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CopyTele, [COPY], a Melville, N.Y.-based manufacturer of encryption based products, agreed to provide its technology for use with the Boeing-built [BA] Thuraya satellite communications network. Financial terms were not disclosed. […]

EchoStar Communications [DISH], an Englewood, Colo.-based provider of U.S. satellite TV, added local channels to El Paso, Texas, and to the Las Cruces, N.M., area as well as to the […]

British Columbia based-MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates [MDA] was awarded a contract for a RADARSAT-2 ground station for the Instituto Geografico de Venezuela Simon Bolivar (IGVSB). The ground station will provide […]

SkyPort International officials said the company successfully conducted a product demonstration to the Harris County Department of Education Center for Safe and Secure Schools in Texas. The demo of a […]

Globalstar LLC, a handheld satellite phone service that operates in all of the most populated regions of the world, today announced the completion of its financial restructuring following the formal […]

OpenTV [OPTV] CEO James Ackerman believes a new era of interactive television could be just around the corner in the United States, and his company could play a key role […]

The Federal Communications Commission today unanimously approved a recommendation by the commission staff to proceed with the development of a proposed rule that would allow unlicensed wireless broadband devices to […]

Loral Skynet officials said today the company successfully completed service trials with several customers on SkyReach, its IP-enabled product that provides two-way broadband services for secure private networks or for […]

DirecTV [DTV] has agreed to settle a lawsuit it filed last fall against PaySystems and a number of defendants who DirecTV claimed were processing payments for merchants selling goods marketed […]

Space Imaging, a Denver, Colo.-based provider of Earth imagery via satellite, appointed Mark A. Kling vice president, general counsel and secretary. Kling brings more than 20 years of legal experience […]

The top executives at Washington, D.C.-based XM Satellite Radio [XMSR] and Satellite Radio [SIRI] verbally sparred with each other about which company is pursuing the best growth strategies. The two […]

C-Com Satellite Systems Inc. [CMI] officials said today the company delivered its first iNetVu mobile two-way high-speed Internet over a satellite antenna system to Mexican satellite operator Satmex. Satmex will […]

Tachyon Networks Inc.’s new “Auto Deploy” customer premise equipment will allow enterprise and government users to deploy a high-speed, carrier-grade satellite broadband network in “minutes,” the company said. Auto Deploy […]

Helius officials said the company’s OneTouch Classroom Site Controller in the Helius MediaGate Router platform has gone commercial. By integrating the Site Controller, Helius is able to offer a platform […]

Dauphin [DNTK] signed a stock-swap agreement with EDC Hellas, a subsidiary of Belgium-based European Datcomm Holding that manufactures telematics and satellite communication products. According to the agreement, Dauphin will acquire […]

Radcom [RDCM], an Israel-based manufacturer of support network services, announced the availability of a new testing system to monitor and to troubleshoot LAN, WAN, ATM and other communications capabilities. The […]

BT Broadcast Services (BTBS) CEO Mark Smith believes High-Definition TV (HDTV) represents a key growth opportunity for the company during the next 12 months. Smith commented to Satellite Today: “Because […]

iDirect, a provider of satellite-based IP services, is one of a number of satellite companies receiving a significant boost in revenues by meeting growing military demand for satellite services. With […]

EchoStar Communications Corp.’s [DISH] Dish Network satellite TV service now is offering local channels in Topeka, Kan., including ABC Ch. 49 (KTNA) CBS Ch. 13 (WIBW), FOX Ch. 43 (KTMJ), […]

Telenor Satellite Services [TELN] officials said today the company is extending its “Inmarsat A to Fleet” and “Super Quite Time” maritime communications programs to 2005. The Inmarsat A to Fleet […]

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. [CMTL] said its Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp. subsidiary recently received a $3.7 million order for mobile satellite transceivers, ruggedized computers and satellite service time related to its […]

Tadpole-Cartesia Inc. entered into a business partnership with Trimble [TRMB] that allows the integration of Tadpole’s GO! Sync for ArcPad software with Trimble’s mapping and GIS products. The resulting products […]

Officials from Webraska Mobile Technologies and Psion Teklogix today unveiled PsiNav Pro – a transport-management system that provides in-cab audio-visual navigation information for the home-delivery, courier and field-service markets by […]

TeleCommunications Systems Inc. [TSYS] completed deployment of a high-speed international satellite connection between the U.S. Internet and Bahrain. Commercial voice and data traffic is being transmitted via one of TCS’ […]

Week of April 2 – 8, 2004 Percentage Change Operators Symbol April 8 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 1.96 (1.5) (19.7) […]

Satlynx aims to be a key player on the European broadband landscape. It intends to bring two-way satellite broadband services to small-medium enterprises (SMEs) and small office/home offices (SOHOs), particularly […]

By Christopher D. Bredt and Robert Dawkins, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP If asked, most people would tell you they believe it is wrong to steal, and thieves should go to […]

PanAmSat [SPOT] has introduced a new hybrid, global broadcasting service for the transmission of breaking news and live events around the world. The new service, called PASport, is intended to […]

By Paul Dykewicz, PBI Media LLC When industry attorneys are turned loose to verbally smack the rivals of their clients, the full reasoning behind the opposition sometimes is not fully […]

Princeton, N.J.-based SES Americom, a unit of Luxembourg-based SES Global [SESG], is pursuing a multi-pronged expansion that most recently features a $18.5 million purchase of the teleport facilities and other […]