Author: Staff Writer

Paris-based satellite operator Eutelsat is planning to seek permission from the European Commission to forego an initial public stock offering (IPO) that the company otherwise would need to complete by...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – During these times of increased use of commercial satellite equipment and services by the U.S. military, companies looking to do business with the Department of Defense (DoD)...

Merrill Lynch is boosting estimates for EchoStar Communications’ [DISH] fourth-quarter subscriber growth by 15,000 due to lower subscriber churn than anticipated. The change brings subscriber estimates for the direct broadcast...

GlobeCast, a satellite broadcast subsidiary of France Telecom [FTE], has extended its fiber network to Asia with the inauguration of a 45-Mbps transpacific fiber trunk between Singapore and Los Angeles,...

The European Space Agency has signed contracts with the ELV Co. to complete the development phase of the Vega European small launcher program and with FiatAvio to develop the P80...

Fisher Pathways, a provider of video and data connectivity and distribution, and DWJ Television, which produces broadcast communications services, have signed an agreement under which Pathways will provide studio services,...

Gilat Satellite Networks [GILTF] is providing broadband satellite communications equipment and services to support an important new joint venture in Mexico between GlobalSat and Intelsat Global Service. GlobalSat is teaming...

by Gerry Oberst Can Europe develop a unified satellite policy? European countries more or less coordinate satellite spectrum policies through the European Conference of Post and Telecoms Administrations (CEPT). The...

By James Careless They are the "ends of the earth" as far as the satellite ground station business is concerned: those regional outposts in remote, often extreme conditions. Yet these...

Innovation fueled by pure entrepreneurial fervor. Those two elements have literally created a new market segment for the commercial satellite industry. And now that it is here, hundreds of thousands...