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Alcatel Space has completed work on a telescope, which will be part of a scientific mission throughout the next couple of years. It has delivered the Corotel telescope to the...

Orbcomm Dec. 15 said it inked an agreement with VeriChip Corp. to provide satellite and telecommunications services for applications, to be developed, with an implantable radio frequency identification (RFID) microchip....

Specta Licensing Group Dec. 15 said that France Telecom has granted Gilat Satellite Networks a worldwide license allowing Gilat to use France Telecom’s patented Turbo Code products in Gilat’s SkyEdge...

Navteq Dec. 14 announced that it has been selected by Sirius Satellite Radio to provide it with real-time traffic information. The new service offered by Sirius will provide consumers with...

As Satellite News was going to print on Dec. 17, International Launch Services said that it had successfully launched the AMC-16 satellite into orbit for SES Americom. The satellite, launched...

HyperSpace Communications Inc. Dec. 14 said it has signed a reseller agreement with iDirect Technologies Inc. Under the terms of the deal, iDirect will deploy HyperSpace’s HyperWeb 7.0 in the...

In what has the potential to be the start of a new trend, a private equity firm is in negotiations to acquire the financially troubled Mexican satellite operator Satmex. Private...

Yonhap News reported Dec. 14 that South Korea has granted a license to provide mobile satellite television services to TU Media, a venture company partially owned by mobile phone operator...

Nilesat, the Middle East-based satellite operator is likely to order a new satellite in the first half of 2005. Salah Hamza, head of engineering, Nilesat, told Satellite News in an...

In an effort to reduce the amount of interference satellites face, the Satellite Users Interference Re-duction Group (SIURG) is working on a protocol to help identify the owners of interfering...