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Dyband Delivers IP Traffic Management for Nunavut
Dyband, an Ottawa, Canada-based supplier of IP traffic management products to service providers, governments and enterprises, Thursday announced delivery of a multi-site IP traffic management solution to the government of […]
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XATA Awarded Orders Totaling $1.8M From Major Grocer
XATA [Nasdaq: XATA], a Minneapolis, Minn.-based provider of fleet management products for the commercial trucking industry, has been awarded orders totaling $1.8 million by an undisclosed company in the grocery […]
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Inforetech Wireless, Augustine Fund Retire $1.25M in Convertible Debt
Inforetech Wireless Technology [BB: WYRE], a Vancouver, Canada-based supplier of GPS technology for the golf industry, has reached an agreement to retire $1.25 million in convertible debt obligations to Augustine […]
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Globecomm Gets $8.3M Terminal Contract
Globecomm Systems [Nasdaq: GCOM], a Hauppauge, N.Y.-based supplier of satellite communications products and services, has received an $8.3 million contract to supply fixed and mobile earth station terminals for satellite […]
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Satlynx CEO Resigns
Satlynx, a European satellite broadband venture, said that its founding chief executive officer, Yves Elsen, will resign effective Aug. 31 “to pursue career opportunities in a new field.” The company’s […]
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WRC Wraps Up With Key Satellite Agreements
The International Telecommunication Union‘s World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) is wrapping up its month of spectrum allocation work on Friday with some key agreements affecting satellite services, members of the U.S. […]
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Asianet USA Joins GlobeCast DTH Platform
Direct-to-home provider GlobeCast and Intelsat jointly announced that Malayalam-language television channel Asianet USA has joined the GlobeCast DTH platform using the Telstar 5 satellite. GlobeCast’s platform on Telstar 5 is […]
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WRC Gives Final Approval to WLAN Allocation
In a late-afternoon plenary session Wednesday at the World Radiocommunication Conference, delegates gave final approval to an allocation of 455 megahertz of spectrum in the 5 gigahertz spectrum band for […]
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Gilat Puts In Place Corporate Restructuring Plan
Israel-based Gilat Satellite Networks [Nasdaq: GILTF] has put in place a financial restructuring program aimed at increasing efficiency and cutting corporate expenses. The program includes a variety of measures, including […]
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FiberSat Global Services Launches Satellite Feed of S|Networks
FiberSat Global Services has commenced the operation of the new satellite-fed channel called S|Networks. FiberSat Global Services is operating under an agreement to originate the S|Net video programming, as well […]
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RT Logic Awarded Skynet 5 Contract by EADS Astrium
RT Logic, a Colorado Springs, Colo.-based subsidiary of Integral Systems [Nasdaq: ISYS], announced that EADS Astrium has awarded the company a contract to supply satellite baseband systems, S-Band modem systems, […]
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SAS, Connexion by Boeing<SUP
Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) and Connexion by Boeing, a business unit of Boeing [NYSE: BA], have signed a definitive service agreement for equipping the European air carrier’s long-haul aircraft with […]
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Orbital Gets Debt Refinancing Plan Approval
Dulles, Va.-based Orbital Sciences [NYSE: ORB] has taken another step toward refinancing its debt in a move similar to what many U.S. homeowners are doing to take advantage of falling […]
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Arianespace Looks For Asian Boost
Arianespace, the France-based launch service provider, hopes to secure additional contracts outside its core markets of Europe, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region. In April this year, Arianespace inked a deal […]
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Transponder Monitor
93.5 degreesE: Insat 3A D A new multiplex was tested on 4025 MHz vertical, SR 27500, FEC 3/4 last week. It contained B4U Music, Nickelodeon India, BBC World India, Zee […]
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Arianespace CEO Boosted By Recent ESA Backing
Arianespace is trying to get back on track after a turbulent few months. The high profile launch failure in December of the Ariane 5 10-ton rocket with Eutelsat’s HOT BIRD […]
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Intelsat Appoints Executives
Washington, D.C.-based Intelsat has appointed Doug Triblehorn and Jean-Philippe Gillet to head regional sales efforts for its Media and Entertainment Business Unit in Asia and Europe, respectively. Triblehorn is responsible […]
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Thales Joins Galileo System
Thales Group has signed an agreement with Galileo Industries, the consortium set up to build, deploy and operate the European Galileo satellite navigation system, under which Thales will become the […]
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Loral To Pay Alcatel $13M
New York-based Loral Space & Communications [NYSE: LOR] and Paris-based Alcatel [NYSE: ALA] announced this week that they had reached a settlement resolving all outstanding issues between them, including a […]
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Europe To Double Spending
The European Space Agency and European Union member states are proposing to double spending on space-related activities, from a current level of 6 billion euros (US$6.9 billion) to 12 billion […]
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Canal+ Gets Leg Up With Deal
Canal+ Technologies deal to provide middleware to U.S. satellite pay-TV operator DirecTV places further pressure on its U.S. competitors OpenTV and Liberate Technologies. The deal, which was announced in mid-June, […]
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U.S. Satellite Licensing – Dawn of a New Era?
By Maury Mechanick On May 19, the satellite industry’s wait ended, with the issuance (26 days after having been announced) of the Federal Communications Commission’s order revamping its satellite licensing […]
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ITU’s WRC Nears End
The International Telecommunication Union’s World Radiocommunication Conference is heading down the home stretch as it prepares to wrap up a month’s worth of work at the end of this week. […]
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Growth Ahead For Asia-Pacific Satellite Services
Continuing economic uncertainty has dampened demand for broadband satellite services in the Asia-Pacific region. Since 1997, the Asia-Pacific region has experienced downturns and recoveries in short cycles that have hampered […]
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SES Astra Is Busy With Deals
SES Astra has had a busy month. It has concluded a deal with the BBC for two additional transponders on the ASTRA 2D satellite at 28.2 degrees East and has […]
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Regulatory Review: Satellite Spectrum–The Politics Of Pricing
by Gerry Oberst Government charges for access to satellite spectrum is always a hot topic. A series of recent consultations from Australia to Ireland focused on this issue recently, while […]
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Africa: Pairing Customers With Capabilities
By Peter J. Brown Satellite technology is going to play an essential role on multiple fronts in 21st century Africa. This huge continent has an enormous and growing appetite for […]
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Cover Story: Via satellite’s Global Satellite Survey
Is The Worst Over? Another challenging year has passed for the global commercial satellite industry. The year 2002 echoed much of its predecessor in terms of contracts, launches and substantial […]
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Dollars And Sense: The Launch Industry–The High Price Of Preserving The Bottom Line
by Carissa Bryce Christensen Should Europe and the United States be spending billions to protect a launch industry that cannot make it commercially? Painfully, the answer is yes. The launch […]
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Industry At Large
People BOEING: Pioneer Inducted To Hall Of Fame Harold Rosen, a consultant and former 37-year employee of The Boeing Co., was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in […]