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Hauppauge, N.Y.-based Globecomm Systems Inc. [GCOM] entered into a one-year agreement with Afghan Telecom to provide international voice origination and termination services. The agreement, renewable on an annual basis, calls […]

Navteq [NVT], a provider of digital maps for vehicle navigation and locations-based solutions, said it will supply its products to whichever group – the Eurely (including Alcatel, Finmeccanica, Vinci Concessions […]

Globecomm Systems Inc. [GCOM] took the wraps off its new auto-explorer flyaway terminal designed for a broad range of government applications. The terminal is a compact, self-contained Ku-band system that […]

ITV inked a $18.3 million deal to acquire Sky Ventures‘ 49.5-percent share in multichannel operation Granada Sky Broadcasting (GSB). The acquisition also signals the launch of ITV3, replacing GSB’s channel […]

Gilat Satellite Networks LLC [GILTF] reported revenues of $64.8 million and a net loss of $200,000 for the third quarter ended Sept. 30. The numbers are an improvement compared with […]

Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) said it reached an agreement with Intelsat LLC for the design of the Intelsat Americas-9 satellite – a high-power, C- and Ku-band satellite that ultimately will provide […]

Giant consumer-electronics manufacturer Philips is urging a more proactive approach when it comes to High-Definition Television (HDTV) in Europe, and it warns that Europe is in danger of falling behind […]

Robert Leach, head of interactive services at BSkyB, the U.K. satellite pay-TV operator, believes interactive advertising will go from strength to strength, as advertising agencies understand the value of the […]

A recent ruling by a Quebec court judge struck down two sections of Canada’s Radiocommunications Act that made it illegal for Canadian residents to receive foreign broadcasts on satellite dishes, […]

A planned rollout of mobile satellite television service by South Korea’s SK Telecom may be delayed as country regulators ponder whether the service can broadcast terrestrial television programs. According to […]

Monterey, Calif.-based Hewlett Packard and Bethesda, Md.-based Lockheed Martin [LMT] formed a strategic alliance. Details will be announced tomorrow, Nov. 3, between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. PST, at the […]

Hughes Network Systems Inc. expanded its relationship with JSC Ukrainian Satellite Systems. Under the new agreement, HNS will supply JSC with a Direcway network operations center and an unspecified number […]

by Nick Mitsis As the global commercial satellite industry enters the final months of 2004, business executives are examining which of the undertaken ventures worked and what strategic objectives they […]

by Gerry Oberst The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is in the midst of a multi year World Summit on Information Society (WSIS), with a major conference planned in Tunisia next […]

By Nick Mitsis Today’s broadcaster is highly sophisticated, educated on satellite products and services and expects more from a contract than mere satellite space. Many content service providers within the […]

By Peter J. Brown The problem of global satellite signal theft looms large. The parties engaged are everywhere and they are highly sophisticated and eager to make money, lots of […]

By Mark Holmes Recently, experts from the investment bank community warned that the operators, who have been acquired by Private Equity (PE) firms, could be under much tougher constraints when […]

People ESOA Appoints Secretary General The European Satellite Operators Association (ESOA) announced the appointment of Aarti Holla-Maini as the association’s new secretary general, in ESOA’s Brussels office. Holla- Maini will […]

by Michael R.Flynn In our last article, we discussed the positive implications of the recent entry by private equity firms into the satellite operator sector. The financial discipline, strategic focus […]

When competing in a niche market, every little bit helps. While the national home improvement stores seem to dominate the marketplace, a second tier of hardware chains exists, and the […]

In today’s complex business environment, companies are fusing their communications network infrastructure with their marketing strategies to aggressively stay ahead of the competition. Because of this, executives’ focus has shifted […]

Question and Answer Ken Cohen November 09, 2004 What are the top three business advantages satellite technology brings to the restaurant marketplace? The quick service restaurant industry faces several challenges […]

Glen Hubbel was there from the beginning. As the distance learning coordinator at the National Center for Employee Development (NCED), a national training facility in Norman, OK, he helped launch […]

Officials from both Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB] and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said the launch of the Demonstration of Autonomous Rendezvous Technology (DART) spacecraft is not expected […]

Foxtel, the Australian pay-TV operator, announced some impressive new ratings figures that show the strong performance of subscription television. In the latest week ending Oct. 30, subscription television’s share of […]

Iridium Satellite LLC said 2,500 aircraft have been fitted with Iridium satellite communications equipment, and the market is growing at a rate of more than 100 percent annually. “One of […]

Satellite Today learned the Express AM-1 satellite, built by the Reshetnev scientific research association, was successfully launched aboard a Proton-K launch vehicle from the Baikonour Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 10:11 […]

The U.S. Air Force just deployed technology designed to jam satellite transmissions from enemy satellites. According to reports, the ground-based technology can knock out transmissions using electromagnetic radio frequency energy […]

Conax, a leading European-based Conditional Access (CA) supplier, announced two key appointments and it hopes to drive more revenues out of the Asia Pacific market. It has created a new […]

BT Broadcast Services, the Americas, the media and satellite solutions arm of BT, said that Entravision Communications Corp.-owned WVEN-TV purchased a BT Satnet unit. Satnet is BT’s fully automated satellite […]