EUTELSAT EYES NEW SLOTS
Interspace understands Eutelsat to be completing plans to commercialise new positions at 4 degrees East and 33 degrees East. It is believed that Eutelsat I-F5 will be moved to the...
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TELSTRA TEAMS UP WITH BT
Australia’s Telstra has formed an alliance with BT Broadcast Services to provide joint broadcasting solutions for news, sports and special events. The deal comes ahead of the Sydney 2000 Olympic...
GRANADA PLANS GERMAN TV CHANNEL
Granada wants to set up a television network in Germany. The general entertainment channel is expected to launch as a digital pay-TV service with the necessary broadcast licence to be...
NEXT GENERATION LAUNCHERS AND SPACEPORTS: ENTREPRENEURS CONTINUE TO PAVE THE WAY
Driven by the desire to reduce launch costs, industry entrepreneurs are aggressively continuing launch vehicle development plans in hopes of ushering in cheaper, more reliable spacecraft that will enable the...
EXIGENT RECEIVES STATE DEPARTMENT NOD TO EXPORT TELECOM TECHNOLOGY
Exigent International Inc. [XGNT] recently announced that its subsidiary Software Technology Inc. has been approved by the U.S. State Department for use by DACOM, one of the largest telecommunications company’s...
UK SATELLITE COMPANIES RECEIVE GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE
British Science Minister Lord Sainsbury announced a GBP 9 million program to help United Kingdom companies exploit opportunities in the satellite communications industry. Under the three year SATCOM program, U.K....
RUSSIA PLANS SUMMER LIFTOFF OF ASTRA 1K
Foreign wire services report that a group of foreign specialists at the Baikonur Cosmodrome will determine the launch date for the Astra 1K satellite. The specialists consist of representatives of...
PENTAGON OUTLINES NEW GPS STRATEGY
Now awaiting White House approval, the Defense Department (DoD) plans a shift in its satellite procurement strategy that would affect both the content and the pace of GPS modernization, in...
OMNITRACS WINS DART TRANSIT CONTRACT
St. Paul, Minn.-based Dart Transit Co. will use Qualcomm Inc.’s [QCOM] OmniTracs satellite-based mobile information management system for its fleet. Financial terms were not disclosed, but Dart Transit is purchasing...
KVH SUES DATRON FOR PATENT INFRINGEMENT
Middletown, R.I.-based KVH Industries Inc. [KVHI] filed suit in U.S. District Court in Rhode Island against in-motion satellite antenna competitor Datron/Transco Inc. [DTSI] for infringing a KVH patent. KVH is...