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2003 Telecom Marketing Awards Presented by PBI Media’s Telecom Group The Telecom Marketing Awards are among the telecommunications industry’s most privileged honors, recognizing the best telecom marketing campaigns and programs […]

PanAmSat [Nasdaq: SPOT], a Wilton, Conn.-based satellite operator, has ordered a satellite from Space Systems/Loral, the manufacturing arm of bankrupt Loral Space & Communications [OTC: LRLSQ]. The order is for […]

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has renewed long-term lease agreements with Asia Satellite Telecommunications (AsiaSat) to use C-band capacity on AsiaSat 2. Financial terms were not disclosed. The EBU uses […]

Pay-TV satellite broadcaster British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB)has won the exclusive rights to broadcast the Rugby Union‘s Heineken Cup across the United Kingdom. Financial terms of the three-year agreement weren’t disclosed. […]

European conditional access (CA) vendor Irdeto Access is ready take on its heavyweight rivals NDS and The Kudelski Group, whichhave made high profile acquisitions in recent months. Irdeto Access CEO […]

An auction is scheduled for Monday to determine whether Intelsat or EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH] will be allowed to buy the North American satellite assets of bankrupt Loral Space and […]

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2003 Telecom Marketing Awards Presented by PBI Media’s Telecom Group The Telecom Marketing Awards are among the telecommunications industry’s most privileged honors, recognizing the best telecom marketing campaigns and programs […]

Hauppauge, N.Y.-based satellite communications provider Globecomm Systems [Nasdaq: GCOM] has won two follow-on contracts from existing customers that have an aggregate value of $2.5 million. In July, the company inked […]

Beijing-based and state-owned China Satellite Communications and Denver, Colo.-based China Wireless Communications [OTC: CWLC] announced plans to build several phone cafés in Beijing. The companies are finalizing negotiations to connect […]

Dulles, Va.-based Orbital Sciences [NYSE: ORB] reported a 2003 third-quarter loss of $30.2 million, or 64 cents a share, compared to a profit of $1.6 million, or 4 cents per […]

BOSTON — The Department of Defense is spending $15 million to develop a new generation of microsatellites that would perform tactical roles for the battlefield. The program, called TACSAT I, […]

BOSTON — The Department of Defense has earmarked $17 billion to overhaul how the U.S. military communicates, with satellites being an integral part of this effort. A MilCom 2003 panel […]

EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH] made a $1.029 billion offer Wednesday aimed at competing with Intelsat Ltd. for the purchase of Loral’s North American satellite assets. EchoStar also remains interested in […]

NEW YORK — Rainbow DBS showed signs of becoming a viable new satellite TV competitor when it unveiled 21 exclusive HDTV channels yesterday that offer unparalleled video quality. The key […]

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Presented by PBI Media‘s Telecom Group The Telecom Marketing Awards are among the telecommunications industry’s most privileged honors, recognizing the best telecom marketing campaigns and programs of the past year. […]

The Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Corp. will honor Boeing [NYSE: BA] employee Mona Simpson with a professional achievement award at its 15th Anniversary HENAAC Awards Show on Friday in […]

Proxim Corp., a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based wireless network equipment provider, and Hughes Network Systems have signed an agreement for Proxim to provide its ORiNOCO access points to Hughes. Financial terms of […]

XM Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: XMSR] has introduced the XMCommander, a XM receiver that works with any AM/FM car stereo. The Washington, D.C.-based company has selected antenna manufacturer Terk Technologies to […]

A rower planning to travel across the Pacific and Atlantic oceans will be tracked by Global Positioning System capabilities. Satamatics Ltd., a U.K. operator of global satellite-based telematics information services, […]

BOSTON–The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is scrutinizing the issue of whether the U.S. military’s plans to expand the use of ultra-wideband (UWB) communications could pose an interference problem […]

BOSTON–Satellite communications will play a key role in the U.S. Army‘s Future Combat System (FCS), according to Gen. Kevin P. Byrnes. Byrnes, commanding general of the Army’s Training and Doctrine […]

All you need to do is answer a few questions and we’ll get you started on your free trial to the proprietary materials on the Satellite Today Web site. Your […]

Presented by PBI Media’s Telecom Group The Telecom Marketing Awards are among the telecommunications industry’s most privileged honors, recognizing the best telecom marketing campaigns and programs of the past year. […]

Israel-based Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. [Nasdaq: GILTF] has commenced an offer to exchange its outstanding 4 percent convertible subordinated notes due 2012 for its ordinary shares, with a par value […]

Tempe, Ariz.-based Comtech EF Data Corp., a subsidiary of Comtech Telecommunications Corp. [Nasdaq: CMTL], has received a $1 million follow-on order for satellite equipment from a cellular operator in Southeast […]

Marlink will add Telenor‘s new E-mail Advanced service to its portfolio of e-mail, value-added services designed for communicating from remote land locations or at sea. The new service can cut […]

Bethesda, Md.-based Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] and Dulles, Va.-based Orbital Sciences will join forces to compete for a contract to build NASA’s Orbital Space Plane. Lockheed Martin will lead the […]