Author: Staff Writer

Spacenet Inc. announced July 13 that Globalsat, a Mexican satellite services provider, joined Spacenet’s global services alliance. The agreement between Spacenet and Globalsat enables Spacenet to extend its global broadband...

Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd., introduced July 15 the IQue M3, an automotive GPS navigator based on the Pocket PC design. The IQue M3 features large on-screen...

Globetel Communications Corp. announced July 13 that its wholly owned subsidiary Sanswire Networks LLC signed a cooperative research and development agreement with Proton Energy Systems Inc., a subsidiary of Distributed...

Stratos Global Corp., a global provider of Inmarsat mobile satellite services, and SMS Global Ltd., recently introduced SMSCrewmail, a new prepaid short message system (SMS) and text e-mail service for...

Intelsat and Globecast announced July 13 they are expanding the reach of international broadcasters across Europe through the joint launch of a new Ku-band direct-to-home (DTH) television platform on the...

Sirius Satellite Radio and Sirenza Microdevices recently announced they are introducing a small, ultra-low profile antenna for Sirius, which, according to the companies will be the “thinnest ever” antenna produced...

SES Astra reached an agreement with eTel Polska to provide Internet access services to small and medium enterprises, large corporations and public institutions throughout Poland. The service will be delivered...

Modern Times Group (MTG) CEO Hans-Holger Albrecht is cautious about the prospects for Personal Video Recorder (PVR) services in the Nordic region. MTG subsidiary Viasat Broadcasting will launch PVR services...

Digitalglobe July 13 announced the availability of a product aimed at helping mappers, planners and geographic information systems specialists improve geospatial applications with current high-resolution satellite imagery data. Digitalglobe Citysphere...

The SSETI Express, the first spacecraft to be designed and built solely by European students, has been shipped to Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced July...