Author: Staff Writer

Kazakhstan Prime Minister Danial Akhmetov said the country, which plans to launch its first satellite, Kazsat, before the end of 2005, expects to launch its second satellite within two years....

Canada’s Department of National Defence deployed MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.‘s (MDA) satellite surveillance and intelligence information solution for the Brigade Training Event 2005, MDA announced Nov. 30. The exercise...

Echostar Communications Corp. introduced Nov. 30 Michael Dugan as the company’s chief technical officer. Dugan, the chief architect of the technological foundation upon which the Dish Network direct-to-home satellite television...

Panamsat signed a multiyear deal to distribute programming for CNBC Pakistan, Panamsat announced Nov. 29. Under the agreement, Panamsat will support the contribution, studio interchange and distribution of the business...

Airspan Networks Inc. has joined iDirect Technologies‘ IP Alliance program, which will enable WiFi wireless local area network connectivity to users in remote locations, iDirect announced Nov. 28. Airspan’s As.max...

Orbital Data will provide satellite communications solutions for the U.S. Department of Defense under an original equipment manufacturer agreement with Datapath Inc., Orbital Data announced Nov. 28. The solutions are...

Telenor Satellite Services said it was officially recognized by Inmarsat for the best overall sales performance for Fleet services in 2005. Telenor sales of its Fleet service, through its global...

U.K. satellite pay-TV operator BSkyB confirmed that the National Geographic HD channel will be the first third-party broadcaster to provide content for BSkyB’s high- definition (HD) television offerings. National Geographic...

Canadian satellite radio service provider XM Canada announced Nov. 29 the availability of Franc Parler, a French language channel that offers sports and sports talk programming. The station provides listeners...

Direct-to-home satellite television service provider DirecTV announced Nov. 28 it added NDTV 24X7, an English language news channel from India that covers regional and national developments in Indian politics. The...