With Panamsat formally coming out of its quiet period, it is no surprise to see the company’s public relations machine starting back up. In the past two weeks, two announcements...
Arianespace CEO Jean-Yves Le Gall and Anatoli Perminov, director general of the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos, signed a partnership contract regarding the production and supply of Russian equipment and systems...
Alcatel Space said the Apstar 6 communications satellite was successfully launched April 12 on a Long March 3B vehicle from the Xichang satellite launch center in China. Alcatel built the...
Iridium Satellite LLC said its total number of subscribers grew 19 percent and revenues grew 26 percent during the first quarter of 2005, compared to the totals reported during the...
Hypothetical talk of mergers between Intelsat and New Skies Satellites BV, as well as Inmarsat and ICO, dominated a U.S. Congressional hearing, held April 14, reviewing the status of the...
Asia Pulse reported April 14 that SK Teletech Co., the handset-developing arm of SK Telecom Co., said its new IMB-1000 cell phone, which is capable of receiving satellite television broadcasts,...
EchoStar Communications Corp. announced a special offer to New York Mets fans in the New York tri-state area and parts of Pennsylvania who otherwise are not able to watch the...
Motorola Inc. and WorldGate Communications Inc. claim they have conducted the first true-to-life videophone call over satellite broadband connections using the Motorola Ojo personal videophone. The phone call originated from...
Intelsat selected Convergent Media Systems as a provider of worldwide distribution services for its business TV offering. Intelsat’s global fiber and satellite network will be used to transmit live and...
Iridium Satellite LLC said its total number of subscribers grew 19 percent and revenues grew 26 percent during the first quarter of 2005, compared to the totals reported during the...