Author: Staff Writer

The Athens Olympic Games scheduled for this summer should provide additional business for a wide array of satellite industry companies. One of the deals involves Paris-based satellite operator Eutelsat agreeing...

SpaceDev [SPDV] is investing in the future but it bottom-line is suffering near-term as a result. Company officials reported the Poway, Calif.-based provider of space and low-cost microsatellite-related products and...

Bank Hapoalim came to the aid of Gilat Satellite Network Ltd. [GILTF] by modifying the terms of a $71 million loan. The new terms reduce the rate of interest applicable...

Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB] officials said today that Brent Collins has been named senior vice president and deputy general manager for operations in the company’s Launch Systems Group. In this...

EchoStar Communications Corp. [DISH] officials said today that the company’s Dish Network would offer local channels to its subscribers in the Rochester, N.Y., area, including the local affiliates of ABC,...

NDS [NNDS] has signed a deal with Thomson to promote the development of secure content protection solutions. The objective of the two partners is to promote a standard secure and...

Connexion by Boeing, a business unit of The Boeing Company [BA], and StarHub, a communications provider in Singapore, today announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU). The deal...

XM Satellite Radio [XMSR], a Washington-based satellite services provider in the U.S. market, announced today that the new Saab 9-7X sports utility vehicle will offer factory-installed XM equipment in first...

Satlynx CEO Paul Heinerscheid said his company is aiming to sharpen its marketplace focus. The two-way European satellite broadband services provider intends to become a key player in the region’s...

ActSoft officials said yesterday that a new version of Comet Tracker would be released. Comet Tracker uses Global Positioning System (GPS) technology available on Java- enabled handsets to instantly track...