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NovAtel [Nasdaq: NGPS], a Calgary, Canada-based precise positioning technology company, has been authorized to begin work on a C$186,900 (US$143,000) contract from the Canadian Public Works & Government Services for...

2003 SATELLITE NEWS’ PR & Marketing Awards Presented by PBI Media’s Satellite Group SN’s PR & Marketing Awards are among the industry’s most privileged honors, recognizing the best satellite PR...

Concerns that Europe’s proposed Galileo satellite navigation system might interfere with the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS) appear to be easing. Talks between U.S. and European officials are leading to...

SES Global [Luxembourg: SESG], through its SES Global Americas Holdings, issued a new four-year eurobond Thursday worth 300 million euros ($364 million). The issue was oversubscribed and closed after three...

Gilat Satellite Network [Nasdaq: GILTF], an Israel-based satellite networking technology company, said it intends to acquire all of the remaining shares of rStar [Nasdaq: RSTRC] it doesn’t already own for...

ORBCOMM, a Dulles, Va.-based mobile satellite operator, has signed up Eurasia Telnet Services as its representative in Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan. SatWare Solutions, a New York-based company, facilitated...

Telesat Canada, an Ottawa, Canada based-satellite communications company, has deployed IP traffic management software, supplied by Dyband on its Telesat high- speed Internet service. Financial terms were not disclosed. The...

InterWave Communications [Nasdaq: IWAV], a Mountain View, Calif.-based compact wireless communication provider, has received a $2.2 million order from Nigerian telecom provider Commercial Facilitators Limited (CFL), to deploy a satellite...

Boeing [NYSE: BA] officials dedicated the new Boeing GPS center in support of the U.S. Air Force‘s Global Positioning System (GPS) program in Colorado Springs, Colo. The center was created...

2003 SATELLITE NEWS’ PR & Marketing Awards Presented by PBI Media’s Satellite Group SN’s PR & Marketing Awards are among the industry’s most privileged honors, recognizing the best satellite PR...