Author: Staff Writer

Satellite Newspapers Worldwide, a Netherlands-based satellite distributor of digital newspaper editions, has signed a distribution agreement with the Chicago Tribune for the paper to be delivered via satellite to newspaper-vending...

An American Automobile Association study recommends that hands-free GPS navigation systems be used in vehicles because they are safer and less districting than paper maps. Unlike a paper map or...

New York-based A&E Television Networks has signed a long-term service agreement with SES Americom for follow-on C-band transponder capacity on AMC-11, the successor satellite to Satcom C-3. Beginning in 2004,...

Following up on its deal with EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH], Qwest Communications International [NYSE: Q] announced Thursday that it is offering $5 monthly discounts on DISH Network satellite TV service...

General Motors [NYSE: GM] announced that the 500,000th XM Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: XMSR]- equipped vehicle will roll off the production line in mid-August. GM, an owner of XM, has been...

Trimble [Nasdaq: TRMB], a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based GPS products maker, has been chosen as the primary GPS timing supplier for Cattron-Theimeg‘s ACCUSPEED locomotive radio remote control system. The system allows rail...

iSECUREtrac [OTC BB: ISRE.OB], an Omaha, Neb.-based developer of GPS devices for tracking and monitoring, announced that Montgomery County, Md., will deploy its tracNET24 GPS tracking system for use with...

Orbcomm, a Dulles, Va.-based satellite communications company, has signed an agreement to provide data communication services for the GPS products with GEOTrac Systems is developing for oil and transportation companies...

The Federal Communications Commission has ended its long-standing “Alaska Bush” satellite earth station policy and instead is allowing open-entry, facilities-based telecom competition in Alaska’s rural communities. The Alaska Bush communities...

Intelsat appointed Stephen Spengler as a vice president for sales for its largest customer segment–the data, carrier and Internet segment. The company also named Ashley Fernandes as a regional vice...