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Alcatel Alenia Space plans to perform a demonstration March 3 of the first emergency service based on the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS), the company announced. The service, which...

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) named David Claassen vice president of core engineering and Brian Smith vice president of network deployment, the company announced March 2. The pair will work on...

United Airlines will add up to 19 channels provided by XM Satellite Radio to the airline’s in-flight entertainment offerings, United announced March 2. Financial terms of the deal were not...

Americom Government Services Inc. (AGS) signed an agreement with Xtar LLC to market X-band communications capacity to the U.S. Department of Defense and other agencies, AGS announced March 2. Xtar,...

The number of households in the United Kingdom subscribing to pay-TV digital satellite increased by 123,000 to a total of 7.5 million at the end of September, U.K. communications regulator...

Canadian space company MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. earned Cdn. $68.1 million ($59.8 million) in 2005 on revenues of Cdn. $832.9 million ($730.8 million), the company announced Feb. 28. In...

Raytheon Co. will deliver 15 submarine satellite communication systems to the U.S. Navy under a $35.9 million contract, the company announced March 1. The Submarine High Data Rate systems link...

New Skies Satellites Holdings Ltd. reported record revenue of $240.5 million in 2005, up 14 percent from revenue of $210.7 million in 2004, New Skies announced March 1. The satellite...

An upper stage failure aboard a Russian Proton rocket left the Arabsat 4A satellite short of its intended orbit, launch provider International Launch Services (ILS) announced. News agency RIA Novosti...

Technology XM Unveils New Portable Radios XM Satellite Radio unveiled four new portable radios, including a pair of units that can receive live XM signals as well as play stored...