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XM Satellite Radio said Jan. 18 that it acquired Effanel Music Inc., a company specializing in live music, remote and mobile recording. “Bringing Effanel into the XM family is a […]

SatCon Technology Corp. received certification by the United States Defense Supply Center enabling it to build space-qualified products to the MIL-PRF-38534 hybrid microcircuit Class K. Class K hybrid microcircuits are […]

Telenor Satellite Services and Sea Tel announced a business agreement Jan. 18 under which the two companies will offer a combined package of Sea Tel WaveCall equipment with Telenor’s Sealink […]

Intrado Inc. said that Iridium Satellite LLC selected the Intrado 9-1-1 Call Center Solution to upgrade the emergency services it offers subscribers when they dial 9-1-1 on their satellite phones. […]

U.K. cable operators, Telewest Broadband and ntl have launched on-demand services in the United Kingdom as they aim to put pressure on satellite pay-TV operator BSkyB in the United Kingdom […]

Intelsat Ltd. said Jan. 18 that PT Indosat Tbk. signed a four-year, multi-transponder contract for leased capacity with Intelsat in order to support the growth of its satellite-based cellular and […]

Panamsat said it donated the transponder capacity for the NBC-broadcasted Jan. 15 telethon that was used to raise money for the victims of the Dec. 26 tsunami. XM Satellite Radio […]

The Lockheed Martin-built NOAA-N satellite arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California and is undergoing final testing and launch processing for its scheduled March 19 launch on a Boeing […]

Irdeto Access said ABS-CBN Broadcasting is migrating all its satellite direct-to-home customers in Europe and in the Middle East to the Irdeto PIsys for Digital TV content security. According to […]

Roadpost Inc. said it has made Iridium satellite services more affordable and flexible with a range of new pricing and service options. Among the company’s latest offerings are: multiple monthly […]

According to a Jan. 14 report on ExpressIndia.com, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will launch a remote sensing satellite, named Cartosat-1, with a 2.5 meter resolution in March or […]

Arianespace CEO Jean-Yves Le Gall admits the upcoming launch of the Ariane 5 ECA vehicle will be a key exclamation point for the company in 2005. Le Gall told Satellite […]

Advantech AMT, a manufacturer of satellite and terrestrial wireless communication equipment with corporate headquarters in Montreal, Canada, today announced the completion of its acquisition of SpaceBridge Semiconductor Corporation, a supplier […]

Intelsat suffered the second satellite failure when its IS-804 satellite went dark on Jan. 14 at 5:32 p.m. Intelsat Spokeswoman Jodi Katz told Satellite Today that the satellite, which offered […]

Pace Micro Technology, the U.K.-based set top box (STB) manufacturer, is confident it will continue to grow its profits after releasing encouraging results this week. In the 27 weeks to […]

Telenor Satellite Services and Global Relief Technologies LLC are working together with International Medical Corps (IMC) to provide an integrated support system for immediate collection and dissemination of in-the-field data […]

Eumetsat, the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, is making a satellite available to help in the future detection of Tsunamis in Asia. It will make access to […]

General Dynamics‘ C4 Systems division won an $830 million contract from Lockheed Martin to help develop a satellite-based system to support the U.S. military’s network-centric communications initiative and will hire […]

SES Americom said its Americom-12 (AMC-12) satellite arrived in Baikonur, Kazakhstan and will be undergoing final preparations for its Feb. 3 launch by International Launch Services on a Proton/Breeze M […]

Shin Satellite PLC said Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) informed the company that it successfully concluded its antenna patterns and end-to-end payload tests in compact antenna test range (CATR) for the iPSTAR-1 […]

RaySat Inc. unveiled an antenna, the SpeedRay 3000, at the Consumer Electronics Showcase in Las Vegas, that will deliver high-speed Internet services to in-motion vehicles and distributes the connection to […]

Loral Skynet said it renewed an agreement with Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. (SingTel) to distribute video, data, telecommunications and VSAT services on Loral’s Telstar 10 satellite. Additionally, SingTel also agreed to […]

Hughes Network Systems said it launched a new dedicated network operations center (NOC) to be hosted at its European teleport in Griesheim, Germany. The new NOC will support additional satellite […]

Nordic Satellite AB (NSAB) last week awarded the first competitive commercial satellite contract of this year to Lockheed Martin to design and manufacture the Sirius 4 satellite. According to NSAB, […]

Hughes Network Systems (HNS) reported last week that it had a record year in 2004 in terms of subscriber growth for its Direcway satellite broadband product, ending the year with […]

SES Astra‘s deal with the Croatian communications company Vodatel is one of the first indications of telcos in Eastern Europe deploying a progressive multimedia strategy using satellite communications. The deal […]

In what appears to be a page taken out of the playbook of the satellite radio industry, DirecTV Inc. has struck a deal with homebuilder D.R. Horton Inc. to get […]

February 11 is likely to be the key date this year for European satellite launch provider Arianespace. This is the date when we could finally see the long-awaited launch of […]

Telesat‘s recent acquisition of The Spaceconnection Inc. represents a significant step to meeting that company’s strategic goal of increasing its presence in the U.S. market. The price of the transaction […]

Motient Corp. last week said the signature of a binding term sheet with Telecom Satellite Ventures Inc. to acquire that company’s interest in Mobile Satellite Ventures LP and its general […]