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EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH] has reached an agreement with 13 state attorneys general over a dispute about advertising disclosures, customer relationship and similar issues relating to EchoStar and its independent […]

Hughes Network Systems (HNS), a Germantown, Md.-based unit of Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH], has launched its DirecWay broadband by satellite services in Brazil and throughout South America. Through a newly […]

The Canadian Space Agency‘s MOST microsatellite is scheduled to blast into orbit on June 30. Built at Dynacon of Toronto, and the universities of British Columbia and Toronto, MOST (Microvariability […]

Xytrans, which produces high-frequency radiofrequency subsystems for broadband communications, has released its latest two-way satellite VSAT outdoor unit that integrates a high-performance Ka-band block upconverter with off-the-shelf Ka-, Ku- or […]

The Canadian Space Agency said Thursday thatitsOSIRIS (Optical Spectrograph and InfraRed Imager System) instrument flying onboard Swedish satellite Odin will continue to provide data relating to ozone depletion for an […]

Norsat International [Nasdaq: NSAT], a Burnaby, British Columbia-based firm, has won a contract worth in excess of C$1 million (US$730,000) to supply components for use in military shipboard satellite terminals. […]

High-speed, two-way satellite Internet provider StarBand is attempting to boost its subscriber sales by launching a direct sales channel and allow consumers to order service either online or by phone. […]

Thesuccess of XM Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: XMSR] in the United States is further validation that satellite radio can make it in Europe, according to Pascale Sourisse, the CEO of European […]

GiveMePower [OTC: GMPW], a provider of desktop, mobile and wireless software for the design/build industry, and Trimble [NASDAQ: TRMB] subsidiary Tripod Data Systems, which provides field-based computing communications for surveying, […]

Intuicom, a Boulder, Colo.-based provider of wireless data communications networks,has chosen the A12 GPS receiver from Santa Clara, Calif.-based Thales Navigation to provide GPS capabilities as an option with its […]

SCL Ventures, a British Virgin Islands company, is in the process of acquiring a 51 percent interest in Guangzhou Weida Communications, a Chinese VSAT communications company in which it has […]

Satellite radio service provider WorldSpace has launched a sales unit to take advantage of the growing satellite demand in the government market. This unit will enable government agencies to extend […]

ND SatCom, a German supplier of satellite based broadband VSAT, broadcast and military communication network solutions, has opened in office in Beijing. ND SatCom decided to increase its presence in […]

89.8 degreesE: Yamal 102 D Avtoradio has returned to the NetService package on 3565 MHz RHCP, SR 2000, FEC 3/4, APID 4200 after a short break. 80 degreesE: Express 6A […]

Satellite imagery supplier Space Imaging has appointed Charles “Chuck” S. Stees to the position of chief financial officer. Stees will be responsible for the overall management and direction of Denver-based […]

The European Association for the Protection of Encrypted Works and Services (AEPOC) has given a cautious seal of approval to the latest European Commission (EC) review of its 1998 conditional […]

Boeing Satellite Systems’ (BSS) new leader Dave Ryan expects a tough year for satellite manufacturer because of a lack of commercial orders. He expects that there will only be around […]

UK pay-TV operator BSkyB [London: BSY.L] is within 300,000 subscribers of the magic 7 million subscriber figure. In its first quarter results, the operator said it added 150,000 net new […]

Dave Ryan became the general manager of Boeing Satellite Systems (BSS) at the end of February. He replaces Randy Brinkley, who is stepping down next month. The challenge for Ryan […]

Boeing [NYSE: BA] has shipped the Thuraya-2 mobile communications satellite from its Boeing Satellite Systems manufacturing facility in El Segundo, Calif., to the Sea Launch home port in Long Beach, […]

Peugeot Motor Co. has begun offering Smartnav satellite navigation products as an approved accessory across its entire U.K. model range. Peugeot sold in excess of 200,000 cars in the United […]

Ministers responsible for space activities in European Space Agency member states and in Canada will meet May 27 in Paris at ESA’s headquarters to consider a resolution to restructure the […]

New Skies Satellites [NYSE: NSK] saw a slight increase in revenues in the first quarter, compared to the same period last year. Its revenues increased $0.2 million to $52 million […]

By Bharadwaj Ramesh At first glance, India appears to be a promising market for deploying satellite-based rural telephony solutions. The country is vast; most of its population lives across 5,000,000 […]

The Federal Communications Commission’s International Bureau (IB) is developing U.S. commercial positions for the upcoming International Telecommunication Union’s World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) being held June 9 to July 4 in […]

Tiscali [Milan: TIS.MI], an independent pan-European ISP, hopes to be offering a new one-way satellite Internet access through Eutelsat’s OPENSKY platform to customers in the next month. Tiscali is partnering […]

Alcatel Space CEO Pascale Sourisse is hopeful that French satellite manufacturer can secure around 25 per cent to 30 per cent of new commercial satellite orders this year, even though […]

Motorola’s [NYSE: MOT] Broadband Communications Sector has acquired technologies of Cadence Design Systems [NYSE: CDN] that are used in direct-to-home multimedia platforms. This acquisition allows Motorola Broadband to add multimedia […]

Pace Micro Technology [LSE:PIC], a digital television technology company based in England, has signed a digital TV set-top box (STB) contract with Viasat Broadcasting, a subsidiary of Modern Times Group […]

Sirius Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: SIRI], a Washington, D.C.-based satellite radio broadcaster, announced its intention to offer $125 million worth of convertible senior notes. Morgan Stanley and UBS Warburg will serve […]