Author: Staff Writer

Four satellite companies from three different parts of the world are teaming up to bring mobile voice services to Russia. Germantown, Md.-based Hughes Network Systems (HNS) is tapping into its...

The National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) has moved so swiftly to boost its use of commercial remote sensing services in recent years that it will not be affected much...

Mobile satellite telephone service provider Globalstar [OTC: GSTRF] has received court approval for its acquisition by ICO Global Communications. This clears the way for Globalstar to transfer most of its...

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...