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Before satellite technology was used to help disaster recovery efforts in the Gulf Coast Region of the United States, it came into play in helping China’s Shenyang Water Conservancy Bureau...

Multiband Corp. and DirecTV. Inc. announced Sept. 6 a new, exclusive multiyear agreement under which Multiband will offer multi-dwelling unit residents a bundle of services that include voice, data and...

A roundup of what some of satellite companies are doing to help in the disaster recovery efforts in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Telenor Satellite Services Telenor Satellite Services and...

Vista Satellite Communications Inc. named Jason Land the company’s new vice president of global services. He comes to Vista with more than 10 years of experience in global satellite communications,...

While set-top box manufacturers such as Pace Micro Technology, Thomson and Philips are looking to gain business by expanding into new areas such as Internet protocol TV (ITV), satellite will...

Echostar Communications Corp. said Sept. 6 it is launching a service that will allow viewers of certain college football games on its Dish Network direct-to-home satellite television service to choose...

PARIS–Loral Space and Communications expects to emerge from bankruptcy Oct. 1, Bernard Schwartz, the company’s chairman and CEO, said Sept. 7. The last remaining hurdle for Loral is to file...

PA & NSE Intelsat threw the satellite industry a curveball when it announced that it agreed to acquire Panamsat for $3.2 billion to create the world’s largest Fixed Satellite Services...

PARIS—The number of commercial transponders leased for military satellite communications services will dip slightly beginning in the 2006-2007 timeframe as new U.S. military systems become operational. But the demand will...

Communication network equipment provider iDirect Technologies Inc. agreed to be acquired by Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd. for $165 million in cash. “This business acquisition will help us in many different...