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By Maury Mechanick In January, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ruled on one of the major satellite-related matters on its docket, the ability of licensed mobile satellite service (MSS) operators...

Insuring satellites and launchers is becoming increasingly difficult as underwriters charge ever-higher prices and insist upon broad exclusions for certain risks. Satellite operators and insurance brokers are looking for ways...

Hughes Electronics [GMH] and Boeing Satellite Systems, formerly Hughes Space and Communication (HSC), have agreed to jointly pay a $32 million penalty to the U.S. Department of State to resolve...

By Michelle Dickey The U.S. government’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently released a study indicating that software errors cost the U.S. economy $59.5 billion yearly. These findings...

M2sat Ltd. and Thuraya Satellite Telecommunication Co. are teaming up to offer mobile broadband services at speeds of 192 Kbps to the international broadcasting industry and other high capacity users...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – “Meet your milestones.” That was the message the Federal Communications Commission’s Thomas Tycz conveyed to executives from companies planning to offer Ka- band broadband satellite services at...

Hughes Electronics [GMH] has avoided expenditures of up to $1 billion by terminating its broadband alliance with struggling America Online, a unit of AOL Time Warner [AOL]. Had Hughes maintained...

EchoStar Communications [DISH] won praise from Wall Street satellite analysts and may well have caught the attention of cable TV operators by netting approximately 400,000 new subscribers during the fourth...

Week of Feb. 28 – March 6, 2003 Percentage Change Symbol March 6 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 1.60 2.6...

Merrill Lynch is boosting estimates for EchoStar Communications’ [DISH] fourth-quarter subscriber growth by 15,000 due to lower subscriber churn than anticipated. The change brings subscriber estimates for the direct broadcast...