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The board of Telenor Satellite Services AS (Telenor) appointed Morten Tengs as the company’s CEO effective Feb. 2, the company announced Jan. 12. Tengs replaces Tore Hilde who will leave […]

Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd., announced Jan. 10 that it would immediately begin to make its line of GPS and mobile electronics devices compatible with Mac OS […]

U.K. satellite pay-TV operator BSkyB stepped up its plans for providing content on alternative platforms, launching a pair of new services, the company announced Jan. 10. Sky by broadband and […]

Howard Stern and his agent have made their shares in Sirius Satellite Radio available for sale, according to a Jan. 11 Sirius filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. […]

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) awarded a contract to Boeing for three satellites and related ground systems to support MSV’s planned commercial mobile satellite service, the companies announced Jan. 11. The […]

Radyne Corp. announced that its Tiernan and Xicom Technology subsidiaries received an order valued at more than $1 million for high-definition and standard-definition TV encoders and high-power amplifiers from a […]

Lotus Cars USA and Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc. have added XM Satellite Radio as factory-installed equipment, the companies announced. Lotus will provide XM in its 2006 Lotus Elise sports […]

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced Jan. 10 that its Maryland-based subsidiary, Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp., received a preliminary contract valued at up to $22.6 million to provide satellite communications and network […]

Starsem signed a contract with Canada’s MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd, to launch the Radarsat-2 satellite aboard a Soyuz rocket, Starsem announced Jan. 9. The spacecraft, a replacement for Canada’s […]

Wildblue Communications Inc. announced Jan. 10 that it closed a secured credit facility of more than $200 million to fund the continued growth of its high speed Internet access business. […]

Intelsat Ltd., announced a series of executive appointments that will become effective following the closing of Intelsat’s planned acquisition of Panamsat Holding Corp.. James Frownfelter, currently COO of Panamsat, will […]

Tore Hilde will step down as CEO of Telenor Satellite Services at the end of January due to stated differences of opinion relating to [Telenor] operations,” the company announced Jan. […]

The U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) ordered $60 million of commercial satellite imagery from three U.S. companies, the U.S. Department of Defense announced Jan. 6. The awards were made under […]

Spacehab Inc. subsidiary Astrotech received a contract from International Launch Services (ILS) to provide payload processing for the Astra 1KR satellite, Spacehab announced. The spacecraft, owned by SES Astra, initially […]

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) plans to launch a series of dedicated small satellite scientific missions, according to Indian press reports. The Small Satellites for Atmospheric and Space Sciences […]

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd., in conjunction with Embratel and subsidiary StarOne, will deploy a 2,400-site VSAT network for Brazil’s largest cosmetics chain, O Boticario Comercial Farmaceutica Ltda., Gilat announced Jan. […]

BSkyB signed a contract with Tescom Software Systems Testing to augment and enhance BSkyB’s testing services, the U.K. satellite pay-TV operator announced. Tescom, a quality assurance and software testing provider, […]

XM Satellite Radio surpassed 6 million subscribers, while rival Sirius Satellite Radio reached 3.3 million subscribers, triggering a $225 million stock payout to Howard Stern, the companies announced. Washington-based XM […]

Radyne Corp. subsidiary Xicom Technology received an order valued at more than $1 million for tri-band satellite amplifiers from an unnamed U.S. company, Radyne announced Jan. 4. The amplifiers will […]

Globalstar signed a definitive agreement to acquire three privately held companies authorized to provide Globalstar service in Central America, as well as a gateway in Nicaragua, Globalstar announced Jan. 5. […]

Nera Satcom CEO Stig-Are Mogstad is confident that the terminal manufacturer will see some revenue growth in 2006 due to the introduction of Inmarsat‘s BGAN (Broadband Global Area Network) services […]

Echostar Communications Corp. and its Dish Network direct-to-home satellite service unveiled a new high-definition (HD) television package, DishHD. The package includes five new Voom channels, bringing the total to 15, […]

Eutelsat signed a capacity contract with Telekom Srbija, one of Eastern Europe’s leading telcos, for capacity on the Hot Bird 7A satellite. The contract calls for the lease of a […]

Arianespace broke even in 2005 on revenue of 1.1 billion euros ($1.3 billion), the company announced Jan. 4. Starsem posted sales of about 100 million euros ($118.8 million) and also […]

The Tata Group plans to launch its direct-to-home satellite TV service, Tata Sky, by June, the company announced Jan. 5. The service will be available in Mumbai initially before moving […]

Delphi Corp. has become a strategic investor and technology provider for Spain’s Ondas Media SA, which plans to launch a subscription satellite radio service in 2009, Delphi announced Jan. 4. […]

Worldspace Satellite Radio received authorization from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to launch its Afristar-2 satellite, Worldspace announced Jan. 4. Afristar-2, currently in storage in Toulouse, France, will be […]

Bellsouth signed an agreement with SES Americom to test a satellite-based video distribution service as Bellsouth ramps ups its Internet protocol (IP) TV plans. BellSouth will test IP Prime, which […]

EADS Astrium awarded a contract to Arianespace to launch the Skynet 5C satellite aboard an Ariane 5 rocket, EADS announced Jan. 4. Arianespace was selected in 2004 to launch Skynet […]

Wildblue Communications Inc. dropped the installation price for its satellite Internet service by $100, the company announced Jan. 3. Installation of Wildblue’s equipment package is being offered for $79.95 through […]