Author: JJ McCoy

Intelsat Ltd. has shut down a satellite transponder that was being used by Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tigers rebel group to make unauthorized TV and radio broadcasts in Europe and Asia,...

[4/26/07] Iridium Satellite is offering a new North American pricing plan that will bring the cost of its satellite telephone service to the range of 30 cents to 40 cents...

Boeing space revenues increased 4 percent to $2.9 billion in the first quarter of 2007 on increased sales of satellites and ground-based missile defense (GMD) programs, Boeing announced April 25....

Viasat continues to see strong subscriber growth in Scandinavia and the Baltic States, as the direct-to-home provider added 14,000 customers to close the first quarter with 943,000 subscribers, parent company...

BSkyB could be set for a “tough quarter,” research analyst Sarah Simon of Morgan Stanley said. Morgan Stanley is forecasting low subscriber growth of only 15,000, but “all eyes will...

Globalstar Inc. has launched its Globalstar Simplex data service to customers throughout Central America and the surrounding maritime region, Globalstar announced April 24. The one-way satellite service provides an asset...

Streambox Inc. and the American Red Cross are planning to deploy the Streambox ACT-L3 newsgathering system to Red Cross field workers, Streambox announced April 24. The Red Cross will deploy...

Telenor Satellite Services added the Addvalue Communications Wideye Sabre-1 Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) terminal to its inventory of on-demand communications technologies, Telenor announced April 24. The sub-laptop sized Wideye...

SkyWave Mobile Communications and Aztech Associates Inc. have developed the Spike messaging display terminal for use with SkyWave’s D+ satellite and GPRS terminals, SkyWave announced April 23. Using the Spike...

[4/25/07] Thales Alenia Space received a contract from Telenor Satellite Broadcasting AS to manufacture the Thor 6 satellite, the companies April 24. Thor 6 will be based on the Spacebus...