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TYSON’S CORNER, Va.–The single most important way to trim the cost of obtaining Internet services via satellite is to avoid downtime from technical glitches, said Kay Sears, vice president of...

Forcing Mobile Satellites to Provide Data Service Over the past decade the digital revolution has transformed the way we think about communications services. Telecommunications companies have converted from analog to...

BSkyB has signed a deal with Exel, creating a new distribution centre, as the broadcaster continues to attempt to keep pace with the demand for digital upgrades. The new national...

Kingston TLI, the satellite services arm of the Kingston Communications Group, is adding two new C-Band earth stations for Indian Ocean coverage. This will triple the number of earth stations...

The Big News at Galileo Industries inaugural press conference at its new Brussels office (belonging to Finmeccanica) on May 25 happened over three weeks earlier in Edinburgh. There, Nasa Administrator...

It is now almost two weeks since New ICO, formerly ICO Global Communi-cations, announced on May 17 that it had emerged from US Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection, following a decision...

Iridium’s bankruptcy is still having reverberations. Iridium’s creditors have begun their own claims against Motorola, which they allege, created the system and has failed in its legal duties to maintain...

The first station from Discovery Channel has appeared in the Polish Cyfra+ package. Discovery Civilisation made its debut on May 23 following pressure from subscribers anxious to be able to...

Italian public broadcaster RAI is leading a project for the launch of a multilingual and multicultural satellite TV channel for countries in the Mediterranean region. At a meeting of the...

Leading Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset has registered encouraging first quarter results for 2000 thanks in part to an alliance with Germany’s Kirch Group. The financial results of the Milan-based TV...