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PGS Geophysical of Norway has renewed its global satellite communications agreement with Telenor Satellite Services through June 2005. Telenor began providing communications via satellite to PGS in 1995. The current […]

Intelsat appointed Stephen Spengler as a vice president for sales for its largest customer segment–the data, carrier and Internet segment. The company also named Ashley Fernandes as a regional vice […]

The Federal Communications Commission has ended its long-standing “Alaska Bush” satellite earth station policy and instead is allowing open-entry, facilities-based telecom competition in Alaska’s rural communities. The Alaska Bush communities […]

ePHONE Telecom [OTC BB: EPHO.OB], an Internet telephony services provider for commercial and residential users, has completed its proposed merger with Champion Teleport, a satellite broadband and broadcasting company. On […]

SkyFrames [OTC BB: SKYU.OB], a Cost Mesa, Calif.-based provider of satellite broadband Internet services, has signed a value-added reseller agreement with Orbit Communications Solutions to implement a Wi-Fi hotspot in […]

Hughes Network Systems (HNS), the Germantown, Md.-based satellite broadband unit of Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH], is offering a new Wi-Fi service to leisure travelers for secure wireless high-speed Internet access […]

Spacehab‘s [Nasdaq: SPAB] Astrotech Space Operations subsidiary has been awarded a contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to provide payload processing services for Aura, the third mission of […]

DirecTV and NDS Group have agreed to stay the litigation between them until the anticipated closing of the acquisition by NDS’ parent company, News Corp [NYSE: NWS], of 34 percent […]

Globecomm Systems [Nasdaq: GCOM], a provider of satellite-based communications solutions, has been awarded two satellite infrastructure contracts from existing customers valued at more than $4.7 million. Under the terms of […]

Week of July 25-31, 2003 Percentage Change Symbol July 31 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 3.14 6.4 30.3 155.3 82.6 […]

DirecTV, the satellite TV unit of Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH], has signed an agreement with Nielsen Media Research to measure and publish ratings data for advertiser-supported networks delivered on the […]

C-COM Satellite Systems [Toronto: CMI] is supplying its iNetVu Mobile antenna system to the Office of the Fire Marshal (OFM) of the Ontario Government Ministry of Public Safety and Security. […]

The Federal Aviation Administration has given approval to a satellite radio system for aircraft offered by Sirius Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: SIRI], Clarion and Avionics Innovations. A Sirius receiver manufactured by […]

The U.S. Coast Guard is evaluating the Fleet F55 service provided by London-based mobile satellite service company Inmarsat aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Shearwater. The evaluation follows beta testing and […]

Alcatel Space, the satellite manufacturing arm of France’s Alcatel [NYSE: ALA], has received a contract from Paris-based satellite operator Eutelsat to build the HOT BIRD 7A communications satellite to replace […]

Satellite-based telematics operator Satamatics, in partnership with its service provider SecTrack, is supplying satellite-based location tracking technology and services to the 68 yachts taking part in the Sydney Gold Coast […]

StarBand, the struggling U.S. provider of two-way satellite broadband to residential and small office customers, has introduced a modem designed to provide peak download speeds of up to one megabit […]

Spacenet, the U.S. subsidiary of Israel’s Gilat Satellite Networks [Nasdaq: GILTF], has been awarded a five-year contract by Rent-Way to provide a two-way satellite-based IP network to all of Rent-Way’s […]

The much talked about launch alliance among France’s Arianespace, U.S.-based Boeing Launch Services (BLS), and Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries was formalized July 27 with the signing of an agreement. Under […]

Garmin International, a unit of Garmin Ltd. [Nasdaq: GRMN], is looking to strengthen its already formidable position in the general aviation GPS market through its proposed acquisition of UPS Aviation […]

Hamilton, Bermuda-based satellite operator Intelsat’s 44 percent drop in net income for the second quarter, compared with the same quarter a year ago, highlights the plight of fixed satellite service […]

By Jimmy Schaeffler Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH] and its satellite TV unit DirecTV are proving the validity of their newest subscriber-based business model that focuses on better, rather than more, […]

The U.K. government has identified a number of problems with the Green Paper on European Space Policy issued jointly by the European Space Agency and the European Union, particularly the […]

The family restaurant chain Golden Corral is deploying a variety of satellite broadband services much the way it offers a wide selection of food with its buffet-style dining. Satellite broadband […]

Unsecured creditors of Loral Space and Communications [PNK: LRLSQ] are organizing in anticipation of the company’s next steps after its July 15 Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection court filing. Creditors have […]

With the worldwide launch business slumping, Boeing [NYSE: BA] is scrambling to defuse the crisis over a scandal that could cost the company $1 billion and already has resulted in […]

The launch of the DSCS III B6 military communications satellite aboard a Delta IV rocket from Cape Canaveral, Fla., has been postponed indefinitely, U.S. Air Force and Boeing [NYSE: BA] […]

Harris [NYSE: HRS], a Melbourne, Fla.-based manufacturer, integrator and services supplier of satellite communications systems, has been awarded a contract by Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] to provide an unfurlable mesh […]

Hughes Network Systems (HNS), the Germantown, Md.-based broadband satellite unit of Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH], announced Monday that it had shipped 12 million DirecTV satellite receivers since it began production […]

EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq:DISH] announced that its subsidiary, EchoStar DBS, has elected to redeem $245 million principal amount of its 9 1/8 percent senior notes due 2009, fully exercising its optional […]