Author: Staff Writer

Loral Skynet, a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications [NYSE: LOR], provided in-orbit capacity to assist Discovery Health Network in presenting a live broadcast from inside maternity wards of hospitals...

The continent of Africa offers some strong growth opportunities for satellite and mobile telecom operators, according to a study by CIT-PriMetrica. CIT-PriMetrica’s “Yearbook of African Telecommunications for 2003,” to be...

Gilat Satellite Networks [Nasdaq: 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...

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

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

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

Satellite broadcast provider GlobeCast, a France Telecom [FTE] subsidiary, is expanding its Asian operations to include Japan and Korea through the opening of a liaison office in Tokyo. The Tokyo...

FCC Commissioner Kevin Martin is scheduled to address several hundred attendees at Tuesday’s luncheon session of the “Satellite Finance and New Services Forecast 2003.” The session is being held at...

Intelsat and Television Broadcasts (TVB) will set up a joint venture, Galaxy Satellite Broadcasting, offering pay-TV service for Hong Kong. Intelsat will own a 51 percent stake in the venture,...

Mobile satellite service operator Inmarsat will retire its Inmarsat A service at the end of 2007 to more efficiently create satellite capacity for its latest digital services, the company said....