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Bellsouth Corp. and PDI-SAT will jointly market and deploy voice, data and DirecTV services to residential multi-dwelling units across BellSouth’s service territory, the companies announced Dec. 8. Under a non-exclusive...

Mobile communications not only is critical to military operations, but also to enterprise verticals such as asset tracking, aviation and maritime services. Iridium Satellite LLC will be focusing on these...

France Telecom submitted a proposal to sell its France Telecom Mobile Satellite Communications unit to private equity firm Apax, according to the Web site of the Federal Cartel Office, which...

The launch of a pair of NASA spacecraft has been delayed until at least February due to an ongoing Boeing strike and launch range maintenance, NASA announced. NASA’s Cloudsat and...

Orbital Sciences Corp. received a contract from NASA to build and launch the next satellite in the space agency’s New Millennium Program technology demonstration satellite, Orbital announced Nov. 28. The...

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) scrubbed the inaugural launch of its Falcon 1 rocket Nov. 25 and does not expect to perform the mission until December, the company announced. The...

Panamsat signed a multiyear deal to distribute programming for CNBC Pakistan, Panamsat announced Nov. 29. Under the agreement, Panamsat will support the contribution, studio interchange and distribution of the business...

SES Astra said Nov. 25 it closed a new long-term agreement with MTV Networks Europe for further capacity on an Astra satellite located at 19.2 degrees East, which MTV will...

India’s Union Cabinet approved funding for the development and launch of the GSAT-6/Insat-4E satellite, the government announced Dec. 1. The spacecraft, which will be built by the Indian Space Research...

Vision Technologies Electronics Inc. (VTEE), completed its acquisition of iDirect Technologies Dec. 1, iDirect announced. VTEE, a subsidiary of Vision Technologies Systems Inc., paid $165 million in cash for iDirect....