Globalstar USA Expands Northern Coverage
Globalstar USA said it has expanded the geographic coverage of its services to include almost all of Alaska, regions of the North Pacific to the International Date Line, portions of...
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PhoenixNet, Yahoo! Hong Kong To Deliver Broadband To Asia Pacific
PhoenixNet Ltd. signed an agreement with Yahoo! Hong Kong to provide broadband-enabled services via satellite across the Asia Pacific region. According to the agreement, PhoenixNet will provide Yahoo! Hong Kong...
SES Joins With iBEAM Broadcasting For Internet Delivery By Satellite
The Societe Europeenee des Satellites, the Luxembourg-based satellite broadcaster that plans to start delivering the Internet via satellite later this year, and iBEAM Broadcasting Corp. [IBEM], a two-year-old Silicon Valley...
Final Analysis Inc. Selects L-3 Communications For Satellite Work
Final Analysis Inc., which is building a Little LEO satellite system for data communications, has awarded further satellite construction contracts to General Dynamics Corp. [GD] and L-3 Communications Holdings Inc....
iSKY Completes Second Round Financing, Raises $137 Million
iSky completed a second round of financing, raising $137 million, toward the first phase of its planned Ka-band satellite system. Echostar Communications Corp. [DISH] was the lead investor in the...
Satellite Broadband Services Dominate SBCA Annual Conference
LAS VEGAS – The advent of satellite-delivered broadband services is one of the most “exciting” developments in the industry, Chuck Hewitt, president of the Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association (SBCA),...
Insider's Insight By Roger Rusch
Lessons Learned from Iridium, ICO, and Globalstar – Part I The communications satellite industry is facing a profound crisis. The financial disaster created by the Big LEO experiments has far-reaching...
Orbital Appoints New CFO
In an effort to put years of accounting problems behind it, Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB] appointed a new chief financial officer (CFO). Garrett Pierce will become an executive vice president,...
A Busy Week For Globalstar
Temporary Stock Run-Up, Early Release Of 2Q Numbers Keep Eyes On The Company While the future of Globalstar L.P. [GSTRF] is still undetermined, the company still is moving forward with...
NEWS BYTES...
Italian pay-TV platform Stream has fired director general Giovanni Minoli after only six months. Stream’s recently appointed CEO, Lucia Morselli, said three grave errors had contributed to Minoli’s downfall –...