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NEW YORK -The satellite broadcasting industry has achieved a record of innovation and growth that has drawn the attention of more than satisfied customers and wary cable companies concerned about […]

NEW YORK–Satellite broadband service providers and hopefuls see a rosy broadband future, but that can only be realized by sidestepping stiff competition in urban areas from for lower-priced terrestrial alternatives. […]

Week of May 16 – 22, 2003 Percentage Change Symbol May 22 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 1.67 7.7 32.5 […]

New Skies Satellites [NYSE: NSK] saw a slight increase in revenues in the first quarter, compared to the same period last year. Its revenues increased $0.2 million to $52 million […]

By Bharadwaj Ramesh At first glance, India appears to be a promising market for deploying satellite-based rural telephony solutions. The country is vast; most of its population lives across 5,000,000 […]

The Federal Communications Commission’s International Bureau (IB) is developing U.S. commercial positions for the upcoming International Telecommunication Union’s World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) being held June 9 to July 4 in […]

Tiscali [Milan: TIS.MI], an independent pan-European ISP, hopes to be offering a new one-way satellite Internet access through Eutelsat’s OPENSKY platform to customers in the next month. Tiscali is partnering […]

Alcatel Space CEO Pascale Sourisse is hopeful that French satellite manufacturer can secure around 25 per cent to 30 per cent of new commercial satellite orders this year, even though […]

89.8 degreesE: Yamal 102 D Avtoradio has returned to the NetService package on 3565 MHz RHCP, SR 2000, FEC 3/4, APID 4200 after a short break. 80 degreesE: Express 6A […]

The European Association for the Protection of Encrypted Works and Services (AEPOC) has given a cautious seal of approval to the latest European Commission (EC) review of its 1998 conditional […]

UK pay-TV operator BSkyB [London: BSY.L] is within 300,000 subscribers of the magic 7 million subscriber figure. In its first quarter results, the operator said it added 150,000 net new […]

Dave Ryan became the general manager of Boeing Satellite Systems (BSS) at the end of February. He replaces Randy Brinkley, who is stepping down next month. The challenge for Ryan […]

Boeing [NYSE: BA] has shipped the Thuraya-2 mobile communications satellite from its Boeing Satellite Systems manufacturing facility in El Segundo, Calif., to the Sea Launch home port in Long Beach, […]

Peugeot Motor Co. has begun offering Smartnav satellite navigation products as an approved accessory across its entire U.K. model range. Peugeot sold in excess of 200,000 cars in the United […]

Ministers responsible for space activities in European Space Agency member states and in Canada will meet May 27 in Paris at ESA’s headquarters to consider a resolution to restructure the […]

The National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) has moved so swiftly to boost its use of commercial remote sensing services in recent years that it will not be affected much […]

Mobile satellite telephone service provider Globalstar [OTC: GSTRF] has received court approval for its acquisition by ICO Global Communications. This clears the way for Globalstar to transfer most of its […]

Japan’s Broadcasting Satellite System’s (BSAT) BSAT-2c geostationary communications satellite has been shipped to Arianespace’s launch complex in Kourou, French Guiana. The satellite will be launched aboard an Ariane 5 rocket […]

SES Astra, a unit of SES Global [Luxembourg: SESG], has signed two contracts with Greek telecom service provider Hellas Sat to provide services for its recently launched communications satellite. Financial […]

Radio Satellite Integrators (RSI), a Torrance, Calif.-based provider of Global Positioning System-based vehicle tracking and mobile data products, has completed an automatic vehicle location system for the Isabella County Transportation […]

NovAtel [Nasdaq: NGPS], a Calgary, Alberta-based precise positioning technology company, has acquired CMC Electronics’ non-aviation Global Positioning System OEM product line for C$150,000 (US$109,000). That amount could increase to as […]

Stratos [TSX:SGB], a Bethesda, Md. -based provider of satellite communications, has signed a multi-million dollar contract with the Australian Defence Force to provide Inmarsat-B voice and data leased services. Under […]

ViaSat [Nasdaq: VSAT] has received a contract from the U.S. Army to design and produce an enhanced bandwidth efficient modem for high-speed satellite communications. The contract, which includes the purchase […]

Week of May 9 – 15, 2003 Percentage Change Symbol May 15 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 1.66 27.7 38.3 […]

The U.S. commercial remote sensing industry should receive a boost from a new Bush administration policy that calls for the U.S. government to use private sector satellite imagery whenever practical. […]

New York-based Sirius Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: SIRI] expects the rest of 2003 to be a banner year for the satellite radio provider in terms of subscriber growth. The company’s management […]

By Fred Donovan In a curious decision, the Federal Communications Commission’s International Bureau granted a license to Digital Broadband Applications Corp. (DBAC) to use Canadian satellites to offer digital broadcast […]

Two European companies with complementary attributes have agreed to become partners. Tiscali, a European Internet communication company, is teaming up with Paris-based Eutelsat to offer one-way Internet capability through Eutelsat’s […]

By Steve Symonds General Motors’ [NYSE: GM] efforts to sell Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH] have to be one of the most interesting sagas in the history of corporate acquisitions. For […]

Four satellite companies from three different parts of the world are teaming up to bring mobile voice services to Russia. Germantown, Md.-based Hughes Network Systems (HNS) is tapping into its […]