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“Timing is crucial,” particularly when a satellite company makes its decision on when to explore options on collecting on debt related to leased capacity on satellites or on manufacturing, according […]

Asia Pulse reported April 14 that SK Teletech Co., the handset-developing arm of SK Telecom Co., said its new IMB-1000 cell phone, which is capable of receiving satellite television broadcasts, […]

EchoStar Communications Corp. announced a special offer to New York Mets fans in the New York tri-state area and parts of Pennsylvania who otherwise are not able to watch the […]

Motorola Inc. and WorldGate Communications Inc. claim they have conducted the first true-to-life videophone call over satellite broadband connections using the Motorola Ojo personal videophone. The phone call originated from […]

Intelsat selected Convergent Media Systems as a provider of worldwide distribution services for its business TV offering. Intelsat’s global fiber and satellite network will be used to transmit live and […]

Iridium Satellite LLC said its total number of subscribers grew 19 percent and revenues grew 26 percent during the first quarter of 2005, compared to the totals reported during the […]

Hypothetical talk of mergers between Intelsat and New Skies Satellites BV, as well as Inmarsat and ICO, dominated a U.S. Congressional hearing, held April 14, reviewing the status of the […]

The DirecTV Group Inc. said its DirecTV Holdings LLC subsidiary completed its previously announced senior secured credit facility. The size of the facility was increased to $2.5 billion as DirecTV […]

According to a new report issued by Forrester Research Inc., inhabitants of 20.1 million households will listen to satellite radio by the end of the decade. In its report, “The […]

EdgeAccess said Pegaso Banda Ancha, a satellite broadband service provider, selected its vPEP bandwidth-saving VoIP technology for use on Pegaso’s new Surfbeam network. Both companies will actively co-promote the EdgeAccess […]

Orbital Recovery Ltd. said its ConeXpress Orbital Life Extension Vehicle (CX-OLEV) successfully passed its baseline design review milestone, clearing the way for space tug to be formally offered to customers […]

Hispasat said it certified Integrasys‘ SatmotionPocket to be fully compliant to its radio and IP broadband hub systems requirements, adding that the Integrasys tool has been integrated to Hispasat hub […]

SES Astra said the SES Group increased its shareholding in ND Satcom from ten percent to 21.1 percent. The transaction was realized through the conversion of an existing shareholder loan […]

The Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Society of Satellite Professionals International (SSPI), Women in Aerospace (WIA), the Space Enterprise Council (SEC) and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) will […]

The Spaceconnection Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Telesat, announced the promotion of Jonathan Crawford to senior vice president of sales and satellite services and Marilyn Huecas to vice president of […]

Playboy TV UK said it concluded an agreement with Sky Interactive to give Sky’s digital satellite viewers the option of subscribing to Playboy TV UK’s channels by pressing a button […]

XM Satellite Radio said it signed a new long-term agreement with Air America Radio. As part of the agreement, XM will be the official satellite radio network for Air America […]

DirecTV Inc. said it signed a long-term agreement with Chrysler Group to join the new DirecTV Advertising Development Partner Program. The program allows DirecTV to provide clients with an interactive […]

Swe-Dish unveiled the IPT-i Mil Suitcase, which includes an integrated modem from iDirect Technologies. The integrated modem allows for data rates of up to 4.2 Mbps and opens up for […]

SES Astra said the SES Group increased its shareholding in Satlynx from 41 percent to 77 percent, resulting in SES Astra taking full operational control of the company. As a […]

Alcatel Space said the Apstar 6 communications satellite was successfully launched April 12 on a Long March 3B vehicle from the Xichang satellite launch center in China. Alcatel built the […]

The Associated Press reported April 11 that a research satellite built for the U.S. Air Force was sent into orbit that day at 6:35 a.m. on an Orbital Sciences Corp.-built […]

America Online and XM Satellite Radio said they are joining forces to create a new online radio service. According to the companies, the new service brings together the best of […]

Panamsat Corp. said it entered into a multiyear agreement with China Radio International (CRI). Under the terms of the agreement, CRI will use three of Panamsat’s satellites–PAS-8, PAS-9 and PAS-10–to […]

Arianespace CEO Jean-Yves Le Gall and Anatoli Perminov, director general of the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos, signed a partnership contract regarding the production and supply of Russian equipment and systems […]

Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) said it completed design reviews of Terrestar Networks Inc.‘s geostationary satellite, TerreStar-1, and has entered the construction phase of the Mobile Satellite Services program. The satellite, along […]

Satelinx International Inc., a global provider of satellite vehicle tracking, said it reached a three-year licensing agreement with an unnamed New York-based operating corporate group to form Satelinx USA Inc. […]

Iridium Satellite LLC named NAL Research as a value-added reseller of Iridium equipment and services. The move will open another channel for Iridium to offer satellite communication solutions for the […]

Norsat International Inc. announced that George King has been appointed to the company’s board of directors. With 20 years of strategic, operating, finance and legal experience in the United States […]

SES Astra said that it issued a request for proposals for the procurement of a new satellite to be named Astra 1M. The Astra 1M satellite will replace Astra 1H […]