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Russia has exported four rocket booster units to India, with the option of the country taking a further three, allowing it to implement its satellite launch programme before 2005. The...

New Skies Satellites has signed a major contract with the Taiwanese telecoms company New Century Info Comm (NCIC). Under it, NCIC will provide the telco, which was recently awarded fixed...

Spain is at the forefront of the digital TV revolution, with three platforms competing in a market that already reaches more than two million subscribers. David Del Valle reports Spain...

Interspace’s in-depth study of European satellite activity compiled by Mike Fallon D – Digital A – Analogue 78.5 degreesE: Thaicom 2&3 D: MKTVSat from Macedonia has started in the RR...

The chairmen of German public broadcaster ARD’s regional affiliates have given the green light to its participation in the global satellite-based German-language pay-TV channel planned in co-operation with fellow public...

By Peter J. Brown Last month we talked about how earth stations are in a state of flux with the projected growth in large facilities–Standard A earth stations–slowing considerably. At...

By Nick Mitsis Even though the global satellite manufacturing business continues to triumph throughout an increasingly competitive marketplace, industry executives remain focused on ways to defeat the impediments that stunt...

by Theresa Foley Cidera, iBeam, Net 36, Edgix, Netsat Express. A long list of promising names that last year looked like they’d be pioneers in a new sector of satellite-based...

by Armand Musey Throughout the next couple of years, satellite-based consumer services should make significant headway in the market for broadband connectivity. We expect demand will initially be strongest in...

by David Hartshorn Mythology is a source of great yarns, like Cassandra who was blessed with the ability to see the future, but who was cursed so that no one...