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Arianespace succeeded in launching a three-satellite payload aboard its Ariane 5G rocket on Sept. 27 at 8:14 p.m. local time (23:14 GMT, 7:14 p.m. EDT) from the Spaceport in French […]

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

The battle for video and high-speed Internet access is here. Find out who is likely to win, who has the greatest challenges, and what opportunities that knowledge will open up […]

This week, we take a closer look at a company with a plan to dominate the satellite radio market: XM Satellite Radio. For more in-depth competitive intelligence reports detailing “who’s […]

Arianespace Flight 162 has the go-ahead for a liftoff on Saturday with a three-satellite payload. An Ariane 5G vehicle is set to carry the European Space Agency‘s SMART-1 lunar exploration […]

With the installation of Rockwell Collins‘ [NYSE: COL] dual transceiver in its satellite communications system, the Falcon 900EX becomes the first business aircraft in the world to operate simultaneous dual […]

Australian airline Qantas [ASX: QAN] said Friday it is offering passengers unlimited use of its new Qantas Short Message Service (SMS) system for a month. The new system allows passengers […]

Alcatel Space, a subsidiary of Paris-based Alcatel [NYSE: ALA], has won a five-year contract worth 19 million euros ($21.8 million) from French space agency CNES (Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales) to […]

Wilton, Conn.-based PanAmSat [Nasdaq: SPOT] is building up its in-orbit satellite capacity of potentially lucrative high-definition television (HDTV) services. An initial step is the planned launch of the Galaxy XIII/Horizons […]

Satellite dish dealers visited Congress this week to urge support for market fairness as part of a first-of-its-kind “Retailer Rally,” organized by the Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association. The SBCA […]

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

The battle for video and high-speed Internet access is here. Find out who is likely to win, who has the greatest challenges, and what opportunities that knowledge will open up […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) is building a new generation of weather satellites, ESA Director of Earth Observation Programs José Achache told European meteorologists in Rome last week. Meteosats, the […]

Kyocera Wireless, a Japanese manufacturer of CDMA wireless handsets, has begun providing GPS-enabled handsets to Venezuelan mobile carriers Telcel and Movilnet. This latest deal is part of a recent expansion […]

Hughes Network System, a Germantown, Md.-based satellite broadband unit of Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH], has joined forces with Sun Microsystems [Nasdaq: SUNW] and AC Technology for the delivery of biometric-related […]

SkyFrames [OTC: SKYU] will partner with AeroTech, PacWireless and Solomon Technology to supply IP telephony services for U.S. troops in Iraq. The soldiers will be provided with the ability to […]

Sirius Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: SIRI] and Pana-Pacific, a product supplier to the commercial and off-road vehicle market, will introduce STREAMER, a portable Sirius radio system for commercial trucks, at this […]

The Canadian and Mexican governments have signed a satellite coordination agreement that will reduce interference among different satellite signals, provide a stable, cooperative environment and ensure room for expansion for […]

Intelsat has expanded its terrestrial network by powering up a new mountaintop teleport in Hagerstown, Md. Intelsat’s teleport will provide service to 100 existing customers of GlobalConnex, the operator’s bundled […]

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

The battle for video and high-speed Internet access is here. Find out who is likely to win, who has the greatest challenges, and what opportunities that knowledge will open up […]

EchoStar Communications‘ [Nasdaq: DISH] DISH Network has reached a milestone by selling its one millionth digital video recorder (DVR). Littleton, Colo.-based EchoStar said its DISH Network is the fastest growing […]

The European Space Agency‘s second microsatellite, Proba-2, is expected to be ready for launch early in 2006. Proba-2, a similar satellite to the Proba-1 spacecraft launched in October 2001, will […]

The University of Miami‘s CSTARS Facility has signed a receiving station contract with Mississippi-based RESOURCE 21 and Chantilly, Va.-based SPOT Image for data reception from the SPOT 2 and 4 […]

Harris [NYSE: HRS] has inked a deal with Ottawa-based Telesat Canada to provide a satellite command and control system to support BS 601 and E3000 satellite bus types. Telesat operates […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The direct broadcast satellite (DBS) business is in its earliest stage of evolution and must continue to work hard to make satellite TV the most popular multichannel […]

The battle for video and high-speed Internet access is here. Find out who is likely to win, who has the greatest challenges, and what opportunities that knowledge will open up […]

Data Access, an India-based provider of international wholesale data and voice services, has signed an agreement with Norwegian telecom carrier Telenor [Nasdaq: TELN] to share complementary network resources in the […]

Canadian firm MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates has been awarded a contract worth several million dollars by the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. (EADS) to participate in the delivery of […]

Raytheon [NYSE: RTN] has been selected to develop the next-generation militarized GPS system with anti-jam and stealth capabilities for the Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). The […]