Author: Staff Writer

The Maritime Telecommunications Network (MTN) subsidiary of ATC Teleports Inc. has purchased the C-band satellite communications assets of a competitor, CruisePhone, which is in financial reorganization under the U.S. Bankruptcy...

Critics of Globalstar L.P. [GSTRF] have one less thing to complain about, at least in the United States, as Globalstar USA announced that customers now will be able to roam...

Inmarsat awarded its fourth-generation (I-4) satellite contract – for three satellites worth about $700 million – to Astrium, previously Matra Marconi Space. The satellites will be able to communicate with...

While many are looking to the satellite industry to fill the need for last mile distribution of Internet content, satellites may serve a greater role in the Internet space. According...

Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB] last week absorbed its latest loss when it reported first quarter 2000 earnings, but company officials said that a shift to conservative accounting principles deepened the...

Tachyon Inc., which specializes in high-performance, two-way satellite connections for Internet service providers, has chosen five companies as its first resale partners. The five ISPs are: Knoware, an ISP in...

Cidera Inc. of Laurel, Md., announced that it will work with Intel Internet Media Services to optimize the distribution, performance and scalability of streaming content via the Internet. Intel explained...

From June subscribers to Canal Satellite will be able to have a second subscription card for an additional FFr40 (Eur6) a month. The cards will contain exactly the same rights...

UPC, has delayed the official launch of its digital headend-in-the-sky (‘Euro HITS’) platform to September because of delays in completing the facility. While the platform itself has been operational for...

Tuesday 16 May is the day chosen by the US Bankruptcy Court in Wilmingon, Delaware, to discharge the former ICO Global Communications company from Chapter 11 bankruptcy, under which it...