Author: Staff Writer

Large satellite operators increasingly are looking to play a key role in the deployment of universal broadband services. With certain governments calling for universal broadband access within five years, satellite...

By Roger Rusch Nearly 20 years ago, mobile telephone service was transformed by the development of cellular networks. Airtime service prices were high, and the telephones were costly and bulky....

Chinese satellite services operator ChinaCast is introducing two-way broadband service by teaming with Germantown, Md.-based Hughes Network Systems. Both companies will jointly market the two-way networking services in China as...

By Jimmy Schaeffler One of the great maxims of the multichannel subscription services industry is that consumers really don’t care about the technology. They just care about the content. That...

Intelsat’s recent launch of a broadband network in West Africa is part of a broader international broadband push by the satellite operator. Erich Fischer, Intelsat’s senior director of global broadband...

SES Global [Luxembourg: SESG] posted a respectable performance in its first half year results, despite posting a 10 percent drop in revenues compared to the first six months of 2002....

The battle for video and high-speed Internet access is here. Find out who is likely to win, who has the greatest challenges, and what opportunities that knowledge will open up...

Gilat Satellite Networks [Nasdaq: GILTF] is currently contemplating a purchase of all outstanding shares of common stock of rStar Corp. [Nasdaq: RSTRC] not already owned by Gilat at a price...

PanAmSat Corp. [Nasdaq: SPOT] has announced the continued expansion of its presence in Washington, D.C., through its G2 Satellite Solutions division (G2) by the acquisition of Esatel Communications, a Virginia/Maryland...

EMS Technologies [Nasdaq: ELMG] has received an authorization to proceed (ATP) on advanced antennas for a new military program currently in production at European satellite manufacturer Astrium. Full contract signature...