Author: Staff Writer

According to press reports in the Middle East, Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications is investigating the possibility of going public, with a decision likely to be made in 2006. The reports cite...

EMS Technologies Inc. received a contract from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to design and manufacture components for NASA’s next-generation space telescope, EMS and the CSA announced Sept. 26. Under...

DISH The big news coming from the direct-to-home sector that sent Wall Street analysts buzzing was the announced restructuring of the deal between Echostar Communications Corp. and SBC Communications. SBC...

Canal Digitaal, a satellite pay-TV operator in the Netherlands, is looking to make broadband market inroads but has modest initial expectations for its satellite broadband Internet service, a company official...

Hughes Network Systems (HNS) recently boosted the performance of its Direcway satellite broadband service as part in the company’s efforts to bring more recognition to satellite technology’s role as a...

Nera‘s DVB-RCS Satlink System is undergoing an unexpected field test in Mississippi, helping provide satellite communications for relief operations related to Hurricane Katrina. Engineers from Telenor Satellite Service‘s teleport in...

While many countries around the world discuss the best way to bridge the so-called digital divide, the Australian government has taken the steps to subsidize the rollout of satellite broadband...

Telenor ASA and Orbital Sciences Corp. announced Sept. 20 that they signed a satellite manufacturing contract for a satellite that will replace Telenor’s Thor 2 spacecraft. It is the third...

SES Global will broadcast five digital TV channels provided by Polish public broadcaster TVP (Telewizja Polska SA), SES announced Sept. 22. TVP is one of the biggest public television broadcasters...

Viasat Inc. received an add-on order from the U.S. Navy for the company’s Multifunctional Information Distribution System terminals. The $5.2 million order from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command...