Author: Staff Writer

Mountain View, Calif.-based MIPS Technologies [Nasdaq: MIPS] is supplying its microprocessing technology for Broadcom‘s [Nasdaq: BRCM] set-top boxes for EchoStar Communications‘ [Nasdaq: DISH] satellite DISH 322 and DISH Player-DVR 522...

Amitelo Communications [OTC: ALOC.PK], an Orlando, Fla.-based provider of voice-over-IP and broadband via satellite, has begun trading on the over- the-counter markets in the United States under the symbol –...

International Launch Services is scheduled to launch the Ultra-High Frequency Follow-On (UFO) F-11mobile communications satellite for the U.S. Navy onboard an Atlas III at 9:38 p.m. EST on Dec. 15...

Fueling of the AMOS 2 satellite for Arianespace/Starsem Flight ST12 is complete, and the spacecraft is now ready for integration on its Soyuz/Fregat launch vehicle. Liftoff of the telecommunications satellite,...

SiRF Technology’s SiRFstarIIe/LP global positioning system (GPS) technology has been incorporated into DeLorme‘s new Earthmate GPS receiver with Bluetooth. With SiRF’s location technology, Earthmate helps people determine where they are,...

Foxtel, a Sydney, Australia-based digital cable and satellite television company, is expanding its digital TV services offering following approval by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) of a third-party...

DRS Technologies [NYSE: DRS], a Parsippany, N.J.-based aerospace products company, has named Ervin T. Kiriu as vice president of its Electronic Systems Group. Kiriu will be responsible for the implementation...

CSI Wireless [TSX: CSY], a Calgary, Alberta-based GPS device manufacturer, has introduced two new GPS products for the global aerial guidance market. The LiteStar II is an entry-level guidance system...

2003 SATELLITE NEWS’ PR & Marketing Awards Presented by PBI Media’s Satellite Group There’s still time to enter SN’s PR & Marketing Awards, which are among the industry’s most privileged...

WorldSpace Corp., a Washington D.C.-based satellite radio company, is leading a team of companies that are bidding on a $98 million Department of Defense contract to rebuild Iraq’s news and...