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The long-awaited acquisition of General Instrument (GI) was concluded last week when Motorola absorbed the box-making company in a stock swap that sees GI shareholders take a 17 per cent...

One of a pair of Yamal-100 telecommunications satellites launched from Kazakhstan on September 7 has failed to make contact with the ground, according to its project engineers. The craft were...

Lockheed Martin can proceed with its planned 49 per cent acquisition of satellite communications company Comsat, the Federal Communications Commission confirmed last week. The US Justice Department has now also...

Jerry Glover, managing director of National Geographic Channel Europe, has left the company to become commercial director at Yahoo! Europe. He is replaced by veteran channel specialist John O’Loan, who...

by Gerald E. Oberst Jr. Satellite broadband service was the flavor of the month this summer in London. Two separate conferences, organized by IBC and IIR, explored this topic in...

by Marc Crossman If only two companies were left facing a much larger, very powerful common enemy, one would think they would direct all resources at attacking the opponent, rather...

by Theresa Foley Interactive TV over satellite will be delivered to U.S. homes this year for the first time as Echostar and DirecTV race into the multimedia services arena and...

by Rob Fernandez As the computing industry continues to evolve at a break-neck pace, with no signs of slowing anytime soon, the satellite industry is also experiencing a golden age...

by James Careless When it comes to the global VSAT market, the United States and Europe dominate. In fact, according to Comsys’ 1999 VSAT Report, the United States accounted for...

by Robert A. Nelson The antenna is the most visible part of the satellite communication system. The antenna transmits and receives the modulated carrier signal at the radio frequency (RF)...