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Norsat Unveils UltraPortable SNG Terminals Norsat International Inc. has unveiled its next-generation family of ultraportable satellite newsgathering terminals. The GlobeTrekker SNG Terminal is packaged in a rugged self-contained case that […]

GeoEye Partners With East-Dawn For Work In China GeoEye is partnering with the East-Dawn Group, a privately held company based in Beijing, to provide satellite imagery and value-added products in […]

ICG Receives GSA Schedule Contract International Communications Group (ICG) has been awarded a General Services Administration (GSA) contract to cover 197 individual ICG products, including CTUs, data routers, Iridium Communications […]

MSV Appoints Executives Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) named Steve Soroka vice president of enterprise operations. Soroka will be responsible for the overall direction and management of MSV’s information technology and […]

As you watch evening news reports from journalists located around the globe, you often can detect a split-second delay before the field reporters respond to questions from the anchors. A […]

The European Union (EU) has launched a project intended to bring broadband to millions of companies and households in South America via satellite. As it described itself in a May […]

TeleCommunication Systems Inc. (TCS) has received a contract to provide satellite hardware to the Program Management Defense Communications and Army Transmission System team under the World Wide Satellite Systems (WWSS) […]

Israeli direct-to-home operator Yes has seen slow subscriber growth throughout the past 12 months, but reduced its overall losses. Yes had 542,000 subscribers at the end of March, an increase […]

Telkonet Inc. subsidiary Microwave Satellite Technology Inc.  (MST) closed a $9.1 million private placement, MST announced May 30. MST offers quadruple-play services, including satellite TV service, to multi-tenant unit and […]

GlobeCast’s direct-to-home (DTH) satellite brand, WorldTV, has expanded into Europe with the launch of a new bouquet of seven South Asian channels on the Intelsat 905 satellite at 35.5° East, […]

Showtime, a Middle Eastern director-to-home operator, will add Showcomedy Extra to its bouquet this week, the company announced. The operator, which competes against DTH operators Art and Orbit, recently completed […]

Globalstar Inc. placed four satellites into orbit May 30 that are intended to augment the company’s failing first-generation constellation, the company announced. The satellites were launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome at […]

C-Com Satellite Systems Inc. opened a service and support center in Beijing, the company announced May 29. The center will be operated by Hua Sheng & Li Tian Technology Co. […]

Thrane & Thrane has signed Stratos as a distributor for satellite radio and land mobile and maritime communication equipment, Thrane announced May 29. Stratos will sell products to Stratos-appointed indirect […]

Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd., has made some of the technology behind its satellite navigation products available to the public, hoping to spur development of new applications […]

OmniGlobe Networks has rolled out OmniCenter, a network management software system that combines satellite and WiMAX network management, operations monitoring and bandwidth optimization, the company announced May 29. OmniCenter is […]

Globalstar USA LLC is shipping its new GSP-1720 satellite data and voice module (SDVM), the company announced May 29. The Qualcomm Inc.-manufactured GSP-1720 is designed to provide integrators, original equipment […]

Xtar has named William Schmidt vice president of government services, Xtar announced May 29. Schmidt will be responsible for the business development, sales, and marketing of X-band services to the […]

As Japan’s foremost satellite operator, JSAT Corp. is not merely a major player among the Asian satellite industry but also plays a key role in powering one of the most […]

The China National Space Administration has joined the International Charter “Space and Major Disasters,” an international initiative that provides free satellite imagery of areas affected by disasters, the European Space […]

The Regional Commonwealth in Field of Communications (RCC) has admitted Intersputnik as an observer, the satellite operator announced May 28. The RCC, established in 1991, is composed of telecom administrations […]

EuroNews, the pan-European news channel, has appointed Jean-Luc Maertens head of distribution for Africa, the company announced. EuroNews is distributed to more than 3 million households throughout Africa via satellite […]

MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. has been awarded a multimillion-dollar contract to supply an unnamed customer with an satellite imagery ground station for a planned high-resolution imagery satellite, the company […]

Voom HD Networks has appointed David Alworth vice president of operations and program administration, the company announced. Alworth will be responsible for operational and business affairs for Voom HD Networks’ […]

BSkyB BSkyB‘s acquisition of a 17.9 percent stake in ITV will be investigated by the U.K. Department of Trade and Industry. Alistair Darling, the secretary of state for Trade and […]

NASA needs a $1.4 billion increase in financial support or it will be sorely underfunded in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2008, leading contractors stated. As described by sister […]

Bahrain Telecommunications Co. (Batelco) believes satellite technology will be a vital element in its growth strategy as it looks to become a bigger player across the Middle East. The Bahrain-based […]

There was certainly plenty of give-and-take, even if no consensus as to where the market was going. But the disparity of opinion was definitive about one thing, at least: When […]

China launched a remote-sensing satellite named Yaogan-2 on May 25 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, according to the state-run newspaper Xinhua. The satellite, launched by a […]

General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems completed the launch and early orbit phase (of the Near Field Infrared Experiment (NFIRE) and has turned satellite control authority over to the U.S. Missile […]