Author: Staff Writer

Tiscali To Launch New Satellite Service

By | May 21, 2003
Tiscali [Milan: TIS.MI], an independent pan-European ISP, hopes to be offering a new one-way satellite Internet access through Eutelsat’s OPENSKY platform to customers in the next month. Tiscali is partnering...

SCL Ventures To Control Guangzhou Weida

By | May 21, 2003
SCL Ventures, a British Virgin Islands company, is in the process of acquiring a 51 percent interest in Guangzhou Weida Communications, a Chinese VSAT communications company in which it has...

Alcatel Hopeful Despite Market

By | May 21, 2003
Alcatel Space CEO Pascale Sourisse is hopeful that French satellite manufacturer can secure around 25 per cent to 30 per cent of new commercial satellite orders this year, even though...

WorldSpace Launches Government Sales Unit

By | May 21, 2003
Satellite radio service provider WorldSpace has launched a sales unit to take advantage of the growing satellite demand in the government market. This unit will enable government agencies to extend...

Motorola Uses Cadence Technology for DTH Platform

By | May 20, 2003
Motorola’s [NYSE: MOT] Broadband Communications Sector has acquired technologies of Cadence Design Systems [NYSE: CDN] that are used in direct-to-home multimedia platforms. This acquisition allows Motorola Broadband to add multimedia...

Sirius To Offer $125 Million In Senior Notes

By | May 20, 2003
Sirius Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: SIRI], a Washington, D.C.-based satellite radio broadcaster, announced its intention to offer $125 million worth of convertible senior notes. Morgan Stanley and UBS Warburg will serve...