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Globecomm Systems Inc. said the National Air Navigation Services Co. (NANSC) in Egypt awarded it an $8.1 million contract to install a next generation satellite- based network connecting 19 remote […]

Row 44 said it signed an exclusive agreement with Hughes Network Systems to bring satellite broadband connectivity to North American commercial and business aircraft. Row 44 will use HNS’ Direcway […]

ViaSat said it finalized a contract to supply its SurfBeam broadband satellite networking system to Mexico-based content and Internet applications provider Pegaso Banda Ancha for consumer Internet access services in […]

Only a few years ago, Iridium Satellite LLC, like others in the Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) sector was teetering on the edge of extinction. But Iridium Satellite LLC is showing […]

CapRock Communications said it completed the expansion of its IPxpress core network to its Macae, Brazil teleport. IPxpress is CapRock’s Internet Protocol (IP)-based core network architecture that employs multi-protocol label […]

The asset tracking market will soon see a new market competitor coming to the industry with a different game plan to attract new customers, one that takes a page from […]

Wegener Corp. said it recently received a $700,000 order from Roberts Communications Network for equipment to expand its direct-to-home (DTH) small dish satellite delivery platform. The equipment is being used […]

Via Satellite magazine, sister publication to Satellite News, named iDirect Technologies President and CEO John Kealey as the 2004 satellite executive of the year. “Kealey materializes a business practice that […]

Multichoice, a pay-TV provider announced that MTV Base, the first pan-African music channel, was launched on its DStv platform. The channel will be broadcast via satellite to 48 countries in […]

Maritime Telecommunications Network (MTN) recently offered its satellite-based communications services to help Intel Corp. show off its latest Centrino mobile technology platform. Intel has been hosting a series of demonstration […]

The satellite industry has launched an initiative that seeks to streamline earth station type-approvals procedures through the endorsement of a global standard and the expansion of an industry-authorized network of […]

Gilat Satellite Networks Chairman and CEO Shlomo Rodav is confident the company can increase its overall revenues in 2005 and that the company can soon return to profitability. Gilat has […]

By Robert Bell Pier du Plessis is South African by birth and a turnaround artist by trade. With a background in sales, marketing, finance and accountancy, he worked for several […]

In what is a continuation of its trend to build a strong content offering, Sirius Satellite Radio announced last week that it signed an agreement giving the company exclusive North […]

Space Systems/Loral announced it completed all assembly, integration and tests of the DirecTV 8 satellite more than two months ahead of the contracted schedule. The DirecTV 8 satellite, built for […]

Digital+, the direct-to-home (DTH) platform in Spain, announced a subscriber growth for the first time in a number of quarters. At the end of December 2004, the operator had more […]

Modulus Video said it opened a new office in Tokyo, Japan to support the growing demand from satellite, telecommunications and cable service providers for MPEG-4 AVC video encoding systems. Broadcast […]

Humax said it entered into development and supply agreements with DirecTV Inc. According to Humax, the agreements encompass various set top box models, including a portion of the entry-level receivers […]

The Boeing Co. said it reached an agreement to sell its Rocketdyne Propulsion & Power business unit to Pratt & Whitney for about $700 million in cash. Rocketdyne is primarily […]

The launch of the XM-3 satellite for XM Satellite Radio by Sea Launch was postponed indefinitely “due to continuing sea conditions at the launch site” at the company’s equatorial launch […]

ViaSat Inc. said it reached agreement to supply SES Americom with its SurfBeam DOCSIS-based two-way broadband satellite system, which it says will enable SES Americom to expand its enterprise offerings […]

While nothing has been officially confirmed, industry observers are expecting Lockheed Marin and Raytheon Co. to sell off their Space Imaging remote sensing joint venture. The question that is still […]

Eagle Broadband Inc. and GlobeCast said they are launching IPTVComplete, which they describe as the first turnkey IPTV services solution that enables telephone companies, municipalities, utilities and real estate developers […]

NDS Group, one of the leading suppliers of Conditional Access (CA) and middleware solutions to pay-TV operators, will see most of its revenue growth come from satellite operators throughout the […]

Intelsat said Phillip Spector has been hired by the company to serve as executive vice president and general counsel. The well-known Washington attorney most recently serves as chairman of the […]

For EagleMed, a privately-owned and operated critical care transport service, the adoption last year of an Iridium-based aircraft tracking and communications systems has paid dividends in terms of providing urgent […]

Although it defies conventional logic, if MPEG-4 AVC technology became a standard form of encoding broadcast content, the lower bandwidth requirements for MPEG-4 AVC could translate into an increase in […]

Tandberg Television secured a key deal with DirecTV, which will see the company play a key role in DirecTV’s High-Definition (HD) strategy going forward. The deal, which is worth more […]

Johannesburg, South Africa–From telemedicine to financial transactions, top end users and satellite industry executives of VSAT technology networks shared, this past week at SatCom Africa 2005, their insights on what […]

The outlook for the satellite manufacturing market can be summed up in two words: stable and flat, according to new research offered by consultancy Frost & Sullivan. During a recent […]