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Centrality Communications has launched its Atlas processor family, targeted for GPS-enabled handsets, PDAs and telematics systems. By combining up to six chips, Centrality’s Atlas processor family provides reduced system bill […]

Medianet Communications [CDNX: MNE] has signed an agreement with Aboriginal Voices Radio (AVR) to provide administration/production facilities and support for satellite-delivered programming. Under this agreement, programming content will be produced […]

EMS Technologies [Nasdaq: ELMG] has signed up NSSL as a master distributor for its suite of Inmarsat satellite products and services. NSSL will provide service to customers worldwide in the […]

Japan’s NTT DoCoMo announced Wednesday that it would begin marketing its first GPS–compatible handset, dubbed F661i, on Tuesday. The mobile phone features a one- touch GPS button that lets users […]

CSI Wireless [Toronto: CSY], a Canadian manufacturer of wireless and GPS technologies, has received a $3-million purchase order from 3-D Marketing, a U.S. firm, for its MBX-3S differential (DGPS) beacon […]

Japanese digital satellite TV provider SKY PerfecTV! has taken a minority stake in Dream Stage Entertainment (DSE), a Los Angeles-based martial arts program provider. In conjunction with the investment, DSE […]

Geospatial engineering company I-cubed has developed a satellite image mosaic of the Middle East for use by the media covering the Iraq conflict. The mosaic includes Bahrain, Iraq, Israel/the West […]

Equant [NYSE: ENT], a provider of data and IP services for multinational businesses, will deploy an IP virtual private network for EUMETSAT to process crucial weather data gathered from international […]

DigitalGlobe’s QuickBird satellite imagery is being used to support a wildlife observation study in Bristol Bay and the Bering Sea, Alaska. The imagery, purchased by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife […]

Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH] outperformed the expectations of key Wall Street analysts, according to it 2003 first-quarter results released Monday. Hughes, the parent company of DirecTV, Hughes Network Systems and […]

New York-based satellite radio operator Sirius Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: SIRI] is unveiling what it believes is the first national radio channel aimed at gay, lesbian, transgender and bisexual listeners. Market […]

Gilat Satellite Networks’ [Nasdaq: GILTF] U.S. subsidiary Spacenet has been selected by International Dairy Queen (IDQ) to provide satellite-based broadband connectivity for its restaurant brands, including Dairy Queen/Brazier restaurants, throughout […]

Marlink, an Oslo, Norway-based unit of Telenor Satellite Services, has signed a three-year agreement with Radisson Seven Seas Cruises to provide complete onboard satellite communications for the Radisson Diamond. The […]

The Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research, part of Ben Gurion University in Israel, has purchased Integral Systems’ [Nasdaq: ISYS] Skylight direct-broadcast ground terminal for receiving and processing satellite Earth […]

Satellite communications equipmentmanufacturer Harris [NYSE: HRS] has completed testing the first of three ship-sets of Ka-band spot antennas it will supply to Boeing Satellite Systems as part of the Department […]

Orbital Sciences [NYSE: ORB] has shipped the OrbView-3 imaging satellite to a launch site at Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB), Calif., where the spacecraft will be attached to and integrated […]

Maritime Telecommunications Network (MTN), a Miramar, Fla.-based provider of satellite-based communications to the cruise and offshore oil and gas rigs, has signed an agreement with Holland America Line to provide […]

Space Imaging, a Denver, Colo.-based provider of Earth imagery and related services to commercial and government markets, has signed contracts with four Brazilian companies – Engesat, GisPlan, Infostrata and Threetek […]

News Corp [NYSE: NWS] has made a preemptive regulatory strike in its effort to acquire General Motors [NYSE: GM] subsidiary Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH] and its prized DirecTV unit. In […]

Week of April 4 – 10, 2003 Percentage Change Symbol April 10 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 1.16 (25.2) (26.6) […]

The European Space Agency plans to sign an accord this Thursday with the French space agency (CNES) for joint development and operations of an automated transfer vehicle (ATV) control center […]

Join us Tuesday, April 29, from 12:00-1:30 p.m. (EST) for an exclusive Webinar: “From Broadcast to Broadband: Seizing The Next Satellite Business Opportunity.” Gain access to key speakers: Ramu Potarazu, […]

Amstrad, a U.K.-based supplier of digital satellite receivers, has signed two manufacture and supply agreements with British satellite broadcaster BSkyB. One is to supply Sky+ set-top boxes, and the second […]

The war in Iraq has been a vivid reminder of the value of images provided by commercial remote sensing companies. These same satellite images will play a vital role in […]

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates [Toronto: MDA] has inked a deal with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to undertake a study which evaluates a tandem topographic mission with the RADARSAT-2 radar […]

Arianespace and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) are expanding their relationship after the successful launch of ISRO’s INSAT-3A communications satellite aboard the French Ariane 5 rocket last week. Arianespace […]

International Launch Services boosted AsiaSat 4, a high-power Boeing Satellite Systems 601HP spacecraft, into orbit aboard an Atlas IIIB vehicle on Friday at 8:47 p.m. EDT. The spacecraft separated from […]

Loral Skynet, a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications [NYSE: LOR], did not take long after its recent consolidation with Loral Cyberstar to launch new satellite network services. SkyReach is […]

AIRIA, a venture of London-based Inmarsat Ventures, is moving ahead with plans to deliver live television services onboard aircraft. The latest step involved the delivery of transmission equipment for use […]

By Jimmy Schaeffler Recent announcements by Washington-based XM Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: XMSR] suggest that its first quarter subscriber growth will be strong enough for it to meet aggressive 2003 projections. […]