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FT Extends Sat Services

France Telecom’s Mobile Satellite Communications unit is extending the range of mobile satellite services by teaming up with Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications, a handheld satellite telephone service based in the Middle...

Telesat Troubleshoots Glitch

Telesat Canada on Feb. 20 experienced a malfunction on its Nimiq 2 satellite that affected the available power on the spacecraft. The company took steps to restore the affected traffic....

Ka-band Hits Radar Screen Again

By Juliette Salvati Considered by many, in the 1990s, to be the next big step in satellite communications, and subsequently rejected at the outset of the tech bubble crash, the...

Boeing Sees Bright Future For Connexion

Boeing has high hopes for its Connexion service, an airline in-flight broadband service aimed at providing passengers with better entertainment and Internet access via satellite. Recently, Boeing signed a deal...

Will BSkyB Reach 7M by June?

BSkyB could reach the magic seven million subscriber by the middle of the year, some six months ahead of schedule. The operator added 244,000 subscribers in the quarter ending Dec....

SiRF To Acquire Wireless Company

SiRF Technology, of San Jose, Calif., has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Enuvis, a wireless location technology provider. The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. SiRF intends to...

Orbital Recovery Names Advisor

Orbital Recovery has selected PricewaterhouseCoopers as its financial advisor, with responsibility for leading the company through its final funding round for its new Geosynch Spacecraft Life Extension System (SLES). PricewaterhouseCoopers...

The Satellite News Financial Ticker

Week of Feb. 14- 20, 2003 PercentageChange Symbol Feb. 20 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 1.72 7.5 (6.0) 11.0 –...