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Spotlight: Keeping California Emergency Services Connected
For Southern California, which has been plagued in recently years with wildfires, earthquakes, flooding and other disasters, having a satellite-based emergency response system is crucial for keeping its emergency services […]
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Pamamsat CEO Joseph Wright Confident About Company’s Future
LAS VEGAS–With the company’s initial public offering (IPO) on the market for about a month and its quiet period officially over, Panamsat Corp. CEO Joseph Wright sat down with Satellite […]
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Orbiting Wall Street
With much of the talk on Panamsat‘s IPO last month focused on the dividends that were paid out from the proceeds and from a dividend declaration that took place only […]
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Telenor Named Premier BGAN Provider
Telenor Satellite Services said it was selected as a premier service provider of Inmarsat‘s forthcoming Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) satellite broadband service. The service, which is expected to launch […]
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Stratos, HNS Ink BGAN Terminal Distribution Agreement
Stratos Global Corp. said it signed an agreement with Hughes Network Systems to be the first distributor of the HNS 9201 broadband satellite IP modem and Wi-Fi access point for […]
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FCC Says Intelsat In Compliance With ORBIT Act
Intelsat said the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) found the company to be in compliance with the privatization requirements of the ORBIT Act. The FCC found that Intelsat has substantially diluted […]
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Globalstar Applies For Florida Gateway Operational Authority
Globalstar LLC said it filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission for authority to operate a gateway in Sebring, FL. The gateway, expected to open later this summer, will […]
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Kazakhstan, Russia Developing New Satellite Launching System
Kazakhstan and Russia have agreed to develop a new civil satellite launching system using the Mig-31 fighter and the Ishim missile as the platform from which to launch payloads up […]
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Helius, iDirect Form Strategic Technology Partnership
iDirect Technologies and Helius Inc. formed a strategic technology relationship to provide what was described as “an evolutionary platform for the distribution of data, rich media and business information.” The […]
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Mobile Satellite Ventures Taps Evercore For Financial Advisory Services
Mobile Satellite Ventures said it selected Evercore Partners to provide financial, fundraising and strategic advisory services to the company to ensure there is the financial and partner support necessary for […]
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Sky Executive Examines Content Changes
It has been a busy few days for U.K. satellite pay-TV operator BSkyB. Firstly, its managing director of Sky Networks, Dawn Airey gave a keynote speech at Reed Midem‘s MIPTV […]
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China Buys Satellite From Alcatel
Xinhuanet reported April 21 that The China Satellite Communications Corp. (Chinasat) signed a 100 million euros ($130.7 million) contract with Alcatel Space for a communications and live radio and TV […]
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Com Dev Awarded $9 Million In Commercial Satellite Contracts
Com Dev International Ltd. said it received orders for the supply of the company’s core Switch, ancillaries and multiplexer products for communications satellites being built by Space Systems/Loral. The products […]
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Scientists Meet To Discuss Meteosat Third Generation
Eumetsat, the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, said yesterday that more than 90 European and international scientists met in Locarno, Switzerland earlier this month to contribute ideas […]
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Globalstar Applies For Florida Gateway Operational Authority
Globalstar LLC said it filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission for authority to operate a gateway in Sebring, FL. The gateway, expected to open later this summer, will […]
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Orbital Revenues Grow On Satellite, Launch Vehicle Sales
Orbital Sciences Corp. reported revenues of $167.1 million for the first quarter of 2005, up 10 percent from the $151.4 million in revenues for the first quarter of 2004. Revenue […]
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Viasat Steadily Increases Subscriber Numbers
Viasat, the Nordic direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television service operator, is closing in on 700,000 digital DTH subscribers in the Nordic and Baltic region. The majority of these are in the […]
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ViaSat To Supply 7.3-Meter Antenna System To Kongsberg Satelltie Serivces In Antarctica
ViaSat Inc. said it was selected by Kongsberg Satellite Services AS (KSAT) of Tromso, Norway, to provide a 7.3-meter X-band receive and S-band telemetry, tracking and command antenna system for […]
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Harris, TV Azteca Ink HDTV Deal For Mexico
Harris Corp. used the final day of the National Association of Broadcasters annual trade show yesterday to announce that TV Azteca S.A. de C.V. signed a purchase agreement with Harris’ […]
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ND Satcom Introduces True Automatic Pointing System
ND Satcom formally introduced its true Automatic Pointing System software at the National Association of Broadcasters‘ annual conference, which wrapped up yesterday in Las Vegas. The new software allows an […]
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Telenor Named Premier BGAN Provider
Telenor Satellite Services said it was selected as a premier service provider of Inmarsat‘s forthcoming Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) satellite broadband service. The service, which is expected to launch […]
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Orbital Names New Vice President Of Corporate Strategy And Business Development
Orbital Sciences Corp. said Gregory Jones joined the company, assuming the newly created position of vice president of corporate strategy and business development. In this role, Jones is responsible for […]
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Sirius Launches Martha Stewart Channel
Sirius Satellite Radio signed an exclusive four-year agreement with Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. under which Sirius will launch a Martha Steward-branded channel named Martha Stewart Living Radio. The channel […]
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Globecomm, EMS Partner To Deliver DVB-RCS Solutions Worldwide
EMS Technologies Inc. said it signed an agreement with Globecomm Systems Inc., under which Globecomm will resell EMS’s DVB-RCS hubs and terminals worldwide. Additionally, Globecomm will offer managed network services […]
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Kazakhstan, Russia Developing New Satellite Launching System
Kazakhstan and Russia have agreed to develop a new civil satellite launching system using the Mig-31 fighter and the Ishim missile as the platform from which to launch payloads up […]
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Stratos, HNS Ink BGAN Satellite Terminal Distribution Agreement
Stratos Global Corp. said it signed an agreement with Hughes Network Systems to be the first distributor of the HNS 9201 broadband satellite IP modem and Wi-Fi access point for […]
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WorldSpace Files Registration Statement For IPO
WorldSpace Inc., a satellite radio provider that serves subscribers in Asia, Western Europe, Africa and the Middle East, filed a Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the […]
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SES Astra Scores Soccer Deal
SES Astra hooked up a deal with German company T-Systems to help broadcasters with their coverage of the World Cup, soccer’s premier international tournament, which Germany is hosting in 2006. […]
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DirecTV Files Fraud Case, Announces New Premium Sports Package
DirecTV Inc. said it filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas against 12 individuals, including at least 10 former DirecTV customer service agents, […]
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Comtech Awarded $5.3 Million Contract To Deploy Satcom Technolgies In Asia-Pacific Region
Comtech Communications Corp. said its Comtech EF Data Corp. and Comtech Vipersat Networks Inc. subsidiaries received two contracts for the deployment of satellite communications technologies to the Asia Pacific region. […]