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In the Asian region marred with pricing pressures and oversupply of capacity, maintaining stable revenues can be a challenge. But Asi aSat has done that and, with the help of […]

France Telecom Mobile Satellite Communications (FTMSC) has stepped up its pursuit of more revenues in the Asia Pacific region by opening a sales office in Hong Kong, which will serve […]

AsiaSat and SES Astra will be entering the market looking for new satellites. AsiaSat is preparing a request for proposal (RFP) for a new satellite, AsiaSat 5, which will act […]

Last week, Maxwell Technologies Inc. announced that Northrop Grumman Space Technology selected its SCS750 single board computer for spacecraft control and payload data management for the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental […]

A system that would allow airline passengers to use GSM wireless phones moved a step closer to reality last week when Arinc and Telenor, two companies partnered to deploy such […]

Iridium Satellite LLC recently provided global satellite communications equipment and services for a benefit drive around the world to help keep the nine volunteers that took part in the effort […]

While the direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television service providers currently are benefiting between the telecom service providers and cable television operators, they may need to seek out their own partners or […]

Satellite News named the winners of its 2004 Golden Orbiter Marketing and PR Awards. Golden Orbiters are given out in four categories honoring the best marketing public relations efforts within […]

This week, Satellite News is launching a new regular feature that looks at the performance of certain stocks in the satellite industry. The focus for the coming weeks will be […]

SES Americom announced that its board of directors appointed Edward Horowitz to be the president and CEO of the company. He also will serve on the executive committee of SES […]

As Satellite News went to press, no announcement had been made regarding the fate of Rainbow DBS, the business unit of Cablevision that offers direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television services under […]

It was a grim-faced panel of satellite manufacturing executives that faced delegates during the “Satellite Manufacturing: Building Confidence with ‘Basics” session during the SATELLITE 2005 conference and exhibition. “I have […]

The Southern Co., an electricity producer for the Southeastern United States, has used satellite imagery gathered throughout the course of a recently completed three- year project to help increase the […]

Commercial satellite operators who have looked upon the U.S. government as a consistent customer can rest easy in the knowledge that the increased demand of commercial capacity by the government […]

“We are not the enemy! The terrestrial solutions out there are eating all our lunches!” With these combative words, Hughes Network Systems Senior Vice President of Engineering John Kenyon set […]

At first glance, Sky Network Television Ltd. looks good sitting in its position as the largest pay-TV operator in New Zealand. However, when you look closely at the company, you […]

For the satellite industry to survive and thrive, it must lower transmission costs. This was the unequivocal message delivered by Via Satellite magazine’s Satellite Executive of the Year 2004 winner […]

People BTV+ Names VP Finance And Administration BTV+, provider of digital signage networks, interactive distance learning, studios and related secure, IP satellite-based services, announced the appointment of Robert Caputo as […]

The Russian Satellite Communications Co. said the Russian Express-AM2 was successfully launched March 29 on a Proton-K rocket from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 10:31 p.m. GMT. In-orbit testing […]

SES Global said it awarded a contract to Lockheed Martin Commercial Satellite Systems to build the latest addition to the SES Americom fleet. The satellite, named Americom-18 (AMC-18) will be […]

Will private equity ownership of satellite carriers save the industry, or strangle it? Six of the industry’s top CEOs thrashed out this question before a standing-room-only crowd at SATELLITE 2005’s […]

“Rationality” was the unlikely buzzword during “State of the Industry: An Overview of 2005 & Beyond,” the opening session of Satellite Finance 2005 on March 22 at SATELLITE 2005. Unlikely, […]

The developing markets such as Africa and certain areas in the Asia-Pacific region present a unique opportunity for satellite companies to not only strengthen their revenues, but to help build […]

“Satellite radio was clearly the success story of 2004 [and] the story of 2005 will be Fixed Satellite Services (FSS),” said David Kestenbaum, senior analyst of satellite, cable and broadcasting […]

As they strive to improve profitability and as they work to meet the U.S. Defense Department‘s often complex requirements for space-based technology, aerospace companies want the government to continue working […]

Poland satellite pay-TV operator in Canal+ CYFROWY is targeting a major subscriber push in the rural areas of the country. It operates the CYFRA+ digital direct- to-home (DTH) platform and […]

Loral Space and Communications Ltd. filed a revised plan of reorganization with the Bankruptcy Court. The plan revises terms of a previous plan filed Dec. 5, 2004, reflects an agreement […]

The Russian Satellite Communication Co. has scheduled the launch of the Russian Express-AM2 communications satellite for March 30. The satellite will be launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on a Proton-K […]

The Launch Services Alliance–an alliance between Boeing Launch Services, Arianespace and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries–announced a new contract employing Alliance launch systems to deliver satellites to orbit on time. The new […]

SES Astra aims to boost its position in terms of generating revenues from technical services to satellite customers with the creation of a new subsidiary, SES Astra TechCom. The subsidiary […]