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Melville, N.Y.-based Comtech Telecommunications Corp. [CMTL] has received a $1.3 million order for satellite modems from an unidentified Asian customer for $1.3 million. The order includes the CDM-600 satellite modem...

EchoStar Communications Corp. [DISH] announced that its subsidiary, EchoStar DBS Corp., has elected to retire all of its outstanding 9 º percent senior notes due 2006, three years early pursuant...

Beverly Enterprises [BEV] became the first major U.S. healthcare company to enter the field of GPS location and monitoring systems for patient care purposes when it signed a strategic alliance...

Stratos Global Corp., a Bethesda, Md.-based remote communication solutions and services, has reached an agreement with its lending banks regarding amendments to certain terms and conditions of its credit facilities,...

ViaSat Inc. [VSAT] has been awarded a contract by INTERNET Directo S.A. de C.V. to provide a LinkStar broadband VSAT network for the Mexican government’s e- Mexico national IT project....

Australian private-equity investment firm Castle Harlan Australian Mezzanine Partners Pty. Ltd. (CHAMP) would become the largest shareholder in Australian satellite TV firm Austar United Communications Ltd. under a bankruptcy reorganization...

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center, a joint venture partner in International Launch Services Inc., (ILS) made available information regarding the investigation into the Nov. 26 Proton K/Block DM...

Satellite and fiber are complementary, not competing technologies. Yet, with more fiber infrastructure in the ground, there clearly will be more pressure on satellite infrastructure, despite it having a far...

Premiere, the Germany pay-TV operator, continues to show strong signs of progress as its rehabilitation continues. In November, the operator had a net growth of 50,000 subscribers, pushing it beyond...

Piracy is still a huge problem on Europe’s pay-TV landscape. Pay-TV operators, many of whom, are not finding the path to profitability easy, are seeing revenues drain away through the...