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Rainbow DBS Introduces Impressive HDTV Programming Lineup
NEW YORK — Rainbow DBS showed signs of becoming a viable new satellite TV competitor when it unveiled 21 exclusive HDTV channels yesterday that offer unparalleled video quality. The key […]
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EchoStar Enters Bid For Loral’s North American Assets
EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH] made a $1.029 billion offer Wednesday aimed at competing with Intelsat Ltd. for the purchase of Loral’s North American satellite assets. EchoStar also remains interested in […]
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Pentagon To Spend $17 Billion On Networks Of The Future
BOSTON — The Department of Defense has earmarked $17 billion to overhaul how the U.S. military communicates, with satellites being an integral part of this effort. A MilCom 2003 panel […]
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DoD Spends $15 Million On Microsatellite Program
BOSTON — The Department of Defense is spending $15 million to develop a new generation of microsatellites that would perform tactical roles for the battlefield. The program, called TACSAT I, […]
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Orbital Sciences Posts Third Quarter Loss
Dulles, Va.-based Orbital Sciences [NYSE: ORB] reported a 2003 third-quarter loss of $30.2 million, or 64 cents a share, compared to a profit of $1.6 million, or 4 cents per […]
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China Satellite, China Wireless Link Up For Phone Café Project
Beijing-based and state-owned China Satellite Communications and Denver, Colo.-based China Wireless Communications [OTC: CWLC] announced plans to build several phone cafés in Beijing. The companies are finalizing negotiations to connect […]
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Globecomm Awarded $2.5 Million In Follow-On Contracts
Hauppauge, N.Y.-based satellite communications provider Globecomm Systems [Nasdaq: GCOM] has won two follow-on contracts from existing customers that have an aggregate value of $2.5 million. In July, the company inked […]
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Call For Entries – Late Deadline – November 7, 2003
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Satellites Have Key Role in Battlefield of the Future
BOSTON–Satellite communications will play a key role in the U.S. Army‘s Future Combat System (FCS), according to Gen. Kevin P. Byrnes. Byrnes, commanding general of the Army’s Training and Doctrine […]
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U.S. Military’s UWB Plans Could Create Problems for GPS-based Weapons
BOSTON–The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is scrutinizing the issue of whether the U.S. military’s plans to expand the use of ultra-wideband (UWB) communications could pose an interference problem […]
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GPS Service Will Link Ocean-going Rower To Potential Rescuers
A rower planning to travel across the Pacific and Atlantic oceans will be tracked by Global Positioning System capabilities. Satamatics Ltd., a U.K. operator of global satellite-based telematics information services, […]
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XM Launches XMCommander
XM Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: XMSR] has introduced the XMCommander, a XM receiver that works with any AM/FM car stereo. The Washington, D.C.-based company has selected antenna manufacturer Terk Technologies to […]
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Proxim, Hughes Ink Wi-Fi Deal
Proxim Corp., a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based wireless network equipment provider, and Hughes Network Systems have signed an agreement for Proxim to provide its ORiNOCO access points to Hughes. Financial terms of […]
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Hispanic Engineer Association Honors Boeing’s Simpson
The Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Corp. will honor Boeing [NYSE: BA] employee Mona Simpson with a professional achievement award at its 15th Anniversary HENAAC Awards Show on Friday in […]
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Call For Entries – Late Deadline – November 7, 2003 for 2003 Telecom Marketing Awards
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DoD Expects $1.5 Billion In Commercial Satellite Service Orders
BOSTON — The Department of Defense expects to order $200 million to $300 million per year worth of commercial satellite communication services, or a total of close to $1.5 billion […]
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Terrorism Fears To Drive Military Satellite Deployment, Study Says
Spending on next-generation satellite programs for the military will spur satellite industry revenues for the next five years, according to market research and consulting firm Northern Sky Research. The firm’s […]
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PanAmSat Overcomes Industry Transponder Glut To Notch Profitable Quarter
Wilton, Conn.-based PanAmSat [Nasdaq: SPOT] boosted its third quarter 2003 revenues and profits, compared to the same quarter last year, despite a lingering industry-wide transponder glut in many regions of […]
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Lockheed Martin Teams with Orbital Sciences To Bid For Space Plane Pact
Bethesda, Md.-based Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] and Dulles, Va.-based Orbital Sciences will join forces to compete for a contract to build NASA’s Orbital Space Plane. Lockheed Martin will lead the […]
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Marlink adds Telenor’s E-mail to Portfolio
Marlink will add Telenor‘s new E-mail Advanced service to its portfolio of e-mail, value-added services designed for communicating from remote land locations or at sea. The new service can cut […]
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Comtech Awarded $1 Million Satellite Equipment Contract
Tempe, Ariz.-based Comtech EF Data Corp., a subsidiary of Comtech Telecommunications Corp. [Nasdaq: CMTL], has received a $1 million follow-on order for satellite equipment from a cellular operator in Southeast […]
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Gilat Satellite Networks Announces Exchange Offer
Israel-based Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. [Nasdaq: GILTF] has commenced an offer to exchange its outstanding 4 percent convertible subordinated notes due 2012 for its ordinary shares, with a par value […]
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Call For Entries – Late Deadline – November 7, 2003 2003 Telecom Marketing Awards
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Globecomm Awarded $3.5 Million Thuraya Contract
Hauppauge, N.Y.-based Globecomm Systems [Nasdaq: GCOM] has won a $3.5 million contract from the Middle Eastern mobile satellite operator Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications to provide a telemetry, tracking and control (TT&C) […]
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Net2Phone, Afsat Team Up On VoIP
Net2Phone Global Services, a subsidiary of Newark, N.J.-based Net2Phone [Nasdaq: NTOP], has signed a deal with Africa-based Afsat Communications to provide Afsat customers with voice-over-IP (VoIP) services via satellite broadband. […]
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SES Americom, Iris Gateway Link Up in Europe
SES Americom, the U.S. subsidiary of Luxembourg-based SES Global [Luxembourg: SESG], and Cyprus-based Iris Gateway Satellite Services have signed a joint agreement to provide pan-European digital satellite services through its […]