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Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) said Nov. 16 it reached agreement with Anydata to develop next generation handsets supporting both satellite and terrestrial cellular connectivity on MSV’s hybrid wireless/satellite network. The […]

Orbcomm said Nov. 15 it commissioned a new gateway earth station in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The new station, which will allow Orbcomm to expand services into parts of China, Russia and […]

Raytheon Co. completed factory acceptance testing of the command, control and communications segment for the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS), the company announced Nov. 15. A Raytheon-Northrop Grumman […]

Iridium Satellite LLC said Nov. 16 it added roughly 10,500 subscribers in the third quarter 2005 to bring its total subscribers to about 137,500 as of Sept. 30. The total […]

Echostar Communications Corp. announced Nov. 16 that the town of Clark, Texas, will rename itself Dish. Echostar, provider of the Dish Network direct-to-home satellite television service, launched a campaign in […]

Sea Launch Co. LLC said Nov. 15 it signed a firm launch contract with DirecTV Inc. for a mission scheduled for early 2007. Financial terms of the deal were not […]

Despite growing revenues, Orbimage reported an increased net loss for the third quarter 2005. Total revenues for the just completed third quarter were $11.2 million, up from $8.9 million in […]

Swe-Dish Satellite Systems AB said Nov. 15 the South African Broadcasting System (SABC) will use the Swe-Dish IPT Suitcase to expand its coverage in the countries that are a part […]

JSAT is stepping up its plans in the high-definition arena through a trial of Tandberg Television‘s advanced compression technology. The trial, funded by the Japanese government, is designed to test […]

DRS Technologies Inc. announced Nov. 15 that it was awarded new contracts valued at $38 million, including options, to design and develop infrared sensors for next- generation imaging systems slated […]

Tom Tulliehas taken over as CEO of Path 1 Network Technologies effective Nov. 15, the company announced. Tullie comes to Path 1 from Applied Micro Circuits Corp. (AMCC), where he […]

Echostar Communications Corp. announced that Gary Howard has joined the company’s board of directors effective Nov. 8. Howard also will serve on the Nominating and Compensation Committees of Echostar’s board. […]

Xantic announced Nov. 15 it would be offering round the clock “Happy Hour” calling for the crew calling market during major world holidays. The discounted rates will apply to all […]

Orbital Sciences Corp. said Nov. 14 that Measat Satellite Systems of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, awarded Orbital a contract to build the Measat-1R commercial communications satellite. Financial terms of the contract […]

Arianespace announced this weekend that it has postponed the launch of the Ariane 5 ECA carrying the Spaceway 2 and Telkom 2 satellites. The dual-satellite Ariane 5 ECA mission, which […]

The Tata Sky Ltd. direct-to-to home joint venture signed a lease agreement with the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) for capacity aboard the Insat-4A satellite, Tata Sky announced Nov. 14. […]

China Great Wall Industry Corp. and China Satellite Communications Corp. (Chinasat) signed a contract Nov. 9 for the launch of the Chinasat 9 satellite aboard a Long March 3B rocket […]

Integral Systems Inc. said Nov. 14 it received a contract from satellite radio company Worldspace Inc. to provide a satellite control system based on Integral’s Epoch integrated product suite. The […]

Andrew Corp. announced Nov. 14 it signed a definitive agreement to acquire Skyware Radio Systems GmbH of Krefeld, Germany, a producer of electronic products for broadband satellite communications networks. The […]

Telenor Satellite Services said Nov. 14 it has met all Inmarsat technical, commercial and distribution requirements necessary for the launch of its Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) offering. Telenor said […]

Orbimage Inc. announced Nov. 14 that James Simon Jr., has joined the board of directors of parent company Orbimage Holdings, Inc. Simon served as the assistant director of the Central […]

Sirius Satellite Radio announced Nov. 14 that it has appointed Stan Kozlowski as senior vice president of strategic sales development, and Mike Roberts has been appointed vice president of retail […]

Loral Space and Communications cut its net loss to $25.2 million in the third quarter 2005, down from a loss of $31.4 million in the same period a year ago, […]

The Intelsat–Panamsat merger took its first step toward completion in late October when Panamsat shareholders approved the deal, Intelsat CEO David McGlade said during a Nov. 10 conference call with […]

Com Dev International Ltd., announced Nov. 10 its will spend up to Cdn. $10 million ($8.4 million) to buy back up to 10 percent of the company’s stock on the […]

Worldspace Inc. said its wholly owned subsidiary Worldspace India Pvt. Ltd. signed a memorandum of understanding with Webel Mediatronics Ltd. to explore technology transfer for the assembly, installation and commissioning […]

Globecomm Systems Inc. said Nov. 11 it entered into a loan modification agreement with Silicon Valley Bank to increase Globecomm’s existing working capital line of credit from $16.5 million to […]

HS3 Technologies Inc. (HS3), announced Nov. 11 that it acquired IP-Colo Inc., which offers wireless technologies integrated with high-speed Internet via satellite to provide real-time security and monitoring solutions for […]

Skyterra Communications Inc., an affiliate of New York-based private equity firm Apollo Management LP, has executed an agreement to acquire the remaining 50 percent of Hughes Network Systems LLC (HNS) […]

As with any significant transaction, there is always a first step needed to get the forward momentum going. The Intelsat–Panamsat merger took its first step toward completion when Panamsat shareholders […]