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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 […]

President Bush officially named Kevin Martin, a sitting Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner, to the top spot, replacing the departing Michael Powell. This method of naming a current commissioner to […]

Upstart company ProtoStar is looking to leave its mark on the Asia-Pacific direct-to-home (DTH) market with a unique way to serve the needs of customers across the entire region. Rather […]

Upstart company Virtual Connexions is looking to tackle the satellite modem market with a new approach that it believes will provide the foundation for a profitable business: applying the terrestrial […]

Lockheed Martin said the team it is leading in the development of the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) successfully completed the system preliminary design review (PDR) with the U.S. Navy, […]

Telenor Satellite Broadcasting signed a key deal, which will help it provide satellite broadband solutions in hotels across Europe. The deal was signed with Otrum, a provider of interactive TV […]

The Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association (SBCA) introduced an online certification database for the association’s National Standards and Testing Program. This database will offer SBCA members improved ways to manage […]

Geolink announced it is providing Iridium mobile satellite communications services for the Oryx Quest 2005 round-the-world sailboat race, which began in February. The Oryx Quest race pits four multi-hull sailing […]

Americom Government Services said it won a five-year contract from the United States, Caribbean States/Territories and Central American Organization of Air Navigation Services that are coordinated by the regional office […]

New Skies Satellites BV has reached a long-term agreement with Latin American broadband service provider Impsat in Argentina to support a new two-way broadband Internet network using the NSS-7 satellite. […]

Ekwan-X, a Toronto-based mineral exploration company, said it entered into an agreement to purchase 100,000 square kilometers of satellite images from Aster Images Inc. The images cover a vast area […]

CBS selected Intelsat to carry the high-definition broadcasts of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament, commonly referred to as March Madness, which begins March 17. The tournament will be […]

With the recent ruling by the Federal Communications Commission reaffirming its decision to allow satellite operators to integrate ancillary terrestrial components (ATC) to existing Mobile Satellite Service (MSS) systems (SN, […]

Boeing and The DirecTV Group Inc. said the Spaceway F1 satellite arrived at Sea Launch home port in Long Beach, CA, where it will undergo final preparations for a late […]

“We are not pushing for the two consortia to join together, definitely not,” Rainer Grohe, executive director of the Galileo Joint Undertaking (GJU), told Satellite News when asked whether the […]

Many people across the nation probably spent a good portion of March 17 clicking on various Internet sites to get the latest college basketball scores as “March Madness” officially began. […]

Advertising on satellite television took an interactive twist last week when Mercedes-Benz USA gave subscribers of Dish Network, EchoStar Communications Corp.‘s direct-to-home satellite television service, an exclusive first look at […]

DirecTV Inc. said it is carrying CBS Sports‘ high-definition (HD) coverage of 30 of the 56 games of the first three rounds and 37 games in total of the NCAA […]

KVH Industries Inc. said Robert Balog joined the company and will serve as its vice president of engineering for satellite products. He comes to KVH from Automation Services Inc., where […]

EchoStar Communications Corp. reported in a March 9 Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it settled an insurance claim related to the failure of EchoStar 4 […]

Boeing said it is prepping the first of three Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES)-N it manufactured for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration […]

aeroTelesis Inc. said it signed a memorandum of understanding with Indonesia’s PT Citra Sari Makmur (CSM) to develop and implement ultra spectral modulation (USM)-enabled satellite communications services for the Indonesian […]

EMS Technologies Inc. said it appointed John Dunbar to the position of chief information officer. He will be responsible for implementing a new IT vision for EMS, including overseeing strategic […]

Globalstar LLC said it signed, through its subsidiary company Globalstar de Venezuela CA, an agreement to acquire the Globalstar service operations, including the satellite ground station, of TE.SA.M de Venezuela. […]

Alltel said that beginning this summer, the company would offer its telephony subscribers the option of subscribing to EchoStar Communications Corp.’s Dish Network satellite television service as part of a […]

With its Xtar-Eur satellite successfully launched last month by Arianespace and with in-orbit testing near completion, start-up company Xtar LLC can now focus on building business around an ambitious plan […]

Helius Inc. and Microspace Communications Corp. together announced a joint partnership with OOH Vision Networks LLC (OVN) to implement OVN’s proprietary digital signage network in more than 100 diners in […]

After a week of dueling press releases, conflicting Web sites, a changeover in the board of directors and a harshly worded letter (SN, March 7), the Voom saga reached an […]