Author: Staff Writer

In response to the earthquake in Algiers last month, France Telecom [NYSE: FTE] Mobile Satellite Communications subsidiary TDCom has deployed a “telecom center” in Zemouri, one of four towns affected...

Marlink, a unit of Norway’s Telenor [Nasdaq: TELN] Satellite Services, this week announced a number of deals to provide maritime satellite communications services to customers. Gas and oil company Royal...

New high-definition television (HDTV) programming will be launched July 1 by satellite TV operator DirecTV, a unit of Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH]. The programming, priced at $10.99 a month, will...

By Jimmy Schaeffler There’s another battle brewing in the seven-year-old U.S. satellite TV war between Direct TV and EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH]. That battle is the threatened U.S. invasion by...

The Spanish pay-TV merger between rival satellite platforms Via Digital and Canal Satelite Digital (CSD) is expected to finally be completed this month. Via Digital will be integrated into Sogecable...

Tiscali’s [Nuovo Mercato: TIS] and Eutelsat’s partnership to provide one-way broadband services across Europe is likely to extend into the areas of content related services in the future. The deal...

Pace Micro Technology [London: PIC: L] has signed a trio of deals with satellite pay-TV operators that could signal a reversal of fortunes for the UK set-top box (STB) manufacturer....

Juniper Group [Nasdaq: JUNI], a Great Neck, N.Y.-based last mile installation service provider for satellite, cable and DSL technologies, said it expects to secure a $1 million investment from private...

Galileo will be a complementary global satellite navigation system, rather than a competitor to the American Global Positioning System (GPS) system, said Antonio Rodota, the director general of the European...

iDirect Technologies, a Reston, Va.-based company that develops broadband IP hardware and software, has unveiled its latest software – iDS v.3.2 – providing two-way Internet connections via satellite. The new...