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Raytheon Wins Italian Navy Order

Raytheon [RTN] will provide an integrated electronics suite (IES) for the Italian Navy’s multi-purpose vessel program under a foreign military award of $31.8 million equipping the Italian government with the...

GS Provides Mozambique Teleport

African satellite services provider GS Telecom has installed a high-rise teleport in Maputo, the capital of Mozambique, to provide telecommunications services throughout the country. GS Telecom is installing a ViaSat...

Diebold Uses Satellites For ATMs

Diebold [DBD] has contracted with Spacenet, the U.S. subsidiary of Israel’s Gilat Satellite Networks [GILTF], to become an authorized channel partner of Spacenet’s Connexstar business-grade satellite broadband service. As a...

KVH Offers Marine Communications

KVH Industries [KVHI] is launching a satellite communications system designed for maritime use – the Tracphone F55. The Tracphone F55 uses Inmarsat’s satellites to offer leisure and small commercial vessels...

New Skies' 2002 Results Slip

The fourth-quarter and full-year 2002 financial performances for satellite operator New Skies Satellites [NSK] were off compared to 2001, due to a difficult economy, adoption of a new accounting rule...

Spanish DTH Merger Moves A Step Closer

The merger between the two Spanish direct-to-home (DTH) satellite platforms, Sogecable’s Canal Satelite Digital and Telefonica’s Via Digital, moved a step closer when Telefonica and Sogecable agreed to comply with...

Eutelsat Sale Delay Proves Costly

France Telecom’s decision to sell its stake in Eutelsat to the French investment company Eurazeo has cost the French telco more than 100 million euros ($108 million), compared to the...

Transponder Monitor

A = Analog D = Digital 80 degreesE: Express 6A D RTR Kultura has been replaced by Yamal TV on 11611 MHz vertical, SR 5060, FEC 3/4, VPID 1160, APID...

BSkyB Facing ARPU Challenge In 2003

BSkyB could be facing a serious issue with average revenue per subscriber (ARPU) this year. In a research note, Banc of America Securities media analyst Sean Eddie issued a “sell”...