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HANNOVER, Germany–The world’s leading manufacturer of microprocessors for personal computers, looking to solve what it sees as a shortage of bandwidth across Europe, has joined forces with a key European...

French conglomerate Alcatel Alsthom plans an unorthodox regulatory campaign for SkyBridge LLC, its 64-satellite broadband satellite project, which will be anchored by an unprecedented spectrum-sharing scheme that company officials say...

Mitsubishi Electronics America Inc.’s electronic device group introduced two low-noise microwave/RF devices for use in DBS and other receivers. The two devices, MGF4919G and MGF4714CP, are, respectively, for DBS receiver...

Ontario-based Com Dev International Ltd. said Feb. 24 it signed a contract with Hughes Space and Communications Inc. [GMH] for $3 million worth of space-qualified microwave switches for a 12-satellite...

PanAmSat Corp. [SPOT] said Paraguayan Internet service provider (ISP) Planet Internet tripled its leased capacity aboard PanAmSat’s PAS 3 satellite over the Atlantic Ocean Region. The additional bandwidth will allow...

In a Feb. 24 speech before the National Association of Broadcasters‘ State Leadership Conference, FCC Chairman Reed Hundt reiterated previous calls for emerg ing satellite and terrestrial programming providers–including digital...

Israel-based Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. [GILTF] announced it will supply 1,600 VSAT terminals for use in Brazil’s national lottery. The contract was awarded by Racimec Informatica Brasilia SA, a subsidiary...

Next week, Washington law firm Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay will hold a one-and-a-half-day symposium on the legal, business and technical implications of orbital debris. The symposium will cover risk-minimization...

Middletown, R.I.-based KVH Inc. [KVHI] released last month a lighter, cheaper maritime phone designed for Inmarsat’s third-generation satellites. KVH’s system, Inmarsat Tracphone, is derived from similar hardware it builds for...

Abstracts for papers to be submitted to the International Astronautical Federation’s upcoming IAF Congress, in Turin, Italy, this October, are due to the organization by March 1. The IAF is...