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Satellite operators across Europe are gearing up for some key events in the second half of 2005. U.K. satellite pay-TV operator BSkyB is closing in on 8 million subscribers, Germany’s […]

Asiasat sales and profits dropped in the first half of 2005, the company reported Aug. 24. Sales dropped 19 percent to HK $445 million ($57.2 million) during the first six […]

Wildblue Communications Inc. said Aug. 23 David Leonard will take over as the company’s CEO effective Sept. 1. Co-founder and current CEO Tom Moore is stepping down because he has […]

Sirius Satellite Radio unveiled its smallest ever plug-and-play unit on Aug. 25. The satellite radio provider also announced it would begin offering traffic information for major metropolitan areas in the […]

Canadian Satellite Radio (CSR) has signed up more than 3,000 customers during pre-service registration efforts, the company announced Aug. 24. Street teams conducted the pre-registration during the Toronto Molson Indy […]

XM Satellite Radio said Aug. 23 its satellite radio receivers will make their debut in Suzuki automobiles in a pair of 2006 models. The Grand Vitara and the XL-7 sport […]

ISC Kosmotras launched Japan’s Optical Inter-orbit Communication Engineering Test Satellite (OICETS) Aug. 24. The satellite, which will test inter-orbit communications between satellites, was placed into low earth orbit via a […]

Radyne Corp. announced Aug. 24 the James Spilker had been elected to the company’s board of directors. Spilker’s addition expands Radyne’s board to six members. Spilker was the co-founder and […]

Weida Communications Inc. said Aug. 24 it received three new contracts to provide satellite communications systems for electric power utilities in China. The deals are expected to bring the company […]

iDirect Technologies said Aug. 23 it sold its 200th IP-based hub router solution to Telefonica CTC in Chile. Telefonica CTC will install the hub in Santiago, Chile, in order to […]

Integral Systems Inc. won a $1.2 million research and development contract from the U.S. Air Force for the GPS Control Segment program to investigate and develop hardware and software architectures […]

The latest part of Echostar Communications Corp.‘s new “Better TV for all” marketing campaign has the direct-to-home television service provider seeking a town to legally and permanently change its name […]

NSE & PA Speculation on the Intelsat acquisition of New Skies Satellites Holdings Ltd. continues to grow. New Skies announced Aug. 25 it was offloading a couple of teleports in […]

Hybrid networks of terrestrial and satellite networks that offer broadband connectivity are moving more into the spotlight and companies are seeking new opportunities and new markets to exploit this trend. […]

New Skies Satellites B.V. has entered into an agreement to sell its Australian subsidiary, New Skies Networks PTY Ltd., to Multiemedia Ltd., a provider of next generation technology and communications […]

Sirius Satellite Radio unveiled its first wearable satellite radio, as well as its smallest ever plug-and-play unit, the company announced Aug. 25. The satellite radio provider also announced it would […]

Canadian Satellite Radio (CSR) has signed up more than 3,000 customers during pre-service registration efforts, the company announced Aug. 24. Street teams conducted the pre-registration during the Toronto Molson Indy […]

Samsung Electronics announced the launch of its fourth satellite DMB phone Aug. 25, Samsung’s smallest DMB handset. The SCH-B250 features a more compact design and improved features than previous DMB […]

Integral Systems Inc. won a research and development contract from the U.S. Air Force for the GPS Control Segment program, the company announced Aug. 25. Under the six-month, $1.2 million […]

Roaming Messenger, a maker of mobile messaging technology, plans to begin offering solutions for the location-based services market, the company announced Aug. 25. Roaming Messenger, based in Santa Barbara, Calif., […]

Asiasat sales and profits dropped in the first half of 2005, the company reported Aug. 24. Sales dropped 19 percent to HK $445 million ($57.2 million) during the first six […]

Radyne Corp. announced Aug. 24 the James Spilker had been elected to the company’s board of directors. Spilker’s addition expands Radyne’s board to six members. Spilker was the co-founder and […]

ISC Kosmotras launched Japan’s Optical Inter-orbit Communication Engineering Test Satellite (OICETS) Aug. 24. The satellite, which will test inter-orbit communications between satellites, was placed into low earth orbit via a […]

World Communications Center (WCC) announced Aug. 24 a channel partnership with Strix Systems to provide wireless local area networks and Internet access via satellite in remote environments in the continental […]

Weida Communications Inc. said Aug. 24 it received three new contracts to provide satellite communications systems for electric power utilities in China. The deals are expected to bring the company […]

Construction of the 18 mirror segments that will make up the optical system for NASA‘s James Webb Space Telescope has completed the initial phase. In the first step, molten beryllium […]

In its first financial report since going public in June, Inmarsat reported increases in both earnings and profits for the first six months of 2005, compared to the same period […]

Wildblue Communications Inc. said Aug. 23 David Leonard will take over as the company’s CEO effective Sept. 1. Co-founder and current CEO Tom Moore is stepping down because he has […]

XM Satellite Radio said Aug. 23 its satellite radio receivers will make their debut in Suzuki automobiles in a pair of 2006 models. The Grand Vitara and the XL-7 sport […]

iDirect Technologies said Aug. 23 it sold its 200th IP-based hub router solution to Telefonica CTC in Chile. Telefonica CTC will install the hub in Santiago, Chile, in order to […]