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GlobeCast, a satellite broadcast subsidiary of France Telecom [NYSE: FTE], has extended its fiber network to Asia with the inauguration of a 45-Mbps transpacific fiber trunk between Singapore and Los […]

The European Space Agency has signed contracts with the ELV Co. tocomplete the development phase of the Vega European small launcher program and with FiatAvio to develop the P80 advanced […]

Gilat Satellite Networks [Nasdaq: GILTF] is providing broadband satellite communications equipment and services to support an important new joint venture in Mexico between GlobalSat and Intelsat Global Service. GlobalSat is […]

The continent of Africa offers some strong growth opportunities for satellite and mobile telecom operators, according to a study by CIT-PriMetrica. CIT-PriMetrica’s “Yearbook of African Telecommunications for 2003,” to be […]

Loral Skynet, a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications [NYSE: LOR], provided in-orbit capacity to assist Discovery Health Network in presenting a live broadcast from inside maternity wards of hospitals […]

Week of Feb. 14- 20, 2003 PercentageChange Symbol Feb. 20 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 1.72 7.5 (6.0) 11.0 – […]

Orbital Recovery has selected PricewaterhouseCoopers as its financial advisor, with responsibility for leading the company through its final funding round for its new Geosynch Spacecraft Life Extension System (SLES). PricewaterhouseCoopers […]

SiRF Technology, of San Jose, Calif., has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Enuvis, a wireless location technology provider. The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. SiRF intends to […]

Intelsat and Television Broadcasts (TVB) will set up a joint venture, Galaxy Satellite Broadcasting, offering pay-TV service for Hong Kong. Intelsat will own a 51 percent stake in the venture, […]

Satellite broadcast provider GlobeCast, a France Telecom [FTE] subsidiary, is expanding its Asian operations to include Japan and Korea through the opening of a liaison office in Tokyo. The Tokyo […]

Raytheon [RTN] has completed contractor acceptance and inspection for the Federal Aviation Administration’s Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS), a component in the agency’s next-generation space-based aircraft navigation and landing system. […]

Space Imaging Southeast Asia, an affiliate of Denver, Colo.-based Space Imaging, has begun direct tasking and data collection of high-resolution imagery from the IKONOS satellite. The operations as well as […]

Loral Space & Communications [LOR] wants shareholder approval to implement a reverse stock split at its annual meeting on May 29 to comply with New York Stock Exchange share price […]

Maritime Telecommunications Network (MTN), a Miramar, Fla.-based provider of ship-to-shore satellite communications, is aggressively exploring its opportunities to serve customers who operate offshore oil and gas rigs. MTN traditionally has […]

Canada has almost 32 million people and roughly 2.1 million of the country’s 11 million-plus TV households (TVHHs) receive their direct broadcast satellite (DBS) signals either from Star Choice or […]

British Airways is trying out the new Connexion by Boeing’s in-flight satellite broadband service onboard one of its daily transatlantic flight between London and New York. The service is designed […]

Canada’s parliament is holding hearings this month to review whether to ease its foreign ownership restrictions in the telecommunications sector. Canadian law requires telecom companies — wireline, wireless and satellite […]

Latin America’s satellite and network services sector is reeling from a worldwide economic downturn, and no one expects much improvement anytime soon. Many companies in the region receive revenues in […]

The successful launch of the last Ariane 4 rocket not only carried the Intelsat 907 satellite into orbit but also ushered in a new era of dependence by Arianespace on […]

Ramu Potarazu, president and chief operating officer of Intelsat Global Service, will be promoted to president and COO of the parent company Intelsat Ltd. next month, the company announced today. […]

Helius, a provider of satellite broadband routing systems, is making it easier for its customers to finance their purchases of new routers by forging an alliance with Canopy Capital. Multiple […]

Digital broadcast platformsupplier Scopus Network Technologies has signed a pact to supply a complete head-end digital broadcasting system to Television and Radio Broadcasting Services Australia Pty. Ltd. (TARBS). TARBS’ new […]

Advanced Digital Information [Nasdaq: ADIC] (Redmond, Wash.), which provides storage management software, is helping the National Aeronautics and Space Administration‘s Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) to manage […]

Mobile satellite service operator Inmarsat will retire its Inmarsat A service at the end of 2007 to more efficiently create satellite capacity for its latest digital services, the company said. […]

FCC Commissioner Kevin Martin is scheduled to address several hundred attendees at Tuesday’s luncheon session of the “Satellite Finance and New Services Forecast 2003.” The session is being held at […]

Telesat Canada on Thursday experienced a malfunction on its Nimiq 2 satellite that affected the available power on the spacecraft. The company took steps to restore the affected traffic. The […]

British Airways [NYSE: BAB] is trying out the new Connexion by Boeing‘s in-flight satellite broadband service onboard a daily transatlantic flight between London and New York. The service gives passengers […]

ABC News has agreed to purchase On2 Technologies‘ [AMEX: ONT] Laptop News Gathering (LNG) system to enable its correspondents covering the Iraqi crisis to transmit reports via satellite. The unit […]

Qualcomm [Nasdaq: QCOM] has tested the first assisted-Global Positioning System position location sessions over live GSM communications networks using its MGP6200 multimode GPS processor. The location calls, made in Europe […]

Global Positioning System receiver developer Fastrax and Globalpoint, a U.K. technology company specializing in asset tracking applications, have introduced the Globalpoint Companion product line, which includes miniature tracking beacons with […]