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Vienna, Va.-based Tachyon, a provider of broadband satellite services for large enterprises and government agencies, is offering high-speed Internet access to U.S. soldiers in Iraq. Tachyon’s transportable broadband satellite units...

Englewood, Colo.-based EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH] surprised the multichannel world last week by breaking a pattern of growth leadership and reporting several financial and subscriber metrics that uncharacteristically fell below...

BT Broadcast Services (BTBS) expects to grow its overall revenues between 2 percent and 3 percent this year compared to 2002. The operator, a provider of terrestrial and satellite-based multimedia...

WorldSpace Chairman and CEO Noah Samara is marshaling his company’s resources by narrowing its marketing efforts to just a handful of countries, rather than all 100 nations covered by its...

Heavy competition is not deterring Paris-based satellite operator Eutelsat from focusing its attention on North American customers that are seeking coverage outside their home region. Ron Samuel, chief operating officer...

PARIS–The planned deployment of radiofrequency ion thrusters (RIT) in satellites later this decade could produce savings in the range of 10 to 20 million euros ($11.5 million to $23.0 million)...

Germantown, Md.-based Hughes Network Systems (HNS) is teaming up with a Turkish company to expand the international reach of its DirecWay satellite broadband service. The new partner, DEXAR Multimedia ve...

By Jimmy Schaeffler New York-based Loral Space and Communications [OTC BB: LRLSQ] filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy court protection July 15 in a move that has had widespread implications for...

Thuraya has had a busy 2003. The UAE-based mobile satellite operator saw its second satellite – Thuraya-2 – launched in June this year. The Thuraya-2, designed to operate for 12...

AVC hopes its nationwide consumer satellite broadband service, AVC Broadband, will gain upwards of 80,000 subscribers in its first year of operation in the UK. AVC is launching the service...