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While the direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television service providers currently are benefiting between the telecom service providers and cable television operators, they may need to seek out their own partners or […]

Iridium Satellite LLC recently provided global satellite communications equipment and services for a benefit drive around the world to help keep the nine volunteers that took part in the effort […]

A system that would allow airline passengers to use GSM wireless phones moved a step closer to reality last week when Arinc and Telenor, two companies partnered to deploy such […]

AsiaSat and SES Astra will be entering the market looking for new satellites. AsiaSat is preparing a request for proposal (RFP) for a new satellite, AsiaSat 5, which will act […]

In the Asian region marred with pricing pressures and oversupply of capacity, maintaining stable revenues can be a challenge. But Asi aSat has done that and, with the help of […]

The Voom saga reached its conclusion as this issue was going to press when Cablevision formally said it would shut down its struggling Rainbow DBS direct-to-home satellite television service, which […]

Cablevision formally announced that it will shut down operations of its Rainbow DBS direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television service at the end of the month, thus bringing to an end company […]

AsiaSat CEO Peter Jackson is confident that transponder pricing trends are going to be more positive in the Asia-Pacific region throughout the next 12 months. The operator is a key […]

SES Astra said that it issued a request for proposals for the procurement of a new satellite to be named Astra 1M. The Astra 1M satellite will replace Astra 1H […]

Norsat International Inc. announced that George King has been appointed to the company’s board of directors. With 20 years of strategic, operating, finance and legal experience in the United States […]

Iridium Satellite LLC named NAL Research as a value-added reseller of Iridium equipment and services. The move will open another channel for Iridium to offer satellite communication solutions for the […]

Satelinx International Inc., a global provider of satellite vehicle tracking, said it reached a three-year licensing agreement with an unnamed New York-based operating corporate group to form Satelinx USA Inc. […]

SES Americom announced that its board of directors appointed Edward Horowitz to be the president and CEO of the company. He also will serve on the executive committee of SES […]

Boeing said it assembled a team consisting of, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. and Harris Corp., to bid on the next generation geostationary weather and environmental system for the National […]

Maritime Telecommunications Network (MTN) said merchant bank and private equity fund management company Perseus LLC completed its acquisition of MTN. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. “[Throughout] the […]

U.K. satellite pay-TV operator BSkyB (Sky) is significantly enhancing the parental controls to its services. The new upgrades will enable parents to restrict access to all channels, or even to […]

Frontier Communications and EchoStar Communications Corp. formed a strategic alliance to provide EchoStar’s Dish Network direct-to-home satellite televisions service to Frontier customers nationwide. Frontier will offer the service as part […]

A new report issued from Strategy Analytics states that while providers of direct-to-home satellite television service providers signed up more than three million customers last year, the impact on most […]

XM Satellite Radio, which currently is the exclusive satellite radio broadcaster of every Major League Baseball game, signed multi-year marketing agreements with the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Chicago […]

Finisar Corp. said it filed a patent infringement lawsuit against The DirecTV Group Inc. and related entities in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. The suit […]

Sirius Satellite Radio inked a four-year deal to broadcast the Wimbledon tennis tournament, beginning this year, according to an Associated Press report. Sirius will broadcast play-by-play coverage of key matches, […]

Panamsat Corp. said Group W-Com, a Group Pegaso company, selected the company to support a new satellite-based broadband Internet service. Pegaso Banda Ancha will provide direct-to-home service providers, local telcos […]

France Telecom Mobile Satellite Communications (FTMSC) has stepped up its pursuit of more revenues in the Asia Pacific region by opening a sales office in Hong Kong, which will serve […]

Arinc Direct said it received an operational license from the Federal Communications Commission for its SKYLink by Arinc Direct satellite broadband service for business aircraft. The service delivers two-way broadband […]

EMS Technologies Inc. said its Satellite Networks division was selected by the U.S. Defense Department‘s Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) to supply a DVB-RCS system. Terms of the contract were […]

SI International Inc. said it was awarded a prime contract from the U.S. Air Force Space Command to provide engineering, planning and programming support for the Global Positioning System (GPS). […]

Wallace Wireless announced the release of Wallace Emergency Locator, an application that combines mapping technology from ERSI Technologies with GPS location-based services. The service will allow users of the popular […]

Asia Pulse reported April 6 that the Telkom-2 satellite, scheduled for launched this month by Arianespace, would be delayed until June. The report cited an official from PT Telkom as […]

The Hindu Business Times reported earlier this week that Cartosat-1, India’s first remote sensing satellite, will be launched from the SHAR Centre in Sriharikota, India, during the first week of […]

Firestone Communications Inc. said it signed a multi-year network origination agreement with OBN Holdings Inc., through which Firestone will make available OBN’s programming available to U.S. cable operators and television […]