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Tandberg Television Sees Strong Revenue and Profit Rise
Tandberg Television, a supplier of technology to satellite pay-TV operators, reported strong revenue growth in its 2005 second quarter. Revenue for the quarter, which ended June 30, was 457 million […]
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Direcway Subscribers Reach 253,000 At End Of Second Quarter
Hughes Network Systems LLC (HNS) said July 12 that the consumer and small business user base for its Direcway satellite broadband service reached 253,000 subscribers at the close of the […]
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Spacenet Extends Reach To Mexico Through Alliance With Globalsat
Spacenet Inc. announced July 13 that Globalsat, a Mexican satellite services provider, joined Spacenet’s global services alliance. The agreement between Spacenet and Globalsat enables Spacenet to extend its global broadband […]
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Globetel, Proton Energy Ink Deal
Globetel Communications Corp. announced July 13 that its wholly owned subsidiary Sanswire Networks LLC signed a cooperative research and development agreement with Proton Energy Systems Inc., a subsidiary of Distributed […]
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Intelsat, Globecast Launch DTH Platform
Intelsat and Globecast announced July 13 they are expanding the reach of international broadcasters across Europe through the joint launch of a new Ku-band direct-to-home (DTH) television platform on the […]
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SES Astra Inks Polish Internet Deal
SES Astra reached an agreement with eTel Polska to provide Internet access services to small and medium enterprises, large corporations and public institutions throughout Poland. The service will be delivered […]
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Digitalglobe Introduces Citysphere Product
Digitalglobe July 13 announced the availability of a product aimed at helping mappers, planners and geographic information systems specialists improve geospatial applications with current high-resolution satellite imagery data. Digitalglobe Citysphere […]
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USDA Forest Service Taps Iridium For Automated Flight Following
Iridium Satellite LLC said the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service fitted 200 primarily contract aircraft with Iridium equipment. The aircraft are part of the interagency Automated Flight-Following (AFF) […]
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ABB Wins Components Contract
ABB of Quebec City, Quebec, received a contract to supply the primary components for a Japanese satellite that will measure greenhouse gases in support of the Kyoto protocol, ABB recently […]
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Student-Built Satellite Shipped To Plesetsk For Launch
The SSETI Express, the first spacecraft to be designed and built solely by European students, has been shipped to Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced July […]
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Orbiting Wall Street
NSE & PA Wall Street analysts have launched coverage of New Skies Satellites. The first investment house to offer coverage of the stock was Lehman Brothers, which gave New Skies […]
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Using Digital Cinema As A Stepping Stone
Mainstream Data signed an agreement with Thompson and its Technicolor Digital Cinema business to provide an end-to-end high-speed digital satellite network for the distribution of pre-show content to movie theaters […]
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Student-Built Satellite Shipped To Plesetsk For Launch
The SSETI Express, the first spacecraft to be designed and built solely by European students, has been shipped to Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced July […]
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Globetel Signs Stratellite Research Effort With Proton Energy Systems
Globetel Communications Corp. announced July 13 that its wholly owned subsidiary Sanswire Networks LLC signed a cooperative research and development agreement with Proton Energy Systems Inc., a subsidiary of Distributed […]
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Spacenet Extends Reach To Mexico Through Alliance With Globalsat
Spacenet Inc. announced July 13 that Globalsat, a Mexican satellite services provider, joined Spacenet’s global services alliance. The agreement between Spacenet and Globalsat enables Spacenet to extend its global broadband […]
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Tandberg Television Sees Strong Revenue and Profit Rise
Tandberg Television, a supplier of technology to satellite pay-TV operators, reported strong revenue growth in its 2005 second quarter. Revenue for the quarter, which ended June 30, was 457 million […]
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Globalstar Opens Satellite Gateway In Florida
Globalstar LLC, opened a gateway in Sebring, Fla., designed to enhance its coverage in Florida, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean, the company announced July 14. The Sebring Gateway […]
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XM Acquires WCS Wireless
XM Satellite Radio acquired WCS Wireless and the company’s wireless spectrum licenses in the United States, XM announced July 13. The new frequencies, which lie adjacent to XM’s satellite spectrum, […]
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White Hawk Country Club Selects GPS Industries’ Inforemer
GPS Industries Inc., a provider of Wi-Fi wireless and GPS-enabled communications and management systems for golf facilities and residential communities, announced July 13 that White Hawk Country Club in northwest […]
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ABB Wins Contract For NEC Toshiba Space Systems
ABB of Quebec City, Quebec, received a contract to supply the primary components for a Japanese satellite that will measure greenhouse gases in support of the Kyoto protocol, ABB recently […]
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C-Com Posts Second Quarter Profit
Ottawa’s C-Com Satellite Systems Inc. earned Cdn. $53,000 ($44,000) in its second quarter on revenue of Cdn. $1.3 million ($1.1 million), the company reported July 12. In the 2004 second […]
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USDA Forest Service Taps Iridium For Automated Flight Following
Iridium Satellite LLC said the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service fitted 200 primarily contract aircraft with Iridium equipment. The aircraft are part of the interagency Automated Flight-Following (AFF) […]
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Digitalglobe Introduces Citysphere Product
Digitalglobe July 13 announced the availability of a product aimed at helping mappers, planners and geographic information systems specialists improve geospatial applications with current high-resolution satellite imagery data. Digitalglobe Citysphere […]
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SES Astra Concludes Polish Internet Deal
SES Astra reached an agreement with eTel Polska to provide Internet access services to small and medium enterprises, large corporations and public institutions throughout Poland. The service will be delivered […]
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Panamsat Demonstrates Satellite-Enabled WiMAX Connectivity
Panamsat, Kencast Inc. and Trinity Workplace Learning took part in a demonstration of what Panamsat called “the first satellite-delivered live streaming video to handheld devices” using a WiMAX terrestrial wireless […]
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Intelsat, Globecast Launch European DTH Platform
Intelsat and Globecast announced July 13 they are expanding the reach of international broadcasters across Europe through the joint launch of a new Ku-band direct-to-home (DTH) television platform on the […]
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Segovia Names Steven Groves Director for Netcentric Research
Segovia Inc., a provider of secure global voice, data, and video broadband satellite services to U.S. military forces operating in Iraq and Afghanistan, named Steven Groves director for Netcentric Research. […]
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SIA Announces New Members
The Satellite Industry Association (SIA) announced July 12 three new associate members have joined the organization: IOT Systems LLC, which provides in-orbit spacecraft transponder measurements, processing and control software and […]
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Glowlink Introduces The Model 3010 Uplink Power Control System
Glowlink announced July 12 the introduction of the model 3010 uplink power control (UPC) system. The Model 3010 is a new generation of digital signal processing (DSP)- based UPC systems […]
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DirecTV Sues Canadian Signal Thief
DirecTV announced July 12 it filed a lawsuit in a Canadian court against Elio Gino D’Amario of Hamilton, Ontario, alleging he has continued to sell pirate devices that allow for […]