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2003 SATELLITE NEWS’ PR & Marketing Awards Presented by PBI Media’s Satellite Group SN’s PR & Marketing Awards are among the industry’s most privileged honors, recognizing the best satellite PR […]

Vigil Locating Systems, a Montreal-based supplier of GPS-based vehicle location systems, has closed a non-brokered private placement. This tranche of the private placement closed 1,250,000 units at a price of […]

Trafficmaster, a British supplier of digital traffic information and telematics services, has signed agreements with Japanese auto makers Nissan Motor Co. [Nasdaq: NSANY]and Mazda Motor Corp. for its Trackstar stolen […]

NightHawk Systems [OTC BB: NIHK] has introduced its ST1500 wireless remote control product that uses the ORBCOMM satellite network. The revolutionary ST1500 allows a user to remotely control any electrical […]

Hughes Network Systems, the Germantown, Md.-based broadband satellite subsidiary of Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH], has signed two contracts to provide its DirecWay network and service to two entities in Africa. […]

International Launch Services plans to launch a Boeing [NYSE: BA]-built U.S. Navy communications satellite on board a Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT]-built Atlas III rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station […]

The World Summit on the Information Society kicked off in Geneva Wednesday with an appeal by International Telecommunication Union Secretary-General Yoshio Utsumi to world leaders to share information and communication […]

2003 SATELLITE NEWS’ PR & Marketing Awards Presented by PBI Media’s Satellite Group SN’s PR & Marketing Awards are among the industry’s most privileged honors, recognizing the best satellite PR […]

The European Space Agency‘s Rosetta space probe has undergone checkout and modification at Arianespace‘s spaceport in French Guiana in preparation for its new launch date on a mission to catch […]

The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has confirmed that the Japanese satellite Nozomi has been rerouted away from Mars by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). Crucial orbit insertion maneuvers were […]

ORBCOMM, a Dulles, Va.-based satellite telecommunications company, has renewed and extended its agreement with Caterpillar [NYSE: CAT] to provide wireless data access through its low-earth-orbit satellite network for equipment management […]

The Satellite Users Interference Reduction Group (SUIRG), a Washington, D.C.-based international association of satellite operators and users, announced that it has incorporated as a not-for-profit organization to lead the satellite […]

BT Broadcast Services is providing transmission services for Philippine broadcaster ABS-CBN. The broadcaster’s programming will be delivered to viewers via BT’s DTH (direct-to-home) digital platform, which includes four pay-TV channels […]

German pay-TV satellite operator Premier is likely to hit the 3 million subscriber mark in early 2004. The operator expects to close this year with around 2.9 million subscribers. Georg […]

Week of Nov. 28- Dec. 4, 2003 Percentage Change Symbol Dec. 4 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 2.56 (1.2) 3.6 […]

Belgian telecom operator Belgacom has signed a multi-transponder deal with Intelsat to become part of Intelsat’s global satellite network, enabling Belgacom to provide high- speed Internet access to ISPs in […]

Philips Consumer Electronics [NYSE: PHG], the Dutch-based electronics manufacturer, hopes to take advantage of the consolidation in satellite pay-TV markets across Europe to provide better products and services to its […]

Recent gains in promoting access to broadband services in Latin America have resulted from intensive private and public sector efforts to improve satellite regulations throughout the region. Collaboration among officials […]

By David Hartshorn Expanded satellite market access and earth station interoperability topped the telecom agenda at a recent government/industry meeting held in El Salvador. The focus was to identify the […]

A star-studded music concert in Cape Town, South Africa, broadcast worldwide via satellite helped to raise money and awareness to fight AIDS. The three-hour concert on Nov. 29 was made […]

Concerns that Europe’s proposed Galileo satellite navigation system might interfere with the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS) appear to be easing. Talks between U.S. and European officials are leading to […]

Israel-based satellite company Gilat Satellite Network [Nasdaq: GILTF] intends to pay roughly $5.8 million, or 60 cents a share, to buy the remaining shares it does not already own in […]

One of the newest opportunities for entrepreneurial satellite companies is the distribution of feature films via satellite to movie theaters. Movie studios incur huge costs to deliver new releases to […]

2003 SATELLITE NEWS’ PR & Marketing Awards Presented by PBI Media’s Satellite Group SN’s PR & Marketing Awards are among the industry’s most privileged honors, recognizing the best satellite PR […]

Tiscali has expanded its interactive high-speed Internet service via satellite to Finland and Slovakia. With this extension, the Tiscali two-way satellite service is now available in 10 European countries. Using […]

Thermo Capital Partners has finalized its agreement to acquire satellite phone company Globalstar LP. As a result of the agreement, a new Globalstar company, controlled by Thermo, has been established, […]

Broadcom [Nasdaq: BRCM], an Irvine, Calif.-based provider of silicon products for broadband communications, announced that EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH] is using a combination of Broadcom chips in its new DISH […]

Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based Rockwell Collins [NYSE: ROC] has signed an agreement with Qatar Airways for installation of the Collins Tailwind 560 multi-region satellite TV system. The agreement covers the new […]

Dubai, UAE-based Kingdom Holding Company (KHC) has selected Connexion by Boeing, a business unit of Boeing [NYSE: BA], as its provider of Internet connectivity and direct broadcast television (DBS) services […]

2003 SATELLITE NEWS’ PR & Marketing Awards Presented by PBI Media’s Satellite Group SN’s PR & Marketing Awards are among the industry’s most privileged honors, recognizing the best satellite PR […]