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Japan’s Broadcasting Satellite System’s (BSAT) BSAT-2c geostationary communications satellite has been shipped to Arianespace’s launch complex in Kourou, French Guiana. The satellite will be launched aboard an Ariane 5 rocket...

SES Astra, a unit of SES Global [Luxembourg: SESG], has signed two contracts with Greek telecom service provider Hellas Sat to provide services for its recently launched communications satellite. Financial...

FleetBoss Global Positioning Solutions, based in Fern Park, Fla., and Curtis Dyna-Fog are teaming up to develop a spray recording and vehicle monitoring system using Global Positioning System technology. The...

Radio Satellite Integrators (RSI), a Torrance, Calif.-based provider of Global Positioning System-based vehicle tracking and mobile data products, has completed an automatic vehicle location system for the Isabella County Transportation...

Stratos, a Bethesda, Md.-based provider of remote communication solutions and services, plans to offer Inmarsat Fleet 55 and 33 voice and data services worldwide in June. The Fleet product range...

NovAtel [Nasdaq: NGPS], a Calgary, Alberta-based precise positioning technology company, has acquired CMC Electronics’ non-aviation Global Positioning System OEM product line for C$150,000 (US$109,000). That amount could increase to as...

Peugeot Motor Co. has begun offering Smartnav satellite navigation products as an approved accessory across its entire U.K. model range. Peugeot sold in excess of 200,000 cars in the United...

Stratos [TSX:SGB], a Bethesda, Md. -based provider of satellite communications, has signed a multi-million dollar contract with the Australian Defence Force to provide Inmarsat-B voice and data leased services. Under...

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SkyBitz, a Dulles, Va.-based provider of satellite-based communications and tracking services for transportation equipment, has received a contract from Landstar System to provide SkyBitz’s GLS (global locating system) services for...