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Dulles, Va.-based ORBCOMM has selected European Datacomm Holding (EDC) as its service distribution partner in the sub-Saharan Africa region to market ORBCOMM’s low-earth orbit satellite services to commercial customers. Both […]

Garmin International, a unit of Garmin [Nasdaq: GRMN], has launched an integrated personal training system that offers a GPS sensor to provide users with data on speed, distance and pace […]

The 36-year tradition of the cable TV industry offering its Western Show will come to a close this year when the final conference takes place in December. The Western Show […]

Littleton, Colo.-based EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH], fueled by a gain of 270,000 net new subscribers, boosted its second quarter 2003 revenues to $1.41 billion, up 21 percent from $1.17 billion […]

Dulles, Va.-based Orbital Sciences [NYSE: ORB] used its Pegasus rocket to launch a scientific satellite, SCISAT-1, for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Canadian Space Agency. Yesterday’s […]

Telenor Satellite Services has upgraded its Inmarsat C ground network and has begun transitioning all of its Inmarsat C services to its earth station at Eik in Norway. As a […]

Bluewire Solutions, a unit of Chronos Technology, is offering rural communities and small businesses in the United Kingdom broadband solutions based on radio, satellite and DSL technology. Bluewire Solutions is […]

iSECUREtrac Corp. [OTC BB: ISRE.OB], an Omaha, Neb.-based developer of global positioning systems (GPS) for tracking and monitoring, signed a stock swap deal with Tracking Systems Corp., a Harrisburg, Pa.-based […]

Power2Ship [OTC BB: PWRI.OB] has entered into a non-binding letter of intent with ARL to provide ARL’s 70 agents, operating 500 trucks, with a Power2Ship GPS/PDA device for each truck […]

When Interspace spoke to NDS (Nasdaq: NNDS) CEO Abe Peled in January, he was optimistic the conditional access (CA) vendor would be able to announce a deal with a U.S. […]

BSkyB has retained the crucial Premier League football rights for three years beginning from the 2004-2005 season. It remains to be seen whether competition concerns will prompt the European Commission […]

Communications spending in the United States rebounded 3.3 percent to $608.7 billion in 2002, driven primarily by consumer spending on media such as cable and satellite television, filmed entertainment and […]

By Christopher Baugh The satellite business television (BTV) market has been in existence for decades, and multiple analog and digital networks are in operation today. Enterprises have come to realize […]

Hughes Networks Systems (HNS) is get ready for the commercial launch of SpaceWay in the next 12 months. SpaceWay is a next-generation broadband satellite system, which aims to offer two […]

Bell ExpressVu, the satellite TV unit of Canada’s BCE [NYSE: BCE], is expanding its efforts to combat television signal theft with a series of new initiatives to be launched this […]

78.5 degreesE: Thaicom 2&3 D Star Vijay has launched on 3600 MHz horizontal, SR 26667, FEC 3/4 via PIDs V517, A700 in clear MPEG-2. The other channels in this multiplex […]

Cost controls, stabilizing prices and additional capacity allowed Dutch satellite services provider New Skies Satellites [NYSE: NSK] to post higher earnings and revenues for the second quarter, compared with the […]

Gilat Satellite Networks’ [Nasdaq: GILTF] Spacenet has been selected by RTM Restaurant Group to provide a broadband VSAT network to its Arby‘s restaurants and other fast food restaurant locations. Arby’s […]

Sea Launch, a joint venture of Boeing [NYSE: BA] and international partners, has received a contract from XM Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: XMSR] to launch the XM-4 satellite on a Zenit […]

Boeing [NYSE: BA] and U.S. Air Force officials again have delayed the launch of the Defense Satellite Communications System spacecraft (DSCS III B6) from the Cape Canaveral, Fla. The launch […]

Arianespace announced that it is postponing the launch of three satellites aboard an Ariane 5 rocket from its Spaceport in French Guiana from Aug. 28 to Sept. 3. The company […]

Comtech Telecommunications‘ [Nasdaq: CMTL] Tempe, Ariz.-based subsidiary, Comtech EF Data, has received a $1million contract for its high-speed satellite modems from an undisclosed customer. Comtech officials said the company’s modems […]

Communications spending rebounded 3.3 percent to $608.7 billion in 2002, driven primarily by consumer spending on media such as cable & satellite television, filmed entertainment and video games, according to […]

SkyStream Networks, a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based provider of video networking solutions to satellite operators and telecom providers, has secured additional private funding from strategic investors. Investors include Comcast Interactive Capital, AOL […]

Miami-Dade (Fla.) Fire Rescue has selected Mobile Satellite Ventures’ (MSV) voice and radio-dispatch services as a component of its new command vehicle design. Operating on a push-to-talk principle, MSV’s two-way, […]

Bell ExpressVu, the satellite TV unit of Canada’s BCE [NYSE: BCE], is expanding its efforts to combat television signal theft with a series of new initiatives to be launched this […]

DirecTV, the satellite TV unit of Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH], announced that it has reached a settlement agreement with the National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC) dismissing their claims against each […]

CSI Wireless [TSX: CSY], a Calgary, Canada-based designer and manufacturer of wireless and GPS products, has successfully closed an offering of 3,305,750 stock and warrant units. The units were issued […]

Despite an industry-wide downturn, aeronautical satellite communication services are gaining momentum. Offering aeronautical services can be a “very sound business for service providers who own and operate a global network […]

The regional Bell operating companies’ latest strategy for providing video service appears to be teaming with direct broadcast satellite (DBS) service providers. Both SBC [NYSE: SBC] and Qwest [NYSE: Q] […]