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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 […]

Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Trimble [Nasdaq: TRMB] has introduced its smallest embedded Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver for timing applications – – the Lassen PT module. The Lassen PT modules will add […]

Singapore-based InfoWave has won a contract to equip 5,000 Singapore taxis with in-vehicle touch screen devices that use GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) data and voice communications, coupled with GPS […]

Skycasters, an Akron, Ohio-based satellite Internet service provider, has announced the release of SatVox, a business quality telephone and fax communications technology for broadband satellite Internet users. The technology connects […]

iDirect Technologies, a Vienna, Va.-based bi-directional satellite-based IP broadband access solution provider, and Italian infrastructure network provider Netdish have announced the successful launch of two virtual private networks in Italy […]

Harris Corp. [NYSE: HRS], a Melbourne, Fla.-based multiband satellite communications terminal supplier, has delivered 13 of 28 transit case-configured lightweight multiband satellite terminals (LMST) to the U.S. Marine Corps. The […]

Intelsat has launched a new broadband network in West Africa, expanding its total number of operational broadband networks worldwide to six. The new West African Ku-band network, offered using the […]

Luxembourg-based satellite operator SES Global [Luxembourg: SESG] saw total revenues fall 10 percent in the first six months of 2003, dropping to 642 million euros ($725.5 million) from 712 million […]

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 […]

ND SatCom, a European provider of satellite network equipment and ground stations, has introduced its new SkyWAN Compact VSAT terminal. The SkyWAN Compact combines SkyWAN IDU 2000 with a low […]

BBC Technology has inked a five-year contract with Paris-based satellite services provider Globecast to provide Globecast with access to BBC Technology’s London media gateway, a fully resilient fiber ring that […]

Washington, D.C.-based satellite radio provider XM Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: XMSR] has named D. Scott Karnedy as senior vice president of sales and marketing solutions. Karnedy previously was senior vice president […]

Intelsat has signed a deal with Connexion by Boeing to provide satellite capacity for Boeing’s in-flight broadband Internet and data services for passengers on trans-Atlantic airliners starting in 2004. Financial […]

Eutelsat has awarded a contract toEuropean satellite manufacturer EADS Astrium to build the Hot Bird 8 broadcast satellite for the Paris-based satellite operator. Hot Bird 8, which is scheduled for […]

Representatives from the U.S.-based Satellite Industry Association and the European Satellite Operators Association met earlier this week in Paris to discuss how the organizations could cooperate to bridge the international […]

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 […]

New Skies Satellites [NYSE: NSK], a Netherlands-based satellite services provider, has signed an agreement with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to provide full-time satellite capacity and special events transmission services […]

M2sat has introduced a new portfolio of 384 Kbps mobile broadband services available through a Thuraya satellite using small and portable TakeAway terminals. These services will provide broadcasters, as well […]

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: […]

XM Satellite Radio Holdings [Nasdaq: XMSR] has completed its public offering of 11.3 million shares of its Class A common stock for sale to Baltimore- based institutional investors Legg Mason […]

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 […]

The limited political clout of the direct broadcast satellite (DBS) industry in Washington was evident Wednesday when the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted rules for the manufacture of digital “plug […]

Pace Micro Technology is set to become a key player in the German pay-TV market after signing a number of agreements with satellite pay-TV provider Premiere. In one agreement, Pace […]

78.5ºE: Thaicom 2&3 D Indiavision is testing intermittently on 3686 MHz horizontal, SR 3333, FEC 3/4, VPID 1160, APID 1120. Occasional feed traffic for TVT Channel 11 can be found […]

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Commercial opportunities for satellite imagery and manufacturing should arise from the international effort to coordinate and integrate information on the Earth’s environment. World governments are likely to need images and […]

AsiaSat has had a tough first six months of 2003. It saw its profits and revenue drop compared to the first six months of 2002. However, despite tough market conditions, […]

By Bharadwaj Ramesh, Industry Analyst, and Patrick French, Strategic Analyst, Frost & Sullivan (Editor’s Note: This article was written before EchoStar [Nasdaq: DISH] made an informal offer for Loral Space […]

By Maury Mechanick Having recently returned from the International Satellite & Communications Exchange Conference and Expo held in Long Beach, Calif., in late August, I was struck by the positive […]