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NovAtel [Nasdaq: NGPS], a Calgary, Canada-based precise positioning technology company, has been authorized to begin work on a C$186,900 (US$143,000) contract from the Canadian Public Works & Government Services for […]

OPADS LLC has begun offering aggregated digital video programming transport via satellite to small- and medium-sized video franchises under the trade name SkyWayconnect. Founding partners of OPADS are ATCi, a […]

SES Americom, a subsidiary of SES Global [Luxembourg: SESG], and Nordic Satellite (NSAB) signed an agreement to transfer on Jan. 1 the pan-European beam on the SIRIUS 2 satellite from […]

Rome Research Corp. (RRC), a subsidiary of PAR Technology [NYSE: PTC], was awarded a $1 million contract to operate and maintain the Department of Defense teleport commercial satellite terminal systems […]

Inmarsat Ventures, EADS Space and the Thales Group have submitted a joint tender to become a concessionaire for the multi-billion dollar European Galileo satellite navigation project. The bid by the […]

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 […]

Boeing [NYSE: BA] officials dedicated the new Boeing GPS center in support of the U.S. Air Force‘s Global Positioning System (GPS) program in Colorado Springs, Colo. The center was created […]

InterWave Communications [Nasdaq: IWAV], a Mountain View, Calif.-based compact wireless communication provider, has received a $2.2 million order from Nigerian telecom provider Commercial Facilitators Limited (CFL), to deploy a satellite […]

Telesat Canada, an Ottawa, Canada based-satellite communications company, has deployed IP traffic management software, supplied by Dyband on its Telesat high- speed Internet service. Financial terms were not disclosed. The […]

ORBCOMM, a Dulles, Va.-based mobile satellite operator, has signed up Eurasia Telnet Services as its representative in Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan. SatWare Solutions, a New York-based company, facilitated […]

Gilat Satellite Network [Nasdaq: GILTF], an Israel-based satellite networking technology company, said it intends to acquire all of the remaining shares of rStar [Nasdaq: RSTRC] it doesn’t already own for […]

SES Global [Luxembourg: SESG], through its SES Global Americas Holdings, issued a new four-year eurobond Thursday worth 300 million euros ($364 million). The issue was oversubscribed and closed after three […]

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 […]

Bus users in Nottingham will be able to receive real-time travel information on their mobile phones using a system provided by Netsize, Echo Billing and the Nottingham City Council. The […]

CSI Wireless, a Canadian designer and manufacturer of GPS and wireless products, has received an initial C$2.1 million purchase order from RHS for CSI’s new GPS- assisted automatic steering system. […]

The government of Taiwan has sent its second satellite, ROCSAT 2, to the United States for launch into orbit early next year. The satellite will be delivered to Vandenberg Air […]

Canadian satellite companies Infosat Communications and Quick Link Communications have completed a merger. Infosat Communications, a subsidiary Telesat Canada, is a satellite telecommunications system integrator and services provider serving business […]

France’s La Poste is using satellite-based interactive kiosks supplied by direct-to-home satellite operator SES Astra and broadband satellite operator Satlynx. The “Cyberkiosque” offers access to interactive broadband satellite services based […]

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 […]

Trimble [Nasdaq: TRMB], a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based GPS device provider, and CNH Global [NYSE: CNH], a Lake Forest Ill.-based agricultural equipment provider, are teaming to design and develop automated steering systems […]

Hughes Network Systems [NYSE: GSH], a Germantown, Md.-based provider of broadband satellite products, is introducing its latest DirecWay terminal, the DW6000, into the European market. The DW6000 eliminates the requirement […]

Stratos Global [Toronto: SGB], a Bethesda, Md.-based telecommunication provider, and Inmarsat, a London-based mobile satellite operator, have renewed their distribution agreement under which Stratos will distribute Inmarsat services using next-generation […]

An Atlas IIAS rocket successfully lifted off Tuesday at 2:04 a.m. PST (10:04 GMT) from Vandenberg Air Force Base carrying a national security payload for the U.S. Air Force and […]

The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has recently awarded contracts worth C$65 million (US$50 million) in space technology contracts to the Canadian aerospace industry. Forty contracts valued at C$17.4 million (US$13.4 […]

Intelsat Government Solutions has been awarded a subcontract to provide a turnkey satellite communications system to support Bechtel National Inc.’s effort in coordinating the U.S. infrastructure reconstruction program in Iraq. […]

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 […]

In the story “StarBand Cleared to Exit Bankruptcy,” which appeared in the Nov. 17 issue of SATELLITE TODAY, we incorrectly identified Gilat Satellite Networks as the strategic partner with which […]

Gilat Satellite Networks’ [Nasdaq: GILTF] Spacenet subsidiary has launched its Connexstar franchise co-marketing program, a collection of resources for Spacenet VSAT network customers to help provide their franchisees or members […]

Digital Angel, [Amex: DOC], a South Saint Paul, Minn.-based provider of GPS tracking and monitoring devices, has named Scott R. Silverman as vice chairman of the company. Silverman currently serves […]

Guardian Mobility, anOttawa, Canada-based provider of tracking devices for industrial customers, is using GPS receivers supplied by Finland-based Fastrax for the Guardian Sentinel GPS tracking device. The Guardian Sentinel, which […]