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XM Satellite Radio added more than 568,000 net new subscribers during the first quarter of 2006, bringing its total number of subscribers to more than 6.5 million, the company announced...

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. announced April 3 that Six Continents Hotels Inc. has extended its enterprise network services contract with Gilat subsidiary Spacenet Inc. through 2008. In addition to the...

Alcatel and Lucent Technologies have entered into a definitive merger agreement that will create a global communications powerhouse, the companies announced April 2. The announcement did not address what may...

Tandberg Television announced March 30 that it would launch a pair of high-definition (HD) digital satellite and electronic newsgathering solutions (DSNG and DENG) based on its advanced compression engine. Tandberg...

Hatice Memiguven, COO of Turkish direct-to-home operator Digiturk, believes the major challenge for the company as it rolls out new offerings is to convince households in Turkey the value of...

Sea Launch‘s Odyssey launch platform and the Sea Launch Commander departed the company’s port in Long Beach, Calif., in advance of the scheduled launch of the JCSAT-9 communications satellite for...

Digiturk plans to launch a high capacity personal video recorder (PVR) in Turkey in 2007 as the direct-to-home operator bids to bring leading edge technologies to the Turkish digital television...

The global melting of glaciers continues to take center stage as growing impact of greenhouse on the world’s icecaps continues to make news. In the forefront of the research rest...

LORL Loral Space & Communications Inc. lost $74 million in 2005, excluding a gain related to its bankruptcy proceedings, compared to a loss of $177 million in 2004, the company...

Mobile Satellite Ventures LP (MSV) has hired James Corry to lead the company’s system solutions for all federal, state and local government needs, as well as the solutions for emergency...