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Connexion by Boeing, a business unit of Boeing Co. that offers satellite broadband connectivity distributed through a Wi-Fi connection to laptops of airline passengers, learned a valuable lesson during the...

Inmarsat announced May 24 its collaboration with ViaSat Inc. to develop new solutions based on the integration of Inmarsat’s forthcoming Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) Mobile Satellite Service and ViaSat’s...

With the official commercial launch of WildBlue‘s two-way satellite Internet slated for this week, company CEO Tom Moore is confident that the delays in getting to this point ultimately will...

Global Crossing announced May 24 a new agreement under which Loral Skynet will be able to more easily reach locations outside its satellite network. Using Global Crossing’s iMPLS service, the...

Panamsat‘s QuickSpot service, a bandwidth on demand service that was developed to meet the growing need for flexibility in provisioning satellite services requiring a mobile “pay-as-you-go” model, has expanded. Initially,...

Globecomm Systems Inc. unveiled its lightweight broadband terminal designed to meet airline cabin baggage requirements. The 0.77-meter terminal is contained within a pair of suitcases and can be set up...

Connexion by Boeing celebrated its one-year anniversary on May 17 by announcing the latest evolution of its service offering. Beginning this summer, four television channels will be delivered directly to...

XM Satellite Radio said May 16 that it surpassed 4 million subscribers. “By adding one million new subscribers in less than five months, XM clearly is the fastest growing satellite...

The climatology satellite Calipso (Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations) left Alcatel Space‘s wallson May 18 for transport to the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Launch is scheduled...

Mobile Satellite Ventures said it received a sixth patent related to its ancillary terrestrial component (ATC) technology for its Mobile Satellite Services. The patent covers systems and methods for coordinating...