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The Washington-based telecom law firm Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis has entered into an affiliation agreement with Carlos Casasus, former chairman of Mexican telecom regulator Cofetel. Under the agreement, Casasus will...

EADS CASA Espacio has delivered an in-orbit reconfigurable multi-beam antenna (IRMA) to INTA for use in a satellite under construction by Space Systems/Loral for the Spanish Ministry of Defence. The...

Verestar, a provider of satellite integration services, has agreed to sell its General Telecom unit to New Global Telecom for an undisclosed sum. General Telecom is a provider of outsourced...

By Tom Watts, SG Cowen Securities Ohio Governor Bob Taft signed into law a bill that will apply a 6 percent sales tax to direct broadcast satellite (DBS) services, but...

The launch of the second Mars Exploration Rovers, named “Opportunity,” aboard a Boeing [NYSE: BA] Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral, Fla., has been delayed until July 2 from an...

Week of June 20 – 26, 2003 Percentage Change Symbol June 26 One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 2.30 (22.0) 32.2 51.3...

QuakeFinder successfully launched its QuakeSat satellite Monday from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia. The satellite was placed into a low-Earth polar orbit, approximately 840 kilometers above the earth. QuakeFinder’s objective...

The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) said Monday that the country’s first space telescope, called MOST (Microvariability & Oscillations of STars) was successfully launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia...

EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH] and Hughes Electronics’ [NYSE: GMH] DirecTV unit have filed a lawsuit against North Carolina for enacting a 5 percent sales tax on satellite TV service. This...

Olof Lundberg has resigned as CEO and chairman of Globalstar [OTC BB: GSTRF.OB], a provider of handheld satellite phone service. Lundberg joined Globalstar in 2001 to help guide the company...