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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...

NSI Global [Toronto: NGL], a Montreal-based supplier of satellite-based communication systems, reported that revenues from continuing operations were C$4.2 million (US$3.1 million) for the first quarter, down from C$13.8 million...

Satelites Mexicanos (Satmex), a Mexico City-based satellite operator, reported revenues of $20.8 million for the first quarter, compared to $22.6 million for the same quarter in 2002. The company attributed...

Ministers responsible for space activities in European Space Agency member states and in Canada will meet May 27 in Paris at ESA’s headquarters to consider a resolution to restructure the...

A recent European Commission (EC) report makes a series of recommendations to fight smart card piracy and is getting rave reviews from a key industry group. The European Association for...

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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 over...

Radio Satellite Integrators, 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...

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...

Mobile satellite telephone serviceprovider Globalstar [OTC: GSTRF] reported first-quarter revenues of $11.6 million, a 290 percent increase over the January-March period in 2002. This jump in revenue was due in...