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ODYSSEY SIGNS ITS FIRST LOCAL SERVICE PROVIDER

Odyssey Telecommunications, the Big Low-Earth-orbit venture backed by TRW Inc. [TRW] and Teleglobe Inc., announced its first local partnership this month, a memorandum of understanding with China Telecommunications Broadcast Satellite...

DIRECTV LAUNCHES CARIBBEAN OPERATIONS

DirecTv Inc. [GMH] announced it is the first DBS operator to reach the Caribbean, with service launches this month in Barbados as well as Trinidad & Tobago. Caribbean Communications Network...

SPACE SYSTEMS/LORAL WINS CHINASAT CONTRACT

State-owned operator China Telecommunications Broadcast Satellite Corp. (Chinasat) selected Loral Space & Communications Ltd. [LOR] unit Space Systems/ Loral (SS/L) to build Chinasat 8, a hybrid satellite. The satellite, which...

GILAT ACQUIRES SKYDATA IN $20M STOCK SWAP

Tel Aviv, Israel-based VSAT manufacturer Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. [GILTF] completed its purchase of Melbourne, Fla.-based paging and satellite hardware manufacturer Skydata Inc. Gilat paid with approxi mately 8 percent...