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By Amanda L. Kazdoy Several new commercial launchers are creating an atmosphere of stiff competition. To create a truly competitive edge, launch services providers must furnish reliable and cost-effective vehicles. […]

By Cynthia Boeke and Rob Fernandez Each year, Via Satellite quantifies the satellite industry. We look at how the industry is changing based on information from our own internal database, […]

by Katie McConnell There was a time when some telecommunications analysts proposed that VSATs were an interim product that would eventually be replaced by terrestrial solutions like coaxial cables and […]

by Marc Crossman A new era for all multichannel programs, cable and DBS operators alike, came to life when the U.S. Senate passed a satellite bill in late May that […]

PanAmSat Corp.’s [SPOT] newest satellite, the PAS 8, last week became the company’s latest bird to malfunction due to a manufacturing flaw. Space Systems/Loral [LOR] engineers are trying to identify […]

Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] Atlas IIA rocket launched the U.S. Navy’s Ultra High Frequency Follow-on F9 satellite last Wednesday (10/21) into intermediate transfer orbit from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Fla. The […]

EchoStar Signs Pact To Purchase Media4, Inks OpenTV Deal For Interactive Services EchoStar Communications Corp. [DISH] took two key steps last week to further its involvement in two major growth […]

The tension will be high this Wednesday for Arianespace officials as they try to prove their next-generation Ariane 5 rocket is ready to become a workhorse in the France-based organization’s […]

As pioneer Little low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellite operator Orbcomm Global L.P. continues to develop its data messaging system, the Dulles, Va.-based company has decided to make some big changes at the […]

(Available at http://www.businesswire.com/telecomweb/wireless.shtml) TekNow Installs PhenX TK4000 Paging Terminal In Nicaragua Cylink Licenses Certicom Elliptic Curve Engine

ADC Telecommunications Inc. [ADCT] is angling to exploit new business opportunities in Europe through the formation of a U.K.-based subsidiary that will concentrate its efforts on providing microcellular systems solutions […]

Weekly Update: Last week we highlighted Orion Network Systems, PanAmSat, and Comsat as stocks that might react favorably to the dramatic increase in satellite usage because of the Princess Diana […]

Hughes Space and Communications International Inc. [GMH] has signed a contract to build a geostationary mobile satellite system based in the United Arab Emirates. Hughes was selected late last month […]

HANNOVER, Germany–The world’s leading manufacturer of microprocessors for personal computers, looking to solve what it sees as a shortage of bandwidth across Europe, has joined forces with a key European […]

PanAmSat Corp. [SPOT] said it recently hosted 22 regulators from developing nations around the world for a training symposium sponsored by the U.S. Telecommunications Training Institute. The symposium, which covered […]

The proceedings of the fifth Satel Conseil symposium, "Where do satellites fit in the global communications picture?" held in Paris from Sept. 4-6, 1996, now are available on CD-ROM. For […]

Real estate conglomerate RE/MAX has switched its proprietary business TV network to AlphaStar’s [TENXF] satellite following the failure of the Telstar 401 satellite in January, AlphaStar said. RE/MAX will use […]

Orbcomm Global L.P. [ORBI] signed a distribution agreement with Korean networking equipment manufacturer Communications Technology Inc. (CTI) for service provision in Korea. CTI also will explore the possibility of developing […]

French conglomerate Alcatel Alsthom plans an unorthodox regulatory campaign for SkyBridge LLC, its 64-satellite broadband satellite project, which will be anchored by an unprecedented spectrum-sharing scheme that company officials say […]

Mitsubishi Electronics America Inc.’s electronic device group introduced two low-noise microwave/RF devices for use in DBS and other receivers. The two devices, MGF4919G and MGF4714CP, are, respectively, for DBS receiver […]

Ontario-based Com Dev International Ltd. said Feb. 24 it signed a contract with Hughes Space and Communications Inc. [GMH] for $3 million worth of space-qualified microwave switches for a 12-satellite […]

PanAmSat Corp. [SPOT] said Paraguayan Internet service provider (ISP) Planet Internet tripled its leased capacity aboard PanAmSat’s PAS 3 satellite over the Atlantic Ocean Region. The additional bandwidth will allow […]

In a Feb. 24 speech before the National Association of Broadcasters‘ State Leadership Conference, FCC Chairman Reed Hundt reiterated previous calls for emerg ing satellite and terrestrial programming providers–including digital […]

Israel-based Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. [GILTF] announced it will supply 1,600 VSAT terminals for use in Brazil’s national lottery. The contract was awarded by Racimec Informatica Brasilia SA, a subsidiary […]

ICO Global Communications Ltd., the London-based global mobile satellite consortium, announced a preliminary service distribution agreement with its Japanese investor syndicate. The group, Satellite Phone Japan Ltd., will be ICO’s […]

Japan Satellite Systems Inc. selected Lockheed Martin Corp.’s [LMT] Atlas 2AS rocket to launch its upcoming JCSat 6 satellite, from Cape Canaveral in mid-1998. JCSat 6 will be a Hughes […]

Decades-old shortwave radio is giving way to satellite technology when it comes to the distribution of the U.S. government’s Voice of America (VOA) service, officials of the federal agency said […]

SPOT Image Corp. signed a licensing agreement with Radarsat International (RSI) for Radarsat to distribute and market in the United States remote sensing imagery from the Radarsat satellite. British Columbia-based […]

Next week, Washington law firm Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay will hold a one-and-a-half-day symposium on the legal, business and technical implications of orbital debris. The symposium will cover risk-minimization […]

Intelsat promoted David Meltzer to director of procurement in January; prior to his appointment Meltzer was assistant general counsel. Meltzer will report to Andrew Browne, Intel sat vice president and […]