, 2003 Percentage Change Symbol Jan. 9 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 1.67 (6.7) (12.1)...

Digital Angel Corp. [AMEX: DOC] has unveiled the first in a series of miniaturized Global Positioning System (GPS) locator products for mobile connectivity to people, pets and assets. The device...

Cobra Electronics Corp. [Nasdaq: COBR] has inked a product development and licensing agreement with Horizon Navigation to develop Cobra-branded after-market mobile navigation products targeted to begin shipping in early 2004....

CSI Wireless Inc. has signed an agreement to be the exclusive telematics hardware supplier to Directed Electronics, an aftermarket vehicle security and remote- start product manufacturer. CSI (Calgary, Alberta) will...

Automaker Toyota‘sScion model will begin offering satellite radio equipment from XM Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: XMSR] as a factory installed option this June. The Scion will have a MSRP of $16,000...

DirecTV Inc., the satellite TV subsidiary of Hughes Electronics Corp. [NYSE: GMH], unveiled a plan to introduce local broadcast stations in 50 additional U.S. markets by the end of the...

After a “pretty dismal 2002,” both cable and satellite TV stocks should outperform the rest of the market this year, predicted Douglas S. Shapiro, a satellite and cable analyst with...