Author: Staff Writer

World Communications Center (WCC), a provider of global satellite communications, now is the official supplier of Iridium satellite phones and accessories to all U.S. federal government agencies. The supplier’s five-year...

PanAmSat [SPOT] today announced that every major cable movie programmer has introduced its HD feed on the PanAmSat hybrid satellite and fiber network. In addition, the company said its Galaxy...

ViaSat [VSAT], a Carlsbad, Calif.-based satellite equipment supplier, won a contract from DigitalGlobe of Longmont, Colo., to provide two 5.4- meter X-Band remote sensing satellite ground terminals for the next...

Broadcasters are looking into rolling out pay-TV services that could pose new competition for cable and satellite TV operators, said Robert Sachs, president and CEO of the National Cable &...

Expectations that Intelsat would remain a long-term fixed satellite services (FSS) survivor may be worth reassessing in light of its recent Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing that reveals talks...

EchoStar Communications [DISH] was slapped with another stinging defeat in Washington, D.C., when a key House subcommittee marked up a bill to re-authorize the Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act (SHVIA)...

New Skies Satellites N.V. [NSK] confirmed Friday it is working with Goldman Sachs to explore ‘alternatives’ in light of its recent unsuccessful attempt to buy its bigger rival PanAmSat [SPOT]....

iSECUREtrac [ISRE] signed an agreement with the Middlesex County Sheriff’s Office of East Cambridge, Mass., to supply the jurisdiction with its tracNET24 solution. The product will enable the county to...

Kazakhstan Telecommunications (Katelco) selected Motorola Inc. [MOT] to provide digital video encoders and satellite set-top equipment and services to build a 16-channel encoder system located in Uralsk City, increasing the...

CMC Electronics Inc. will supply its GPS-based flight management system, the CMA-900, to the Brazilian Air Force for its fleet of 20 C-130, B707, P-95 and Learjet-35 aircraft. CMC said...