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Avis Rent A Car System and Motorola [NYSE: MOT] have signed a contract that will make the “Avis Assist” phone-based navigation system available in up to 50 cities across the […]

Garmin International, a unit of Garmin [Nasdaq: GRMN], has agreed to acquire UPS Aviation Technologies, a subsidiary of United Parcel Service [NYSE: UPS], for $38 million in cash. UPS Aviation […]

The U.S. Coast Guard is evaluating the Fleet F55 service provided by London-basedmobile satellite service company Inmarsat aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Shearwater. The evaluation follows beta testing and launch […]

TPS, the number two satellite pay-TV operator in France, announced that it had 1,192,000 satellite pay-TV subscribers at the end of June 2003. TPS still lags behind market leader Canal […]

Alcatel Space, a unit of France’s Alcatel [NYSE: ALA], has received a contract from Paris-based satellite operator Eutelsat to build the HOT BIRD 7A communications satellite to replace the HOT […]

The two leading direct broadcast satellite (DBS) providers in the United States are responding to competition from cable TV by aligning themselves with the Bell phone companies to provide bundled […]

The Rainbow 1 satellite recently launched by International Launch Services for New York-based Cablevision Systems [NYSE: CVC] poses a legitimate threat to existing satellite TV service providers Hughes Electronics’ [NYSE: […]

Boeing’s [NYSE: BA] realignment of its launch and satellite businesses last week is another sign of how the industry’s downturn is causing even one of the largest, most diversified companies […]

Iridium Satellite, an Arlington, Va.-based provider of global satellite voice and data communications, now can offer communication services in post-war Iraq. Permission was granted by the U.S.-led Coalition Provisional Authority […]

By Jimmy Schaeffler The overall U.S. satellite radio industry had an estimated 802,000 subscribers by the end of the second quarter. The sector’s rate of growth leaves it within weeks […]

Industry speculation that Intelsat agreed to pay more than market value for the North American satellite assets of Loral Space and Communications [NYSE: LOR] is way off the mark, Intelsat’s […]

SpaceDev [OTC BB: SPDV.OB] of Poway, Calif., has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to explore the use of microsatellites in national missile defense. In […]

Digital Angel [AMEX: DOC], a St. Paul, Minn.-based GPS tracking device maker, has signed six new exclusive distribution agreements with companies in Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela, the Caribbean, the Dominican Republic […]

Hughes Network Systems, a Germantown, Md.-based broadband satellite unit of Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH], has selected Grintek Telecom, a South African information and communications technology company, as its representative in […]

Spain’s Iberia Airlines has selected ARINC to deliver a package of satellite communications services for the passengers and crew on its entire fleet of long-haul aircraft, including new Airbus A340-600s. […]

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has chosen the Atlas V expendable launch vehicle provided by Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] as the launch system for the proposed Pluto New Horizons […]

Hughes Network Systems, a Germantown, Md.-based broadband satellite unit of Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH], has signed a contract with UAE- based Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications for the design and supply of […]

Stratos, a Bethesda, Md.-based provider of remote communications solutions and services, has been awarded a five-year contract to upgrade and enhance the satellite-based communications infrastructure on the Ramform Banff, a […]

EMS Technologies [Nasdaq: EMLG] has received a contract valued at $5.7 million from Italian satellite manufacturer Alenia Spazio to supply switching technology for the Cosmo SkyMed earth observation satellite mission […]

Week of July 18-24, 2003 Percentage Change Symbol July 24 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 3.05 (17.6) 38.0 160.7 77.3 […]

James F. Mooney has joined the board of directors at New York-based satellite radio firm Sirius Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: SIRI]. Mooney is chairman of NTL, a UK-based cable company. Prior […]

Hytek Microsystems, a Carson City, Nev.-based maker of hybrid microelectronic circuits for satellite systems, as well as for oil exploration, military applications, industrial electronics and opto-electronics, announced that it has […]

NovAtel [Nasdaq: NGPS], a Canadian GPS device manufacturer, reported revenues for the second quarter of C$9.5 million (US$6.8 million), compared to C$7.9 million (US$5.7 million), in the same period a […]

Breconridge Manufacturing Solutions, an Ottawa, Canada-based electronics manufacturing services company, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire certain assets of the High-Speed Modules business unit of Nortel Networks [NYSE: NT]. […]

Galaxy Satellite Broadcasting, the Hong Kong pay-TV satellite joint venture formed by Intelsat and Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB), has not set a date yet to begin commercial services, although it […]

The U.S. Air Force has determined that Boeing [NYSE: BA] committed serious violations of federal law based on a governmental review of allegations about wrongdoing by the company during the […]

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has chosen the Atlas V expendable launch vehicle provided by Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services as the launch system for the proposed Pluto New […]

Spain’s Iberia Airlines has selected ARINC to deliver a package of satellite communications services for the passengers and crew on its entire fleet of long-haul aircraft, including new Airbus A340-600s. […]

Hughes Network Systems, a Germantown, Md.-based broadband satellite unit of Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH], has selected Grintek Telecom, a South African information and communications technology company, as its representative in […]

Digital Angel [AMEX: DOC], a St. Paul, Minn.-based GPS tracking device maker, has signed six new exclusive distribution agreements with companies in Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela, the Caribbean, the Dominican Republic […]