Author: Staff Writer

Englewood, Colo.-based EchoStar Communications [DISH] achieved an enormous milestone last week when it reached the 10-million subscriber mark. However, the company’s praiseworthy accomplishment is clouded by rising competition that most...

A report released at our deadline by the House Appropriations Committee challenges the government to choose just one U.S. company to service federal launch contracts, partly due to financial considerations...

Startups offer special challenges that include developing a workable and practical business plan, installing a management team with the right skills and obtaining sufficient financing. All those ingredients are needed...

Longmont, Colo.-based DigitalGlobe’s high-resolution QuickBird satellite images and Native Communities Development Corporation’s (NCDC) proprietary remote-sensing technology will be combined to aid with wildfire risk-assessment and emergency-response planning in California. The...

By Robert Bell, World Teleport Association There is an old joke in Washington, D.C., about the Department of Defense. The good news is that by 2010 (or another suitably distant...

BSkyB [BSY] has signaled its intention to be much more of a player in the lower-end segment of the U.K. digital television market. It will launch a Free-To-Air (FTA) satellite...

Week of June 11 – 17, 2004 Percentage Change Symbol June 17 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 1.82 7.1 6.4...

Officials from Helius Inc. today said Pittsburgh International Telecommunications (PIT) has joined the Helius strategic alliance program. PIT’s teleport provides telecom transport, switching and satellite transmission technology with full-fiber connectivity...

Motia Inc., a semiconductor company that has applied its smart-antenna technology to the mobile in-vehicle satellite television market, closed a third round of funding. The round, led by Prism Venture...

According to Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. [GILTF], Frisch’s Restaurants Inc. tapped Gilat’s U.S.-subsidiary Spacenet to provide a Connexstar broadband satellite network to 120 “Big Boy” and “Golden Corral” restaurants in...