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Week of Feb. 14- 20, 2003 PercentageChange Symbol Feb. 20 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 1.72 7.5 (6.0) 11.0 – […]

The successful launch of the last Ariane 4 rocket not only carried the Intelsat 907 satellite into orbit but also ushered in a new era of dependence by Arianespace on […]

Latin America’s satellite and network services sector is reeling from a worldwide economic downturn, and no one expects much improvement anytime soon. Many companies in the region receive revenues in […]

Canada’s parliament is holding hearings this month to review whether to ease its foreign ownership restrictions in the telecommunications sector. Canadian law requires telecom companies — wireline, wireless and satellite […]

British Airways is trying out the new Connexion by Boeing’s in-flight satellite broadband service onboard one of its daily transatlantic flight between London and New York. The service is designed […]

Canada has almost 32 million people and roughly 2.1 million of the country’s 11 million-plus TV households (TVHHs) receive their direct broadcast satellite (DBS) signals either from Star Choice or […]

Maritime Telecommunications Network (MTN), a Miramar, Fla.-based provider of ship-to-shore satellite communications, is aggressively exploring its opportunities to serve customers who operate offshore oil and gas rigs. MTN traditionally has […]

Loral Space & Communications [LOR] wants shareholder approval to implement a reverse stock split at its annual meeting on May 29 to comply with New York Stock Exchange share price […]

Space Imaging Southeast Asia, an affiliate of Denver, Colo.-based Space Imaging, has begun direct tasking and data collection of high-resolution imagery from the IKONOS satellite. The operations as well as […]

Raytheon [RTN] has completed contractor acceptance and inspection for the Federal Aviation Administration’s Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS), a component in the agency’s next-generation space-based aircraft navigation and landing system. […]

Satellite broadcast provider GlobeCast, a France Telecom [FTE] subsidiary, is expanding its Asian operations to include Japan and Korea through the opening of a liaison office in Tokyo. The Tokyo […]

Intelsat and Television Broadcasts (TVB) will set up a joint venture, Galaxy Satellite Broadcasting, offering pay-TV service for Hong Kong. Intelsat will own a 51 percent stake in the venture, […]

SiRF Technology, of San Jose, Calif., has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Enuvis, a wireless location technology provider. The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. SiRF intends to […]

Orbital Recovery has selected PricewaterhouseCoopers as its financial advisor, with responsibility for leading the company through its final funding round for its new Geosynch Spacecraft Life Extension System (SLES). PricewaterhouseCoopers […]

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates [MDA] announced that the $4.45 million Canadian ($2.9 million) second phase of its Environmental Monitoring Information Network (EMIN) in Bangladesh has been approved for implementation. The […]

Satellite broadcast services provider GlobeCast has launched a digital direct-to-home platform on a Eutelsat HOT BIRD satellite. The France Telecom [FTE] subsidiary’s new proprietary DTH platform will operate on the […]

Week of Feb. 7 – 13, 2003 Percentage Change Symbol Feb. 13 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year toDate Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 1.78 13.4 6.6 6.6 […]

The malfunction of a Russian Proton rocket launch last November is unlikely to affect Sea Launch’s procedures and launch schedule, according to a Failure Review Oversight Board (FROB). Sea Launch’s […]

The $30 million purchase of Maritime Telecommunications Networks (MTN), a Miramir, Fla.-based provider of offshore satellite communication services, offers “very good value” and strong growth potential, said David Moross, chairman […]

By Roger Rusch Planning for 2003 requires an assessment of what the future holds. While prognostication is an inexact science, we can extrapolate certain trends. Present conditions and “external forces” […]

Boeing’s [BA] Air Traffic Management (ATM) and Connexion by Boeing units last week successfully demonstrated a number of enhancements to the U.S. National Airspace System (NAS). The enhancements are intended […]

The U.S. direct broadcast satellite (DBS) industry has had a marked advantage over cable since it was launched in 1994. The DBS providers emerged to deliver better pictures at a […]

Any bid Bell giant SBC Communications [SBC] may be exploring to buy U.S. satellite TV provider DirecTV most likely will not reach fruition, Wall Street analysts predicted. Lehman Brothers and […]

Raytheon [RTN] will provide an integrated electronics suite (IES) for the Italian Navy’s multi-purpose vessel program under a foreign military award of $31.8 million equipping the Italian government with the […]

African satellite services provider GS Telecom has installed a high-rise teleport in Maputo, the capital of Mozambique, to provide telecommunications services throughout the country. GS Telecom is installing a ViaSat […]

Diebold [DBD] has contracted with Spacenet, the U.S. subsidiary of Israel’s Gilat Satellite Networks [GILTF], to become an authorized channel partner of Spacenet’s Connexstar business-grade satellite broadband service. As a […]

KVH Industries [KVHI] is launching a satellite communications system designed for maritime use – the Tracphone F55. The Tracphone F55 uses Inmarsat’s satellites to offer leisure and small commercial vessels […]

The fourth-quarter and full-year 2002 financial performances for satellite operator New Skies Satellites [NSK] were off compared to 2001, due to a difficult economy, adoption of a new accounting rule […]

The fourth-quarter and full-year 2002 financial performances for satellite operator New Skies Satellites were off compared to 2001, due to a difficult economy, adoption of a new accounting rule for […]

Showtime, the leading Middle East pay-TV operator, hopes to add between 50,000 and 100,000 subscribers in 2003. It currently has around 250,000 subscribers and the operator could reach the cashflow […]