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By Gerry Oberst Hope that the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) could decrease the flood of “paper satellites” plaguing the industry has been dashed by reports coming from the Geneva-based organization....

by David Hartshorn As historic moments go, this one was decidedly understated. The doors of Cable & Satellite Russia had long since been closed, the exhibit hall was nearly empty,...

It’s more green lights and blue skies for Sirius Satellite Radio [SIRI], and the satellite radio business in general, said Sirius Chairman and CEO David Margolese. He envisions automobile and...

Trimble Navigation Ltd., [TRMB] the designer of a wide variety of civilian products enabled by Global Positioning System (GPS) technology, has introduced its newest generation receiver, the ACE III GPS...

General Dynamics [GD] selected Raytheon Co. [RTNA] to provide the total ground network infrastructure for the FAISAT global wireless data network being developed by proposed Little LEO operator Final Analysis....

American Mobile Satellite Corp. [SKYC] announced its program to help subscribers who are left without service in the wake of Iridium LLC’s [IRID] demise. The Reston, Va.-based company will offer...

Globalstar’s [GSTRF] quest for customers, at least in the United States, could become a more difficult task, due to a new dual-mode phone released by Motorola [MOT] and offered by...

A prominent Wall Street satellite analyst cut his subscriber estimates, stock rating and stock price target for Globalstar [GSTRF], a global, mobile satellite phone service that recently launched operations in...

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...

Institutional investors made a profit by selling shares in UK cable operator Telewest Communications stock last week, no doubt taking advantage of its high share price, and ahead of its...