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Skytrac Systems Ltd., an Iridium value-added reseller, won a contract to supply Iridium satcom systems for one of Europe’s largest medical evacuation helicopter fleets, the company announced March 15. Under...

Echostar Communications Corp. reported total revenue of $2.18 billion for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2005, a 12.8 percent increase from the $1.93 billion for the corresponding period in 2004....

OpenTV, which supplies middleware and other interactive solutions to satellite pay-TV operators worldwide, has seen some strong growth in overall revenues. This was one of the highlights as the company...

Glowlink announced March 14 the rollout of a geolocation product with integrated interference detection and monitoring capability. Targeted for the satellite communications market, the new product can detect interference or...

Gilat Satellite Networks won a key contract in Latin America in terms of boosting education resources to classrooms in Mexico. The company announced March 14 that a consortium of leading...

ViaSat Inc. finalized March 14 a $13.8 million subcontract modification with The Boeing Company for the Family of Advanced Beyond-line-of-sight Terminals (FAB-T) program. As part of the Boeing team, ViaSat...

Stratos Global Corp., a global communications provider and distributor of Inmarsat satellite services, announced March 14 it won a National Individual Standing Offer (NISO) awarded by the Canadian Department of...

Ascent Media Network Services (AMNS) announced March 14 that Peter Brickman has been named managing director of content distribution for North America by AMNS COO Margaret Craig, to whom Brickman...

High-definition (HD) channel provider Euro1080 has begun broadcasting HDTV footage of the Winter Olympics, the company announced. Euro1080 will use Astra, Sirius, Eutelsat and more than 35 cable and Internet...

Com Dev International Ltd. recorded revenues of Cdn. $32.7 million ($28.2 million) in its 2005 first quarter, up 7.5 percent from revenues of Cdn. $30.4 million ($26.2 million) in the...