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Wilton, Conn.-based satellite operator PanAmSat [SPOT] has done so well managing it costs and boosting its cash flow during an industry downturn that it may be ideally situated to be […]

Global Locate a San Jose, Calif.-based GPS semi-conductor has successfully integrated its IndoorGPS chip set into the Infineon [IFX: FWB] multimedia platform, which supports UMTS, EDGE, and GPRS cellular standards. […]

By Roger Rusch Although exchange rates may be unpredictable, they can have a major impact on satellite companies, launch- services providers and other international businesses. Satellite and aerospace companies are […]

Herring Broadcasting a Wilton, Conn.-based provider of the Wealth TV Network, has selected PanAmSat [SPOT] Galaxy 13 to provide satellite delivery of its Wealth TV channel to cable and DBS […]

A new Arabic-language satellite television channel, named Alhurra, recently began broadcasting to millions of viewers in 22 countries across the Middle East. Alhurra, an Arabic word for “the free one,” […]

Equant [ENT: EQU], a Paris-based communications company, has agreed to provide satellite access services in Africa, the Middle East and Eastern Europe to the Foreign Ministries of France and the […]

Dulles, Va.-based ORBCOMM LLC (ORBCOMM), a global satellite telecommunications company, reached agreement with Micad Marine LLC (Micad) to provide global data communications services in connection with Micad’s MICAD NET Service. […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) has confirmed that the launch of the Rosetta comet chaser, due to take place on Feb. 26 is on track. Rosetta will be launched on […]

Inmarsat Managing Director Michael Butler believes the operator’s Regional BGAN service has been relatively successful so far. Regional BGAN delivers a seamless GPRS- compatible data service in as many as […]

Mark Dankberg, the chairman and CEO of Carlsbad, Calif.-based ViaSat [VSAT] will be honored “Satellite Executive of the Year” at the Satellite 2004 international conference and exhibition in early March. […]

Princeton, N.J.-based SES Americom and SES GLOBAL [SESG] signed a multi-year transponder renewal agreement for C-band service on SES Americom’s AMC-4 satellite. The transponder will be used for the distribution […]

Englewood, Colo.-based EchoStar Communications [DISH] announced its DISH Network would begin offering local TV channels by satellite television to the Tri-Cities area of Virginia and Tennesee. For the first time, […]

NovAtel [NGPS], a Calgary, Alberta-based Global Positioning System (GPS) provider, has reached an agreement with Swiss Leica Geosystems [LGSN] to provide GPS capability on Leica’s new System 1200. Financial terms […]

NeoMagic [NMGC], a Santa Clara, Calif.-based reseller of mobile phones and communication devices, agreed to let Mobile Broadcast Company (MBC) use its MiMagic 6 for MBC’s MBCO satellite. Financial terms […]

Paris-based GlobeCast, an international satellite services provider, agreed to deliver the Italian TV channel Telepace to Europe on the HOT BIRD satellite and to North America via the Telstar 5 […]

Frost & Sullivan, an international consulting firm, is looking to grow its satellite and space consulting practice. To do so, the firm launched a Space & Communications Group. The unit […]

Petah Tikva, Israel-based Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. [GILTF] agreed to supply Australia’s second largest telecommunications company, SingTel – Optus, with an additional 2,500 Skystar 360E Very Small Aperture Terminals (VSATs) […]

XM Satellite Radio [XMSR], America’s largest satellite radio service, will be a standard feature on Volkswagen of America‘s limited-edition 2004 Volkswagen “Satellite Blue” New Beetle vehicle, which will be available […]

Intelsat signed a five-year contract with Telespazio to provide satellite capacity for cellular telephone services Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM) will make available to passengers on Costa Crociere cruise ships in […]

Digital+, the pay-TV satellite operator in Spain, ended 2003 by reporting nearly 1.8 million subscribers, despite launching service only last July after the successful merger of two rival pay-TV platforms, […]

GPS Industries [GPSN], a Vancouver, B.C.-based developer of GPS golf courses, chose Don Adamson as its vice president of golf operations. Adamson, founder of LTS Leaderboard and widely regarded as […]

Digital Angel [DOC], a South St. Paul, Minn.-based communications company that deploys Global Positioning System (GPS) services to track and locate livestock, named Scott Silverman as its new chairman. Silverman […]

Vettro, a New York, N.Y.-based provider of mobile applications, has begun regular distribution of a GPS console integrated with Microsoft MapPoint. The Vettro GPS mapping console enables enterprises to visually […]

SiRF Technology Holdings, a San Jose, Calif.-based supplier of GPS semiconductor and software solutions, announced that its SiRFstarIII architecture would increase GPS performance significantly for location based services (LBS). The […]

Satellite Enterprises [OTCBB: SENR], a North Haven Conn.-based printer of syndicated newspapers around the world, announced that Peter Yuen has agreed to pay a fee to join the company’s World […]

Alhurra, a new Arabic-language satellite television network, began broadcasting to millions of viewers in 22 countries across the Middle East last weekend. Alhurra, an Arabic word for “the free one,” […]

AsiaSat announced a deal to provide backup facilities and services to Star through AsiaSat’s new Tai Po Earth station at Hong Kong. The deal cements a new arrangement between two […]

The hostile takeover bid for Disney [NYSE: DIS] by cable TV industry giant Comcast [Nasdaq: CMCSA] could create an entertainment and multichannel video service behemoth that would intensify the competitive […]

The enormous potential of satellite radio to gain broad consumer acceptance was exhibited again last week when both U.S. service providers took turns crowing about major accomplishments. Washington-based XM Satellite […]

The peculiar part about satellite TV subscriber growth is that the cost of boosting revenues typically batters a service provider’s bottom-line. The phenomenon repeated itself last week when Hughes Electronics […]