Author: Staff Writer

Italian satellite TV provider Sky Italia and Englewood, Colo.-based CSG Systems, a subsidiary of CSG Systems International [Nasdaq: CSGS], have signed an agreement to expand Sky Italia’s customer billing platform....

Annapolis, Md.-based ARINC has been awarded a contract from Saudi Arabian corporate jet operator National Air Services (NAS) to provide GlobalLink radio and satellite communications for its fleet of Boeing...

Orbital Sciences [NYSE: ORB], a Dulles, Va.- based satellite company, received a contract worth $8.4 million to supply its satellite-based ORBCAD communications and dispatch software system for the San Diego...

RF Magic, a San Diego, Calif.-based supplier of integrated radio frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) for consumer broadband digital entertainment markets, has raised $24 million in its series-C funding round. EchoStar...

Disappointing growth in the satellite access market has led satellite operators to pursue alternative models of broadband service delivery, according to a study by Orlando, Fla.-based research firm Northern Sky...

EADS Astrium is teaming with Alcatel Space to build two satellites – Arabsat-4A and Arabsat-4B – for Saudi Arabian satellite operator Arab Satellite Communications Organization (Arabsat). Financial terms were not...

Israel-based Gilat Satellite Networks’ [Nasdaq: GILTF] major noteholders intend to participate in the satellite operator’s offer to exchange outstanding 4 percent convertible subordinated notes due in 2012 for the company’s...

Intelsat and Orbit Data Systems have agreed to offer two-way satellite-based broadband Internet access service for consumers in the Middle East. Under the multi- year agreement, Intelsat will provide the...

Telesat, a Gloucester, Ont.-based satellite services subsidiary of BCE [NYSE: BCE], has opened an office in Macomb, Mich., located 23 miles north of downtown Detroit, to meet the growing demands...

Hughes Network Systems (HNS) [NYSE: GMH], a Germantown, Md.-based broadband satellite unit of Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH], has won a contract from Utah-based packetPointe Communications, an energy management and equipment...