Satellite Radio Tunes Up With OEM Sales
By Jimmy Schaeffler The spotlight for satellite radio now is shining on original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). The reasoning is that satellite radio’s prime success will come from units that are...
Author: Staff Writer
ESA Ponders Rosetta's Future
Following the decision not to launch Europe’s comet chaser Rosetta in January, scientists and engineers at the European Space Agency have been examining alternative mission scenarios. Following the failure of...
Marconi, SnapTrack Develop Improved A-GPS Product
Marconi’s [OTC Bulletin Board: MONI] Wireless Business Unit and Qualcomm [Nasdaq: QCOM] subsidiary SnapTrack have signed an agreement to cooperate in the development of an enhancement to Marconi’s Planet EV...
Primus Moves Up To The Nasdaq National Market
Primus Telecommunications Group [Nasdaq: PRTL], a facilities-based telecommunications services provider, has received approval effective today to list its common stock on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol “PRTL.” Primus’...
BBC Hopes For Continued Good Relations With BSkyB
The BBC hopes that itsdecision not to pay conditional access fees to BSkyB, a News Corp [NYSE: NWS] affiliate,will not sour relations between the two companies. The BBC confirmed earlier...
Telesat Selects ILS To Launch Anik F1R Bird
BCE [NYSE: BCE] subsidiary Telesat Canada has signed a contract with International Launch Services to launch its new Anik F1R satellite aboard a Russian Proton M/Breeze M rocket in 2005....
ISECUREtrac, Premier Geografix Team To Provide Criminal Tracking In UK
ISecuretrac [OTC: ISRE], developer of Global Positioning System-based personal tracking devices, has signed a distribution agreement to provide Premier Geografix LTD with its tracNET24 GPS tracking solution for distribution in...
Satellite Radio Firms, SoundExchange Ink Licensing Accord
XM Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: XMSR], Sirius Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: SIRI] and SoundExchange, have agreed to royalty rates and terms for the public performance of copyrighted sound recordings by the satellite...
EMS Technologies, Stratos Partner To Serve Truckers
EMS Technologies [Nasdaq: ELMG] has signed an agreement that makes Stratos [Toronto: SGB] a principal reseller to the trucking industry of EMS’ (Atlanta) suite of satellite communications terminals. With the...
Sea Launch To Resume Launches
Sea Launch said Thursday that it is ready to resume satellite launches following completion of the Sea Launch Failure Review Oversight Board (FROB) investigation into the failure of the ILS...