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Stratos Global Corp. reduced its revenue growth and earnings per share estimates for 2005, the company announced July 11. Stratos, which makes mobile and fixed communications systems, expects revenue in...

Telenor Satellite Services and Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications Co. announced July 12 that Telenor would begin offering Thuraya products and services throughout Telenor’s global distribution network. Under the terms of the...

Chum Ltd., which received a license from the Canadian government to provide subscription radio services in the country using terrestrial technology, filed a protest over the awarding of similar licenses...

Hughes Network Systems LLC (HNS) said July 12 that the consumer and small business user base for its Direcway satellite broadband service reached 253,000 subscribers at the close of the...

Eutelsat signed a capacity agreement with telecom services provider Horizon Satellite Services (HSS), which plans to use the capacity to boost broadband connectivity in the Middle East, Asia and Africa....

SES Astra announced July 11 that the BBC leased a transponder aboard the Astra 2A satellite, located at 28.2 degrees East. SES Astra said the BBC would use the additional...

Satelites Mexicanos S.A. de C.V. (Satmex) late last week filed a motion in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York to dismiss an involuntary Chapter 11...

Northrop Grumman Corp. named David Ryan vice president of payloads and sensors for its space technology sector. In this position, he will be responsible for all of the space technology...

XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. declared a regular quarterly dividend on its 8.25 percent Series B Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock. The dividend is payable in shares of the company’s Class...

ViaSat Inc. will supply satellite communications networking equipment to Datapath Inc. for use in a mobile military communications system, ViaSat announced July 11. Under the $7 million contract, Carlsbad, Calif.-based...