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By Jose del Rosario Mobile-satellite services traditionally have focused on maritime and aeronautical markets where the business case for tapping these sectors is compelling. London-based Inmarsat was created as an...

The Middle East is a vibrant market for satellite communications. In the direct-to-home (DTH) arena, such operators as Showtime have gained subscribers at a healthy rate. Showtime also has high...

A diverse group of organizations that all benefit from the Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act (SHVIA) jointly signed a letter urging all 100 U.S. senators to pass a House- approved...

Ka-band has finally arrived. The progress has been aided with the Anik F2 deployed and ready to provide Ka-band service for Telesat Canada and WildBlue along with the successful launch...

Who’s Doing What? What To Expect Near-Term What It All Means The U.S. Defense Department (DoD) received Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved to use the 2025-2110 MHz band on a...

It was an encouraging but not a completely reassuring sign that Sirius Satellite Radio [SIRI] hit the 700,000-subscriber mark Oct. 18. The milestone suggests that the company ended third-quarter 2004...

Prospective satellite-TV subscribers appear to be responding to the joint efforts of SBC Communications [SBC] and EchoStar Communications [DISH]. The SBC-DISH branded service is gaining new subscribers but it also...

Morgan Stanley raised fiscal-year 2005 estimated revenue forecast for Garmin [GRMN] to $900 million from $830 million and EPS (earnings per share) to $2.18 from $2.04 due to stronger than...

Orders for commercial satellites are in the “doldrums” but Dulles, Va.-based Orbital Sciences [ORB] still managed to post favorable results for third-quarter 2004, according to a research note from William...

Claude Goumy, former chief executive of Matra Marconi Space, was honored with the Arthur C. Clarke Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to the development and exploitation of space in...