Author: Staff Writer

World Communications Center (WCC) announced Aug. 24 a channel partnership with Strix Systems to provide wireless local area networks and Internet access via satellite in remote environments in the continental...

Weida Communications Inc. said Aug. 24 it received three new contracts to provide satellite communications systems for electric power utilities in China. The deals are expected to bring the company...

Construction of the 18 mirror segments that will make up the optical system for NASA‘s James Webb Space Telescope has completed the initial phase. In the first step, molten beryllium...

In its first financial report since going public in June, Inmarsat reported increases in both earnings and profits for the first six months of 2005, compared to the same period...

Wildblue Communications Inc. said Aug. 23 David Leonard will take over as the company’s CEO effective Sept. 1. Co-founder and current CEO Tom Moore is stepping down because he has...

XM Satellite Radio said Aug. 23 its satellite radio receivers will make their debut in Suzuki automobiles in a pair of 2006 models. The Grand Vitara and the XL-7 sport...

iDirect Technologies said Aug. 23 it sold its 200th IP-based hub router solution to Telefonica CTC in Chile. Telefonica CTC will install the hub in Santiago, Chile, in order to...

The latest part of Echostar Communications Corp.‘s new “Better TV for all” marketing campaign has the direct-to-home television service provider seeking a town to legally and permanently change its name...

The president of Pakistan has given preliminary approval to a program to develop the nation’s first imagery satellite, according to press reports. The Remote Sensing Satellite System (RSSS) would be...

Space Imaging announced Aug. 22 that Jim Youker has returned to the company as executive director of U.S. government and North American sales. Most recently, Youker, who has more than...