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by Nick Mitsis As the CEO of Arianespace, Jean-Yves Le Gall shepherded the European launch services company in 2005 through one of the most challenging periods it has faced since […]

By Gerry Oberst In the last days of December, the European Union was poised to adopt rules on data traffic retention that telecommunications providers must save for law enforcement purposes […]

Facing mounting competition from cable and telecom companies, it is no surprise that industry rumors resurfaced that AT&T may buy Echostar outright rather than merely reselling the satellite television company’s […]

German pay-TV operator Premiere kicked off the broad market launch of Premiere HD (high-definition) in Germany and Austria over the weekend. The pay-TV channel will be broadcasting extensive programming with […]

Lockheed Martin won the contract to develop the ground system for the U.S. Air Force‘s Transformational Satellite Communications (TSAT) program, the Air Force announced Jan. 27. Under the $2 billion […]

Wireless Matrix Corp. executed a contract extension with Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) to continue providing satellite services through January 2008, Wireless Matrix announced. The satellite service is a key component […]

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is finalizing the design of a satellite that will provide mobile television services, according to reports from the Hindu Business Line. A prototype of […]

Digitalglobe announced Jan. 30 that Scott Smith has joined the company as its new COO. Smith will plan and direct all aspects of Digitalglobe’s operational policies, objectives and initiatives, as […]

Analyst Bullish On Satellite Radio Stocks Wall Street analyst Bear Stearns & Co. placed an "outperform" rating on both Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio. Looking back at Howard […]

Eutelsat ended 2005 in hectic fashion, closing the saga of its efforts to go public with a successful initial public offering (IPO) Dec. 2 after an earlier false start. With […]

Iridium Satellite is supplying mobile satellite phone systems for a group of amateur ham radio operators preparing for an Antarctic expedition in February. The two-week DXpedition is intended to establish […]

Globalstar LLC will use its planned system of terrestrial repeaters to boost the availability of its Mobile Satellite Service (MSS) in urban areas and within buildings, but the company also […]

If you hear rumors that Echostar Communications Corp. is unhappy about offering a package of channels that are considered family friendly, ignore them. In truth, making Congress happy by providing […]

Pan-European satellite broadband provider Aramiska has turned off its service, allegedly giving customers barely seven hours notice that their Internet access was ending. In a Jan. 27 announcement on its […]

Dacom Corp., an independent gateway operator for Globalstar LLC, plans to offer simplex, or one-way, data services to Globalstar customers in parts of Asia, Globalstar announced Jan. 26. New hardware […]

Boeing Co. will restructure operations in its Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) into three business profit and loss centers organized around capabilities, the company announced Jan. 27. Roger Krone has been […]

Eutelsat CEO Giuliano Berretta believes there is strong potential for new satellite television platforms to emerge in Eastern Europe. The operator has recently done deals with Poverkhnost, a new direct-to-home […]

Timothy Bryan has been appointed CEO of ICO Global Communications (Holdings) Ltd. and ICO North America Inc. effective immediately, ICO announced. ICO North America plans to begin providing satellite-based mobile […]

Worldspace Satellite Radio added 40,000 subscribers during the fourth quarter 2005 to bring its total to 115,000 at the end of the year, Worldspace announced Jan. 25. “The growth rate […]

NDS won a contract with Tata Sky, which is planning to launch direct-to-home services in India in June, NDS announced. Under the deal, Tata Sky will deploy the NDS Videoguard […]

Intelsat announced Jan. 26 that Globecast WorldTV renewed its contract for the use of multiple transponders aboard the Intelsat-Americas 5 (IA-5) satellite. The contract will support growth of Globecast’s international […]

MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) received a contract from Defence Research and Development Canada-Ottawa to develop technology that extracts information about moving objects from satellite radar imagery, MDA announced […]

The Satellite Industry Association (SIA) named Joslyn Read the organization chairwoman for 2006, SIA announced. Read, assistant vice president for regulatory affairs at Hughes Network Systems, replaces Tony Trujillo, senior […]

Panamsat Corp. removed the Galaxy 3R satellite from service after the spacecraft’s secondary spacecraft control processor failed, the company announced Jan. 24. The Boeing 601 spacecraft, which was launched in […]

Qinetiq Group plc hopes to raise gross proceeds of about 582 million British pounds ($1 billion) through its initial public offering, the company announced Jan. 25. Qinetiq set a price […]

Serbia Broadband is set to launch a new direct-to-home platform using Eutelsat‘s W2 satellite. The 25-channel DTH platform will be called TotalTV and will offer Serbian national and regional channels […]

Globecast announced Jan. 25 that it was chosen by France Telecom‘s IPTV arm Maligne TV to manage the French operator’s newest IPTV bouquet, Le Bouquet TV, Beginning with the Feb. […]

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) appointed Scott Macleod, a 20-year telecom and strategic finance veteran, to the position CFO, the company announced Jan. 24. Macleod will be responsible for finance and […]

Globalstar LLC received the authority by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to offer ancillary terrestrial component services (ATC) in the United States to boost its mobile satellite services, Globalstar […]

MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. announced Jan. 24 that Collecte Localisation Satellites (CLS) of Toulouse, France, signed a contract for imagery provided by the Radarsat-2 satellite. The data will be […]