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Washington, D.C.-based XM Satellite Radio [XMSR] achieved better than expected third quarter results. XM was able to hold its operating costs in check, unlike its New York City-based rival Sirius […]

Cyprus-based Columbia Shipman-agement is fitting more than 100 ships with Iridium satellite terminals in a move to comply with SSAS carriage requirements and to reduce ship communication costs. The decision […]

Concerns by pessimists that the brisk subscriber growth of U.S. satellite television services is ready to start conking out are contradicted by the continuing surge in sales. Indeed, DirecTV showed […]

National Geographic an-nounced Friday that cutting-edge satellites and telescopes will enable contact to be made with extraterrestrial life sooner than many people expect. A television program detailing this prediction will […]

Many turnaround efforts are long on rhetoric and short on results but a little more than one year at the helm was all Norsat International [NII] CEO Cameron Hunter needed […]

The revenues and expenses at Intelsat Ltd., headquartered in Pembroke, Bermuda, rose during its third quarter ended Sept. 30, while the global satellite operator simultaneously attempted to cut jobs in […]

Longmont, Colo.-based Digital-Globe is teaming with the Upper Midwest Aerosopace Consortium (UMAC) at the University of North Dakota to explore using high-resolution QuickBird satellite images to research the impact of […]

McLean, Va.-based RaySat Inc., a supplier of mobile antennas and communications equipment, is starting to demonstrate an ultra-low-profile antenna to automobile manufacturers that could be embedded in new vehicles to […]

By Jose del Rosario Mobile-satellite services traditionally have focused on maritime and aeronautical markets where the business case for tapping these sectors is compelling. London-based Inmarsat was created as an […]

The Middle East is a vibrant market for satellite communications. In the direct-to-home (DTH) arena, such operators as Showtime have gained subscribers at a healthy rate. Showtime also has high […]

BSkyB, the U.K.-based satellite direct-to-home (DTH) operator, hopes its ambitious SkyView project finally will convince creative teams within advertising agencies about the power of interactive advertising. The panel, which consists […]

Atlanta-based BellSouth Corpora-tion [BLS] reported last week its recent move to introduce a new bundled service package that includes the DirecTV satellite television service is gaining early traction. With the […]

Garmin reported third-quarter earnings per share (EPS) ahead of expectations, driven by a 55.9-percent consumer gross margin, according to a research note from Morgan Stanley. Total revenues were up about […]

The Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association’s (SBCA’s) government affairs staff is focused on fighting the National Association of Broadcasters’ (NAB) “ridiculous petition” opposing the delivery of local weather and traffic […]

People ESOA Appoints Secretary General The European Satellite Operators Association (ESOA) announced the appointment of Aarti Holla-Maini as the association’s new secretary general, in ESOA’s Brussels office. Holla- Maini will […]

Germantown, Md.-based Hughes Network Systems (HNS), a global provider of satellite broadband products and services, introduced what it calls a comprehensive package of services for companies looking to distribute high-impact […]

When competing in a niche market, every little bit helps. While the national home improvement stores seem to dominate the marketplace, a second tier of hardware chains exists, and the […]

Herndon, Va.-based iDirect Tech-nologies, a privately held company that designs, develops, and markets bi-directional, satellite-based broadband access solutions is broadening its product offering. The new iDirect iNFINITI series product line […]

In today’s complex business environment, companies are fusing their communications network infrastructure with their marketing strategies to aggressively stay ahead of the competition. Because of this, executives’ focus has shifted […]

A new portable Global Positioning System (GPS) unit with as much as 300 percent more battery power will be available commercially this month through Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Automotive Capital Group Inc. […]

Question and Answer Ken Cohen November 09, 2004 What are the top three business advantages satellite technology brings to the restaurant marketplace? The quick service restaurant industry faces several challenges […]

Honeywell [HON] rolled out a 150-nanometer, 15-million-gate integrated circuit (IC) technology it says exponentially increases speed and bandwidth capabilities for processing and transmitting data in aerospace systems, including space satellites […]

Glen Hubbel was there from the beginning. As the distance learning coordinator at the National Center for Employee Development (NCED), a national training facility in Norman, OK, he helped launch […]

Wall Street can be fickle in picking the financial performance measures it uses to evaluate publicly traded companies. For satellite radio companies, the focus right now is on notching subscriber […]

The Netherlands-based New Skies Satellites NV [NSK], a global satellite operator, will be sold to affiliates of The Blackstone Group, a private investment firm, after receiving approval from the U.S. […]

Troy, Mich.-based Delphi Corp. [DPH] is a prime example of how satellite-industry opportunities are growth engines for automotive-technology companies. Delphi has ridden the surging subscriber gains of XM Satellite Radio […]

Ka-band has finally arrived. The progress has been aided with the Anik F2 deployed and ready to provide Ka-band service for Telesat Canada and WildBlue along with the successful launch […]

Who’s Doing What? What To Expect Near-Term What It All Means The U.S. Defense Department (DoD) received Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved to use the 2025-2110 MHz band on a […]

It was an encouraging but not a completely reassuring sign that Sirius Satellite Radio [SIRI] hit the 700,000-subscriber mark Oct. 18. The milestone suggests that the company ended third-quarter 2004 […]

Prospective satellite-TV subscribers appear to be responding to the joint efforts of SBC Communications [SBC] and EchoStar Communications [DISH]. The SBC-DISH branded service is gaining new subscribers but it also […]