Focus: Telecom

XM Satellite Radio and Sea Launch announced the Oct. 30 launch of the XM-4 satellite. Early data indicate the spacecraft is accurately positioned and in excellent condition. XM-4, built by...

By Owen Kurtin During my career, and specifically this year, I examined the chronic overcapacity of satellite operators, manufacturers and launch service providers in the industry. I wrote a series...

NDS, a supplier of middleware and conditional access services to direct-to-home operators, posted a 14 percent increase in revenues to $164 million in the third quarter, the company announced. Operating...

Telenor announced Oct. 25 it is selling its Telenor Satellite Services (TSS) unit to Apax Partners France for $400 million in cash. Telenor had been shopping its satellite communications unit...

Responding to a complaints from a pair of investors, Loral Space & Communications Inc. and its largest shareholder will consider alternatives to a recent equity financing deal. Loral asked MHR...

It’s not difficult to understand the literal and figurative gravity involved with trying to summit Mount Everest. On average, about 10 percent of those annually attempting it are killed, and...

LORL Loral Space & Communications Inc. will sell $300 million of stock to its largest shareholder, MHR Fund Management LLC, Loral announced Oct. 17. The proceeds, combined with existing resources,...

Australia is one of the most dynamic pay-TV markets in Asia, and the country’s geography and large numbers of households situated in remote areas of the country making it an...

SPAB Spacehab Inc., a provider of commercial space services, announced Oct. 6 that its common stock has closed for more than 30 consecutive days below the minimum $1-per-share requirement for...

Alcatel Alenia Space and Globalstar Inc. announced their signing of an initial authorization-to-proceed agreement to start work on mobile satellite voice-and-data services provider Globalstar’s second-generation satellite constellation. The preliminary contract...