Author: Staff Writer

By Steve Symonds Broadband is the “hot button” du jour in the satellite marketplace. Every trade show, seminar, and magazine these days seems to be hyping how broadband services will...

ICO Global Communications, the troubled London-based mobile satellite startup, appears poised to jumpstart its delayed service launch by agreeing to pay $55 million to buy a controlling interest in the...

Gilat Satellite Networks [Nasdaq: GILTF] has been selected by China Telecommunications to provide a large-scale, satellite-based rural telephony network in Tibet. China Telecom will make an initial purchase of a...

The community of Coffman Cove, Alaska, has selected SkyFrames [OTC Bulletin Board: SKYU] to install and coordinate the implementation of a satellite broadband network that will provide a 2-mile broadband...

Maqsat, a Dutch satellite communications provider, has joined the Europe*Star gateway program. The program, consisting of network providers, national telecom providers and independent teleport operations, provides access to Europe*Star’s satellites....

Revenues generated by Canadian firms in providing direct-to-home (DTH) satellite TV and multipoint distribution system (MDS) services have soared since 1998, according to statistics released recently by the Canadian Radio-television...

Gemstar-TV Guide International [Nasdaq: GMST] has named Ian Aaron as president of its TV Guide Television Group. This newly formed group consists of the company’s TV Guide branded businesses in...

Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has been awarded a contract by Japan’s JSAT Corp. to build an A2100 geostationary telecommunications satellite. Financial terms were not disclosed. The satellite, designated JCSAT-9, will...

Conexant Systems [Nasdaq:CNXT], a Newport Beach, Calif.-based provider of semiconductor system solutions for communications applications, has introduced a family of MPEG-2 audio/video decoders for cable, satellite and terrestrial set-top boxes...

Marlink has signed a three-year agreement with Kyma Ship Management, of Miami, Fla., to provide satellite communications onboard the TSS Topaz cruise ship. The vessel will be under charter for...