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The Maritime Telecommunications Network (MTN) subsidiary of ATC Teleports Inc. has purchased the C-band satellite communications assets of a competitor, CruisePhone, which is in financial reorganization under the U.S. Bankruptcy...

Critics of Globalstar L.P. [GSTRF] have one less thing to complain about, at least in the United States, as Globalstar USA announced that customers now will be able to roam...

Inmarsat awarded its fourth-generation (I-4) satellite contract – for three satellites worth about $700 million – to Astrium, previously Matra Marconi Space. The satellites will be able to communicate with...

While many are looking to the satellite industry to fill the need for last mile distribution of Internet content, satellites may serve a greater role in the Internet space. According...

Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB] last week absorbed its latest loss when it reported first quarter 2000 earnings, but company officials said that a shift to conservative accounting principles deepened the...

The Jordanian government has started fleshing out its plans to establish a free media zone in the Kingdom, officials said on May 4. Minister of Culture and Information Salih Qallab...

Multichoice has confirmed it will start a digital service to sub-Saharan Africa using Eutelsat (Interspace 692). The service will launch late June 2000, following the deployment and testing of the...

Cambridge Industries, the Berkshire-based LNB manufacturer has been sold to the American owned dish manufacturer Channel Master for $35 million. The deal was put together by the 3i Technology Group,...

NO NAME yet for the UK’s very own answer to AOL-Time Warner – the merged Telewest-Flextech. However, ever-reticent CEO Adam Singer has revealed that in his view the worst suggestion...

TV2, Norway’s leading commercial operation, and so far the only private station with a national terrestrial licence, is about too part with its 16 per cent ownership of Canal Digital...