Author: Staff Writer

Globalstar LLC said Dec. 6 that Elsacom, an independent gateway operator and Globalstar service distributor in Central and Eastern Europe, won a 20 million euro ($23.6 million) contract to provide...

U.K. cable operator NTL‘s move last week to acquire Virgin Mobile seems to be response to BSkyB’s move to acquire a terrestrial broadband service provider and certainly will put even...

The Modern Times Group (MTG), which owns the Viasat direct-to-home satellite television platform in the Nordic region, increased its stake in Nordic Betting Ltd. to 90 percent, MTG announced. MTG...

With the winter season arriving, the city of Cincinnati, will be looking to GPS technology to help in the snow removal efforts. The city’s Department of Public Services currently is...

Eutelsat After its first five trading days, Eutelsat finds its stock trading above the 12-euro ($14.16) initial public offering (IPO). The stock fell below its IPO price on its opening...

When the Connexion by Boeing service is mentioned, it likely brings up images of airline passengers using the satellite broadband service to surf the Internet during flight. Now Boeing is...

SES Sirius made its mark serving the Nordic region under the name Nordic Satellite AB, but the satellite operator has outgrown its original market and its name. Now the company...

Penny Glover, managing director for Europe, Middle East and Africa for EMS Technologies Inc.‘s Satellite Networks Division, and her diving partner were reported missing following a Nov. 21 deep-sea dive...

Sea Launch received a firm contract award from Hughes Network Systems LLC to launch the Spaceway 3 satellite in early 2007 aboard a Zenit 3SL rocket, the companies announced Dec....

ATK has been named the prime contractor to design, develop, test and evaluate the first stage propulsion system for NASA‘s next-generation crew launch vehicle, ATK announced. The first stage will...