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Intelsat's Hong Kong Venture

Intelsat is confident its entrance into the satellite pay-TV market in Hong Kong will be a success through its joint venture with Television Broadcasts (TVB). The venture, called Galaxy Satellite...

Transponder Monitor

105.5 degreesE: Asiasat 3S D The new domestic and international Pakistani TV channel, PTV National, has launched with a free-to-air service on 4108 MHz vertical, SR 6666, FEC 3/4, VPID...

Alcatel Space's Contracts

Alcatel Space has received two contracts worth a combined $340 million to build communications satellites based on its Spacebus 3000B3 platform. One order, worth $190 million, was received from Brazilian...

Satellite Phones In Iraq

Satellite telephone usage in post-war Iraq is on the rise as U.S. and coalition forces take control of the country, with thousands of users making more than 1 million calls...

ITU Tackles Challenges

The International Telecommunication Union’s World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) wrapped up its first week in Geneva with an ambitious agenda of spectrum-related initiatives. Among the list of 48 agenda items is...

Alcatel Space Wins Koreasat Order

Paris-based Alcatel Space has signed a 148 million euro ($173 million) contract with KT Corp. [NYSE: KTC] and the Korean Agency for Defense Development to build Koreasat 5 – a...

MDA Wins Military Contract

Canada’s MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates [TSX: MDA] has been awarded the first phase of a multi-million dollar contract by an unidentified prime contractor in the United States to work on...