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Tandberg Televison will provide a next-generation digital video system to Turkish direct-to-home operator, Digiturk, Tandberg announced May 21. The new system will help Digiturk, which has about 1.1 million subscribers, […]

Multimax Inc. has been named to a Lockheed Martin team providing communications infrastructure, including satellite services at 13 military bases in Iraq, Afghanistan, and six other nations, Multimax announced May […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on May 18 making access to civilian navigation signals from the Glonass navigation satellite system free and without restriction, the Kremlin press service […]

Iridium Satellite will be an official supplier to Connect Africa, a not-for-profit organization aiming to introduce mobile communication and public service facilities to rural communities across Africa, Iridium announced May […]

Al Yah Satellite Communications Co. (YahSat) selected a consortium of EADS Astrium and Thales Alenia Space to build a communications satellite to serve the Middle East and surrounding regions, YahSat […]

South Korea’s Ministry of Science and Technology plans to begin selling images collected by the Arirang-2 satellite to foreign countries through France’s Spot Image.   Korea’s Chosun Ilbo newspaper reported […]

Eagle Broadband Inc. delivered a SatMax Alpha Emergency Communication System for use in a classified U.S. government program, the company announced May 18. The portable system allows use of Iridium […]

Telenor Satellite Broadcasting expanded its network into three Eastern European countries, the company announced May 18. Connections to Telenor’s fiber and satellite solutions have been established in Sofia, Bulgaria; Bucharest, […]

Orbcomm signed a deal with an unidentified American wireless carrier to begin offering terrestrial wireless services to complement its existing satellite-based wireless services, Orbcomm announced May 16. Orbcomm will resell […]

Coinciding with the U.S. National Weather Service’s National Hurricane Preparedness Week, Iridium Satellite LLC is promoting May 21-25 as "Test Your Satellite Phone" Week. Similar to the popular biannual testing […]

Swedish Space Corp. has been chosen by SES Sirius to run the implementation and operations of the next-generation Sirius-4 satellite, Swedish Space announced May 17. The satellite, being manufactured by […]

Intelsat said May 17 that the satellite operator is unaware of any communiqués from the U.S. Department of Justice with regard to the unauthorized broadcasts on the Intelsat 12 satellite […]

Telesat Canada has reached an agreement with MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) to operate MDA’s Radarsat-2 for the lifetime of the satellite, Telesat announced May 17. Telesat operates the […]

Motorola Inc. signed an agreement to acquire Modulus Video Inc., the companies announced May 17. Modulus, a privately held company based in Sunnyvale, Calif., provides compression systems used to deliver […]

Comtech EF Data Corp. named Robert Turner vice president of government programs, the company announced. Turner will manage the government programs group, the company’s primary interface to government, military and […]

Advantech appointed Richard McPhaden vice president of sales and Michael DiPaolo senior director of business development, the company announced May 16. Prior to joining Advantech, McPhaden was vice president of […]

Progress plans to sign a contract with the European Space Agency at the Paris Air Show for the launch of four Soyuz-ST carrier rockets from the Kourou Space Center in […]

Shiron’s certified distributor and support center in Russia, JSC Cedicom, has contracted with Elvis-Telecom Co. for delivery of InterSky DVB-S2 broadband satellite solution, JSC Cedicom announced May 16. Shiron’s broadband […]

Rad Data Communications has been appointed by Inmarsat as a solutions partner for the Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) service, RAD Data announced May 16.

Globalstar Inc. will add a gateway in Asia and extended a value-added reseller partnership, the company announced. Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. will construct and operate a Globalstar gateway ground station in […]

Canal+ France ended March with 5.2 million subscribers, an increase of about 200,000 compared to the combined Canalsat/TPS numbers from the same quarter of 2006. The two platforms were combined […]

Helius Inc. signed a definitive agreement to acquire PointeCast Corp., a global provider of communication and online training solutions, Helius announced May 16. The acquisition of PointeCast’s product lines will […]

Ministers responsible for space activities among the European Space Agency’s (ESA) member states will meet May 22 with officials responsible for the internal market, industry and research in the European […]

Describing the Galileo satellite navigation project as being at a “crossroads,” the European Commission (EC) called May 16 for the program’s development efforts to be fully funded by European governments. […]

Intelsat Ltd. reported revenue growth of 85 percent in the first quarter of 2007 but posted a loss of $115.1 million due to the acquisition of PanAmSat, Intelsat announced May […]

Eutelsat Communications announced May 15 that its HotBird-2 satellite has been rebranded as Eurobird-9 and redeployed to 9° East, marking the opening of a video neighborhood adjacent to Eutelsat’s premium […]

Thales reported a revenue increase of nearly 7 percent in the 2007 first quarter to 2.2 billion euros ($3 billion), the company announced May 15. The majority of revenues were […]

Norsat International Inc. reported first quarter earnings of $540,000 on revenues of $4.4 million, posting a profit for the second consecutive quarter, the company announced May 15. In the 2006 […]

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted TerreStar Networks Inc. a reservation for 20 megahertz of spectrum in the 2GHz frequency band. TerreStar, a majority owned subsidiary of Motient Corp., […]

The Sri Lanka Ministry of Defense reported that its embassy in Washington, D.C., has logged complains with the U.S. Departments of Justice and State as well as the Federal Bureau […]