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Boeing Names Vice President Of Network And Space Systems Boeing Co. has appointed Jeff Trauberman vice president of business development for its Network and Space Systems. Trauberman, who has been […]

Fresh off a better-than-expected 2007 second quarter, Eutelsat has revealed plans to take its Ka-band strategy to the next level. The operator intends to launch a dedicated Ka-band satellite with […]

RT Logic, a wholly owned subsidiary of Integral Systems Inc., has released a new satellite channel simulator, the T400CS, the company announced July 30. The simulator emulates the channel characteristics […]

iDirect Technologies Inc. will provide a satellite hub and 60 remote satellite routers to CrossSat Telecom Technology Co. Ltd., an independent oil and gas exploration group based in China, iDirect […]

Direct-to-home operator Cyfrowy Polsat has acquired broadcast trucks that can broadcast in high definition, the company announced July 30. Polsat, claims to be the first TV provider in Poland to […]

Vislink, a U.K.-based supplier of microwave radio and satellite transmission products for the broadcast and security markets, has acquired Focus Communications to boost its prospects in the U.S. technical services […]

CableOne and Cox Communications are among the latest U.S. cable operators to join SES Americom’s triple-feed antenna program to provide access to new high-definition (HD) programming via the HD-Prime service, […]

Teams led by Boeing and Lockheed Martin have lodged proposals with the U.S. Air Force for the development and production phase of the Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT) Military Operations […]

Boeing Service Co. has been awarded a $31.1 million contract modification to provide broadband data service to U.S. military and government  aircraft equipped with the Connexion by Boeing system, the […]

Using new price offerings and taking advantage of a competitor’s woes, Iridium Satellite LLC picked up 44,000 subscribers in the past 12 months, the company announced July 27. Iridium reported […]

BSkyB Sees Profits Fall As Broadband Investments Take Bite BSkyB saw a double-digit increase in overall revenues for the year that closed June 30, the company announced July 27. BSkyB […]

Aided by a competitor’s woes, Iridium Satellite LLC picked up 44,000 subscribers to reach 203,000 at the end of June, a 28 percent increase in the past year, the company […]

Britain-based home entertainment and computing retailer Laskys has extended its product offering to include satellite navigation devices and communication products such as docked telephones, two-way radios and fax machines, the […]

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. reported revenues of 311.9 million Canadian dollars ($298.4 million) in its 2007 second quarter, a 29 percent increase over the same period a year ago, […]

Satellite manufacturer EADS Astrium reported revenues of 1.4 billion euros ($1.9 billion) in the first half of 2007, a 12 percent increase over revenues of 1.3 billion euros ($1.8 billion) […]

Astro All Asia Networks, the leading pay-TV operator in Malaysia, will lease Ku-band capacity from Measat, the satellite operator announced July 26. Measat will provide Astro with use of up […]

BSkyB saw a double-digit increase in overall revenues for the year that closed June 30, the company announced July 27. BSkyB posted revenues 4.6 billion British pounds ($9.3 billion), an […]

iDirect Inc. has set up a wholly owned subsidiary to promote adoption of its Internet Protocol-based satellite networking solutions in the government market, iDirect announced July 26. John Ratigan, formerly […]

EMS Technologies Inc. completed its acquisition of DSpace Pty. Ltd., an Australian company which helped develop the satellite radio protocols for Inmarsat’s Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) service, EMS announced […]

Despite losing 10,000 subscribers in the last three months, Nordic direct-to-home operator Canal Digital closed its 2007 business year with a net gain of 13,000 subscribers, parent company Telenor announced […]

With revenues of $277 million in the 2007 second quarter, up 22 percent over the same period in 2006, XM Satellite Radio saw its second quarter loss narrow by 23 […]

Eutelsat generated a net profit of 170 million euros ($234.1 million) in its 2007 business year, compared to earnings of 40 million euros ($55.1 million) in 2006, the operator announced […]

The European Union and the United States will provide an improved civil signal design that will be common to their respective satellite navigation systems, officials announced July 26. The effort […]

SES Americom and partner Hiwire have launched a test of a digital video broadcast-handheld (DVB-H) mobile TV service they claim will deliver twice the channels and higher-quality pictures than other […]

Vizada has begun distributing a new Thuraya satellite communications service that will provide Internet access, Vizada announced July 25. Thuraya GmPRS (Geo mobile Packet Radio Service) enables customers to browse […]

SES New Skies launched GSM backhaul services for Telikom Papua New Guinea (Telikom PNG), the satellite operator announced July 25. Under a five-year deal, Telikom PNG, the main telecommunications provider […]

A joint venture created by SES Global and Eutelsat’s targeting the mobile TV market was approved by the European Commission (EC) July 25. The two rivals announced in October they […]

Middle East satellite operator Nilesat is judging bids to manufacture its new 201 satellite and expects to make a decision “imminently,” possibly before the end of August. “We still have […]

Middle East satellite operator Nilesat is judging bids to manufacture its new 201 satellite and expects to make a decision “imminently,” possibly before the end of August. “We still have […]

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. will supply a SkyEdge broadband satellite network to Axesat, a satellite service provider in Latin America, Gilat announced July 25. Axesat will deploy SkyEdge Pro and […]