Author: Staff Writer

Satellite TV provider EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH] announced that it plans to offer local TV channels in 42 additional markets, provided that retransmission agreements with local TV stations can be...

The Federal Aviation Administration is moving forward with a Global Positioning System (GPS)-based landing-guidance system that will improve aircraft safety during airport approaches and landings. The agency has awarded the...

A merger between French rival direct-to-home (DTH) satellite platforms Canal Satellite and TPS is unlikely, according to TPSDeputy Managing Director Guillaume de Posch. Deals to merge platforms in Spain and...

BCE Inc. [NYSE: BCE] subsidiary Telesat Canada achieved a rare distinction for a satellite operator during the first quarter by posting growth in net income and revenue. In a period...

Santanu Dutta has joined Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV), a Reston, Va.-based provider of mobile satellite communications services, as vice president of systems engineering. Dutta will be responsible for the system...

Harold Rosen will be inducted May 3 into the National Inventors Hall of Fame for his work developing the world’s first 24-hour communication satellite. Rosen is a consultant and former...

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....

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...

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...

by Gerry Oberst Comments are being submitted in response to two consultations on space policy in Europe, one from the European Commission and another from the British National Space Centre...