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Rainbow DBS, the direct broadcast satellite (DBS) division of Cablevision Systems [NYSE: CVC], announced plans this week to become the first satellite TV service to offer a comprehensive array of […]

Space Systems Loral (SS/L), a Palo Alto, Calif.-based satellite manufacturing subsidiary of Loral Space and Communications [OTCBB: LRLSQ], has received a welcome order from DirecTV, an El Segundo, Calif.-based satellite […]

Arlington, Va.-based Iridium Holdings, the holding company for global satellite communications provider Iridium Satellite, has announced that Dan Colussy will retire as chairman of the board. Colussy, who shepherded the […]

Littleton, Colo.-based EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH] has agreed to offer local TV channels via satellite to Eugene, Ore., and Memphis, Tenn. Local channels at the two locations will be offered […]

Anchorage, Alaska-based Alaska Communications Systems Group [Nasdaq: ALSK] has reached a voluntary settlement with the state of Alaska regarding the comprehensive telecommunications service agreement signed by both parties in December […]

DigitalGlobe, of Longmont, Colo., won a huge $500 million, five-year contract from the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) to provide high-resolution imagery from the next series of U.S. commercial […]

Emerging applications using the Global Positioning System (GPS) and renewed growth in existing markets will help to expand the global GPS market beyond $22 billion by 2008, predicted New York-based […]

Hauppauge, NY-based Globecomm Systems [Nasdaq: GCOM] has been awarded multiple satellite infrastructure contracts and a service contract worth a combined value of approximately $4.4 million. The names of the customers […]

League City, Texas-based Eagle Broadband [AMEX: EAG], a manufacturer of products that use the Iridium satellite constellation to provide communication services, has restructured its operations to increase revenue and become […]

SES Astra, a Luxembourg-based unit of SES Global [Luxembourg: SESG], and Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) of South Africa have agreed to invest in IP Direct, a satellite broadband venture started […]

Sea Launch, a joint of Boeing [NYSE: BA] and foreign partners, successfully launched the Galaxy XIII/Horizons-1, a Boeing 601HP satellite, for PanAmSat [Nasdaq: SPOT] and JSAT of Japan. The satellite […]

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by Gerry Oberst The acronym WSIS does not stand for "what’s this?" but instead is an ambitious "World Summit on the Information Society" organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). […]

ViaSat [Nasdaq: VSAT] has won a $4.65 million contract to supply its LINKWAY multi-protocol broadband VSATs to provide communications and video back- haul services for the All African Games to […]

Qualcomm [Nasdaq: QCOM], a San Diego, Calif.-based developer of digital wireless communications products and services, has agreed to buy Mobicom, a European mobile satellite data communications systems and service provider, […]

San Jose, Calif.-based Globalstar [OTCBB: GSTRF.OB], a mobile satellite service provider, has extended the availability of its data monitoring service to parts of the Middle East, with full commercial availability […]

Germantown, Md.-based Hughes Network Systems (HNS) has introduced the DW6000, the latest product in its family of DirecWay broadband terminals. The DW6000 incorporates an advanced, single-board architecture, offering an Ethernet […]

Bryan A. McGuirk has been named senior vice president of domestic satellite services at SES Americom, a Princeton, N.J.-based subsidiary of Luxembourg-based SES Global [Luxembourg: SESG]. In this role, McGuirk […]

El Segundo, Calif.-based Aerospace Corp. plans to add two new senior executives to its fold. Donald R. Walker will become senior vice president of its Systems Planning and Engineering group, […]

The Telecom Marketing Awards presented by PBI Media’s Telecom Group are among the telecommunications industry’s most privileged honors, recognizing the best telecom marketing campaigns and programs of the past year. […]

The in-orbit failure of Bedminster, N.J.-based Loral Skynet’s Telstar 4 satellite could pose significant financial consequences. At greatest risk are the satellite’s insurers and satellite operator Intelsat, which agreed to […]

Wilton, Conn.-based PanAmSat [Nasdaq: SPOT] is building a neighborhood of in-orbit satellite capacity to provide potentially lucrative high-definition television (HDTV) services. The first step is the planned launch of the […]

Satellite dish dealers typically use their powers of persuasion with their customers but last week they came to Washington to win the support of lawmakers in Congress. A first-of-its-kind “Retailer […]

Intelsat has expanded its terrestrial network by powering up a new mountaintop teleport in Hagerstown, Md. Intelsat’s teleport will provide service to 100 existing customers of GlobalConnex, the operator’s bundled […]

By Jimmy Schaeffler September typically is a busy time of year for the U.S. direct broadcast satellite (DBS) business. Executives return from summer vacations and there is less daylight (and […]

By David Hartshorn Anyone who has traversed Africa – whether by plane, train or beast of burden – knows the continent is vast. Those who recently have traveled there in […]

Arianespace succeeded in launching a three-satellite payload aboard its Ariane 5G rocket on Sept. 27 at 8:14 p.m. local time (23:14 GMT, 7:14 p.m. EDT) from the Spaceport in French […]

The International Telecommuni- cation Union’s World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) 2003 produced positive results for the satellite industry, but no spectacular wins or losses. Rather, it was an unusually pragmatic meeting […]

DirecTV, an El Segundo, Calif.-based satellite TV subsidiary of Hughes Electronics Corp. [NYSE: GMH], has increased its full-year guidance for net subscriber additions and revenues. DirecTV now expects subscriber additions […]