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ORBCOMM, a Dulles, Va.-basedsatellite communications company, has signed an agreement with ALDATA Software Management to provide data communication services for ALDATA’s on-board truck and heavy equipment computer system, known as […]

Telenor Satellite Services has unveiled a new satellite-based “e-mail advanced” system that will help cut the cost and improve transmission efficiency through web-based e-mail. The new system helps users reduce […]

French satellite imagery provider Spot Image and the Mexican government have signed an agreement for Spot to provide satellite image data through a new receiving station in Mexico. Financial terms […]

London-based mobile satellite services firm Inmarsat Ventures has entered into an agreement with Apax Partners Worldwide LLP and Permira Advisers Limited to work with them exclusively in finalizing terms of […]

Harris [NYSE: HRS] has won a $7.7 million contract from Boeing [NYSE: BA] to provide systems engineering, integration services and satellite communications equipment for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency‘s sea-based […]

Washington, D.C.-based Intelsat believes the time is right for the satellite operator to make an impact in the broadband arena. Erich Fischer, senior director of global broadband services at Intelsat, […]

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 […]

Meridian IQ, the Overland Park, Kan.-based transportation management subsidiary of Yellow Corp. [Nasdaq: YELL], has acquired GPS USA, the U.S. operations of Hong Kong-based logistics service provider GPS Logistics, for […]

Nomadix, a public-access solutions provider, has signed a deal with Hughes Network Systems to supply key technology for the company’s Wi-Fi access service. HNS is using Nomadix’s access gateways running […]

Fremont, Calif.-based SCM Microsystems [Nasdaq: SCMM] has signed a contract to provide common interface (CI) modules to CanalDigitaal, a satellite pay TV operator in the Netherlands. The CI modules from […]

Hughes Network Systems, a Germantown, Md.-based satellite broadband unit of Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH], has signed a deal to provide Chinese satellite service provider ChinaCast with a DirecWay broadband satellite […]

Hauppauge, N.Y.-based Globecomm Systems [Nasdaq: GCOM] has been awarded a $13.8 million contract to provide an unidentified foreign customer with a satellite-based communication solution for the transfer of wide-band data […]

The number of worldwide broadband subscribers grew 72 percent in 2002 to approximately 62 million, according to a report issued Tuesday by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Korea leads the […]

Week of Sept. 5 – 11, 2003 Percentage Change Symbol Sept. 5 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 2.46 (18.8) (5.4) […]

Hughes Network Systems, a subsidiary of Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH], has signed a three-year agreement with Canadian satellite operator Telesat to provide technical support for Telesat’s telecommunications and broadcasting services […]

Boeing (NYSE: BA) has selected Alcatel Space, a unit of Paris-based Alcatel [NYSE: ALA] to supply a multi-million payload for a satellite Boeing is build for XM Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: […]

SkyFrames [OTC: SKYU] has signed an agreement with ComGuard CTS to provide high-end VSAT equipment and broadband Internet services to ComGuard’s operations in remote areas of Canada. Financial terms of […]

Luxembourg-based satellite operator SES Astra has signed five new contracts to expand the provision of Astra one-way satellite broadband service to additional territories in Europe and North Africa. The company […]

A Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT]-built Titan IV B rocket lifted off Sept. 9 at 12:29 a.m. EDT carrying a classified payload for the U.S. Air Force and the National Reconnaissance […]

Intelsat Global Sales & Marketing and TVNZ Satellite Services have agreed to join forces in the occasional use broadcast services business. This alliance is designed to leverage the strengths of […]

Japan’s All Nippon Airways (ANA) and Boeing [NYSE:BA] have signed a letter of intent signaling the air carrier’s plan to install the Connexion by Boeing satellite Internet service on its […]

International Launch Services (ILS) has signed an agreement to launch the Amazonas satellite covering Latin America for Spanish satellite operator Hispasat of Spain on a Proton/Breeze M rocket next year. […]

French launch services firm Arianespace has signed a contract with SES Astra to launch the Astra 1KR telecommunications satellite. Financial terms of the deal weren’t released. The launch of Astra […]

ARINC and Telenor Satellite Services [Nasdaq: TELN] have signed an agreement that creates what the companies characterize as the world’s largest alliance of aeronautical service providers. Under the agreement, Telenor […]

EADS Astrium CEO Antoine Bouvier believes the number of commercial orders for satellites is unlikely to pick up significantly until 2005. However, the satellite manufacturer hopes to make up for […]

By Ted Livingston There was little question at recent cable industry get-togethers, such as June’s National Cable and Telecommunications’ (NCTA) convention in Chicago and July’s Cable & Telecommunications Association for […]

Carlsbad, Calif.-based ViaSat’s LINKWAY satellite terminals will be used by U.S. military camera crews to securely transmit video and still imagery from combat positions to headquarters, to command locations in […]

Washington-based XM Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: SMSR] succeeded in attracting conservative institutional investors in a financing deal that closed last week, suggesting that XM is gaining respect in financial circles. Less […]

The International Bureau at the Federal Communications Commission provided an upbeat view of the industry during the commission’s monthly meeting last week. IB Chief Don Abelson cited the growing demand […]

The departure of the Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association’s (SBCA) top executive is occurring at a time when the financially constrained organization faces a number of formidable challenges in Washington. […]