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Delphi Corp. delivered the first shipment of the new DS300 satellite transceiver modem to Stellar Satellite Communications, Delphi announced Nov.2. The modem, aimed at the asset-tracking market, delivers data via […]

The Satellite Users Interference Reduction Group (SUIRG) launched an online, interactive database to consolidate and tracks incidents of satellite radio frequency interference within the geostationary arc, the organization announced. The […]

U.K. satellite pay-TV operator BSkyB has teamed up with Vodafone to launch Sky Mobile TV to deliver broadcast video services to Vodafone mobile phone customers. There will be two Sky […]

Globalstar announced Nov. 1 it would offer simplex, or one-way, data services to customers throughout parts of the Caribbean, Central America and the northern part of South America via its […]

Worldspace Satellite Radio announced Nov. 3 availability of its service in Ahmedabad, India, the seventh largest city in the country. Ahmedabad has a population of nearly 4 million, including more […]

SIRI While XM Satellite Radio has had a comfortable lead in terms of subscriber numbers, investors may be looking more favorably at Sirius Satellite Radio at the moment. The telling […]

The move by MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) to acquire the financially challenged Space & Technology/Montreal division of EMS Technologies Inc. drew a mixed reaction from the financial community. […]

DirecTV Group Inc. recorded a profit of $95 million on revenue of $3.2 billion in the third quarter 2005, the company reported Nov. 3. In the third quarter 2004, the […]

Spacedev Inc. closed the sale of $2.5 million of securities to Laurus Master Fund Ltd., the company announced Nov. 2. The proceeds from the sale will provide working capital, including […]

Globecomm Systems Inc. reported revenue of $29.6 million in the company’s first quarter 2006, up 16 percent from revenue of $25.5 million in the same period a year ago, Globecomm […]

Worldspace Satellite Radio announced Nov. 3 availability of its service in Ahmedabad, India, the seventh largest city in the country. Ahmedabad has a population of nearly 4 million, including more […]

Echostar Communications Corp. announced Nov. 2 that its Dish Network satellite television service now offers B4U Music, a 24-hour global music TV channel. The channel features musical hits from the […]

Harris Corp. introduced a new XTCE database converter for the company’s OS/Comet satellite command and control suite of products. The new database allows users to translate databases in XTCE to […]

Delphi Corp. delivered the first shipment of the new DS300 satellite transceiver modem to Stellar Satellite Communications, Delphi announced Nov.2. The modem, aimed at the asset-tracking market, delivers data via […]

Sea Launch Co. LLC has begun final preparations for the launch of the Inmarsat-4 satellite Nov. 5, Sea Launch announced. The mission was scheduled to be launched Nov. 4, but […]

Venezuela signed an agreement Nov. 1 to buy a satellite from China, the Venezuelan Ministry of Science and Technology announced. The Simon Bolivar Satellite will provide telecommunications services such as […]

Telesat Canada reported third quarter 2005 earnings of Cdn. $25.3 million ($21.5 million) on revenues of Cdn. $112.2 million ($95.5 million), the company announced Nov. 2. In the third quarter […]

Nissan North America Inc. selected XM Satellite Radio as the factory-installed satellite radio solution for Infiniti and Nissan vehicles beginning with the 2008 model year, the companies announced Nov. 2. […]

Iridium Satellite LLC and Impeva Labs Inc. said Nov. 2 that they would expand their collaboration to implement a real-time container monitoring, tracking and security system on behalf of the […]

Hughes Network Systems (HNS) said Nov. 2 that SES Americom has endorsed HNS’ DW7000 platform and the Internet-protocol-over-satellite standard upon which it is based. The standard is used by the […]

The Satellite Users Interference Reduction Group (SUIRG) launched an online, interactive database to consolidate and tracks incidents of satellite radio frequency interference within the geostationary arc, the organization announced. The […]

Mitsubishi Electric Corp. said Nov. 1 that Space Communications Corp. (SCC) placed an order for a new communications satellite to be named Superbird 7. This is the first SCC satellite […]

Subscriber gains helped Sirius Satellite Radio post revenue of $66.8 million in the third quarter 2005, a 250 percent jump over revenues of $19.1 million in third quarter 2004, the […]

U.K. satellite pay-TV operator BSkyB has teamed up with Vodafone to launch Sky Mobile TV to deliver broadcast video services to Vodafone mobile phone customers. There will be two Sky […]

Globalstar announced Nov. 1 it would offer simplex, or one-way, data services to customers throughout parts of the Caribbean, Central America and the northern part of South America via its […]

KVH Industries Inc. unveiled Nov. 1 an embedded automotive Tracvision system intended to support volume original equipment manufacturing and special program vehicle applications. Using the same hybrid phased-array antenna technology […]

DirecTV announced Nov. 1 the debut of CD USA, a weekly performance-based series. The hourly show, debuting Jan. 21, will feature a mix of music genres, including pop, indie, rock […]

It is hard to believe, but our SATELLITE 2006 Conference and Exhibition is only a little more than three months away! From February 6-9, Washington, DC, will be the center […]

By Gerry Oberst We wrote in our September column about efforts in Europe to reshape media rules and the various ways these efforts could affect the satellite industry. As we […]

By Jason Bates After spending much of the 20th century behind the Iron Curtain, many Central and Eastern European countries are embracing their relatively new economic and political freedoms and […]