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Telecommunication Systems Inc., (TCS) a provider of wireless communications, announced Oct. 25 a strategic partnership with ground systems manufacturer Thrane & Thrane Inc. to develop a portable broadband system for […]

Scopus Video Networks has been chosen by a consortium formed by Embratel, Star One and Bull to provide a compressed digital video distribution solution for Boticario, one of the largest […]

Lockheed Martin completed the preliminary design review for the U.S. Navy‘s Mobile User Objective System (MUOS), the company announced Oct. 26. The review validated the MUOS design to ensure that […]

SES Astra announced Oct. 26 that South Asian cable and satellite TV provider Sony Entertainment Television will transmit its newly launched Max channel on the Astra 2A satellite, located at […]

SES Americom announced Oct. 26 a five-year agreement with Skyview Satellite Networks that expands an existing agreement to delivery sports radio programming across the United States. Skyview delivers programming for […]

General Motors (GM) plans to build 1.55 million vehicles with factory-installed XM Satellite Radios in 2006, up from 1.4 million in 2005 and 1.17 million in 2004, the company announced […]

Eutelsat Communications is lowering the indicative price range for its initial public offering of common stock to 12 euros to 13.80 euros ($14.52 to $16.70), the company announced Oct. 25. […]

Lockheed Martin‘s Space Systems segment posted a sales increase of 17 percent in the third quarter 2005, while operating profit jumped 36 percent, the company announced Oct. 25. Space Systems […]

Northrop Grumman Space Technology posted sales of $842 million in the third quarter 2005, up from sales of $823 million a year ago, the company announced Oct. 25. Operating profit […]

SES Americom said Oct. 25 it launched IPConnect, a centralized distribution platform designed to serve enterprise markets with satellite-delivered Internet protocol (IP)-based voice, video and data solutions. The company unveiled […]

New Skies Satellites BV announced Oct. 25 an expanded, multi-satellite agreement with Services Sound and Vision Corp. (SSVC), under which the organizations would create a new multi-channel television service designed […]

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission sent a second request for information to Lockheed Martin and Boeing Co. regarding the formation of the Untied Launch Alliance (ULA) joint venture. The companies […]

Sirius Satellite Radio will launch Nov. 1 a channel dedicated to the music of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. The channel will feature music from the entire Springsteen […]

Iridium Satellite LLC announced Oct. 24 a 35 percent discount on crew calls placed with prepaid scratch cards on major holidays, as well as the first day of each month […]

Conditions are right for the ascendancy of high-definition television (HDTV) over its analog counterpart, according to Bryan Burns, vice president, strategic business planning and development at ESPN Productions. Citing statistics […]

Two major pay-TV operators in Australia said that subscription television will be 100 percent digital in the country in less than two years. Austar CEO John Porter and Foxtel CEO […]

Path 1 Network Technologies Inc. will launch a pair of new products to support its strategy for using the public Internet infrastructure for broadcast video contribution. The Vx8000 2.0, a […]

Encore Networks received a contract from Satellite Communication Technology Ltd. (SCT) to provide satellite connectivity at construction sites, Encore announced Oct. 24. SCT deployed Encore’s VSR-30 router for European construction […]

Israel’s ECI Telecom received a contract from Intelsat to provide components for a communications backbone in the Washington, D.C. area, ECI announced Oct. 24. ECI will provide its XDM Multi-Service […]

World Communications Center (WCC) said Oct. 24 the state of Alaska renewed its contract with WCC to supply satellite communications services for state government and agencies. WCC said it received […]

Blue Sky Network said Oct. 24 the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) awarded the company a five-year GSA Schedule Contract, under which government agencies can easily acquire and deploy Blue […]

Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) announced Oct. 24 that Reed Burkhart and Synette Tom have joined the organization as sales and marketing directors. Burkhart will be responsible for clients in North America […]

U.K. direct-to-home satellite television operator BSkyB announced Oct. 21 an agreement to acquire aDSL service provider Easynet for 211 million pounds ($373.6 million), a move that one analyst sees as […]

Astro All Asia Networks (Astro), which runs Malaysia’s only direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television platform, is confident it can replicate the success in its home market in Indonesia. David Butorac, Astro’s […]

Philips is set to play a strong role in the development of high-definition television (HDTV) services in France via a contract from Canal+ Group. Philips will provide a range of […]

Worldspace Inc. announced Oct. 21 it received approval from the Telecommunications Regulatory Authorities of Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to deploy a terrestrial repeater network in those countries. […]

As this issue was going to press, reports that Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) filed suit against Lockheed Martin and Boeing Co. Oct. 19 in the U.S. District Court for […]

Echostar Communications Corp. dropped the Outdoor Life Network (OLN) from its broadcast lineup in a pricing dispute, the direct-to-home service provider announced Oct. 20. Comsat, which owns OLN, was demanding […]

As this issue was going to press, reports surfaced that Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) filed suit to stop the creation of a government launch services joint venture by Lockheed […]

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) demonstrated Oct. 19 that a phone the size of a consumer mobile unit can be used to communicate via satellite as well as existing wireless networks […]