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XM Satellite Radio added more than 568,000 net new subscribers during the first quarter of 2006, bringing its total number of subscribers to more than 6.5 million, the company announced […]

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. announced April 3 that Six Continents Hotels Inc. has extended its enterprise network services contract with Gilat subsidiary Spacenet Inc. through 2008. In addition to the […]

Alcatel and Lucent Technologies have entered into a definitive merger agreement that will create a global communications powerhouse, the companies announced April 2. The announcement did not address what may […]

Mobile Satellite Ventures LP (MSV) has hired James Corry to lead the company’s system solutions for all federal, state and local government needs, as well as the solutions for emergency […]

Trimble plans to launch its new Trimble VRS Now service for Great Britain in May, the company announced March 29. VRS Now, using data provided by the nationwide GPS network […]

Tandberg Television announced March 30 that it would launch a pair of high-definition (HD) digital satellite and electronic newsgathering solutions (DSNG and DENG) based on its advanced compression engine. Tandberg […]

Hatice Memiguven, COO of Turkish direct-to-home operator Digiturk, believes the major challenge for the company as it rolls out new offerings is to convince households in Turkey the value of […]

Sea Launch‘s Odyssey launch platform and the Sea Launch Commander departed the company’s port in Long Beach, Calif., in advance of the scheduled launch of the JCSAT-9 communications satellite for […]

Hughes Network Systems LLC introduced last week its new HughesNet brand, replacing Direcway. The new brand unifies the company’s range of broadband solutions and services, going beyond Direcway’s traditional "broadband […]

Digiturk plans to launch a high capacity personal video recorder (PVR) in Turkey in 2007 as the direct-to-home operator bids to bring leading edge technologies to the Turkish digital television […]

The global melting of glaciers continues to take center stage as growing impact of greenhouse on the world’s icecaps continues to make news. In the forefront of the research rest […]

LORL Loral Space & Communications Inc. lost $74 million in 2005, excluding a gain related to its bankruptcy proceedings, compared to a loss of $177 million in 2004, the company […]

Wildblue Communications Inc. will offer free installation for its high-speed Internet via satellite service — except in the U.S. Midwest, where company subscriber numbers are doing quite well, Wildblue announced. […]

By Nick Mitsis Even though much discussion surrounding Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) has spurred interest among satellite service providers, consumers may not respond to satellite-enabled offerings, once they hit the […]

By Gerry Oberst Combining one of the world’s largest untapped markets for satellite broadcasting with national instincts for bureaucracy and home-grown solutions, the Indian direct-to-home (DTH) market presents both a […]

By Peter J. Brown With IPTV, maintaining quality of experience brings its own set of challenges and a greater degree of emphasis on IP network management, operations support systems and […]

By Peter J. Brown The rapid emergence of Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) solutions has created quite a stir in satellite circles. The timing is remarkable, as IPTV arrives just as […]

By James Careless Talk to many satellite operators in Latin America, and they will tell you the same thing: The Latin American market is not for the faint of heart. […]

By Jason Bates In a short period of time, digital signage networks have evolved beyond the phase where they are viewed as simply a new technology that provides an interesting […]

By Owen D. Kurtin This column has focused extensively over the last two years on the transformation of the satellite sector by private equity purchasers in 2004 and the initial […]

Technology Aeroflex Introduces Equalizer Aeroflex/Inmet indroduced an equalizer that operates within the Ka-band. This development was accelerated as a result of a funded contract for two fully adjustable 10 dB […]

Raytheon Co. completed three testing milestones on an advanced sensor engineering development unit for the U.S. government’s National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS), Raytheon announced. Raytheon Space and Airborne […]

Satellite operator Intelsat Ltd. has delayed indefinitely the release of its 2005 fourth quarter and full year earnings and may not meet the U.S. government’s March 31 deadline for filing […]

EADS Space Services has purchased a 49 percent stake in the London Satellite Exchange, the Exchange announced. The acquisition will strengthen EADS Space Services’ one-stop-shop strategy of providing satellite capacity […]

Russian Satellite Communications Co. (RSCC) will place the Express AM-11 communications satellite, damaged in a collision with space junk, into a disposal orbit, the company announced March 30. Express AM-11, […]

SES Global completed its $1.2 billion acquisition of New Skies Satellites, SES announced March 30. With the addition of the New Skies fleet, SES and its affiliates will operate 43 […]

Globecomm Systems Inc., announced March 28 that the company received a contract modification from a U.S. Government prime contractor increasing the base contract by $3.8 million. Under the contract, Globecomm […]

Lockheed Martin Space Systems won a preliminary design and concept study start-up contract from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory for the Mars Science Laboratory aeroshell system. Lockheed Martin will design and […]

Euronews, announced March 29 that it is now available on the 3G offer of TMN mobile operator in Portugal. The TMN 3G mobile phone users have access to Euronews live […]

Austar, an Australian communications and pay-TV provider, is teaming up with Soul to deliver wireless broadband services in regional Australia. Soul’s Internet Protocol (IP)-based data and voice network will provide […]