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Iridium Releases 9602 Transceiver Iridium Communications is rolling out its Iridium 9602 satellite data transceiver to market and is accepting orders. The lightweight short burst data transceiver embeds into partner-developed...

Dish Network Launches Google TV Dish Network has launched Google TV, an open platform designed to integrate multichannel television with Web media content. Dish Network subscribers using Google TV will...

SES Senior Vice President of Media Services Leaves Bryan McGuirk, senior vice president of media services at SES World Skies, left the company to form a new venture in the...

Xtar Curtin Retires; Harlow becomes President, coo CapRock CTO Philip Harlow left the company to join Xtar LLC as president and COO. Harlow will be responsible for the growth and...

[Satellite TODAY 06-30-10] Hughes Network Systems has been awarded a contract by the South Carolina Division of State Information Technology (DSIT), which allows the company to provide its Spaceway 3...

[Satellite TODAY 06-30-10]  SpeedCast has selected Orbit Technologies’ OrSat-G (AL-7103) marine antenna to optimize coverage of its uninterrupted global maritime Ku-band service, the two companies announced June 29.      Orbit...

[Satellite TODAY 06-30-10] Telenor has signed a set-top box testing deal with Mirifice, which will see the broadcast company use Mirifice’s MiriATE system to automate testing of digital television set-top...

[Satellite TODAY 06-30-10] XStreamHD, an HD consumer entertainment delivery and distribution company, has entered into a long-term satellite service agreement with EchoStar to use capacity from EchoStar’s leased AMC-16 satellite,...

[Satellite TODAY 06-30-10] The Rural Telecommunications Group (RTG), a trade association representing small, rural wireless carriers, hailed U.S. President Barack Obama’s memorandum to help unleash 500 megahertz (MHz) of wireless...

[Satellite TODAY 06-29-10] Globalstar has installed hardware and software upgrades at its satellite operations and control center (SOCC) in Milpitas, Calif., and its backup control center in El Dorado Hills,...