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Weekly Update: Last week we highlighted Orion Network Systems, PanAmSat, and Comsat as stocks that might react favorably to the dramatic increase in satellite usage because of the Princess Diana […]

Orbcomm Global L.P. [ORBI] signed a distribution agreement with Korean networking equipment manufacturer Communications Technology Inc. (CTI) for service provision in Korea. CTI also will explore the possibility of developing […]

Real estate conglomerate RE/MAX has switched its proprietary business TV network to AlphaStar’s [TENXF] satellite following the failure of the Telstar 401 satellite in January, AlphaStar said. RE/MAX will use […]

The proceedings of the fifth Satel Conseil symposium, "Where do satellites fit in the global communications picture?" held in Paris from Sept. 4-6, 1996, now are available on CD-ROM. For […]

PanAmSat Corp. [SPOT] said it recently hosted 22 regulators from developing nations around the world for a training symposium sponsored by the U.S. Telecommunications Training Institute. The symposium, which covered […]

HANNOVER, Germany–The world’s leading manufacturer of microprocessors for personal computers, looking to solve what it sees as a shortage of bandwidth across Europe, has joined forces with a key European […]

In a Feb. 24 speech before the National Association of Broadcasters‘ State Leadership Conference, FCC Chairman Reed Hundt reiterated previous calls for emerg ing satellite and terrestrial programming providers–including digital […]

PanAmSat Corp. [SPOT] said Paraguayan Internet service provider (ISP) Planet Internet tripled its leased capacity aboard PanAmSat’s PAS 3 satellite over the Atlantic Ocean Region. The additional bandwidth will allow […]

Ontario-based Com Dev International Ltd. said Feb. 24 it signed a contract with Hughes Space and Communications Inc. [GMH] for $3 million worth of space-qualified microwave switches for a 12-satellite […]

Mitsubishi Electronics America Inc.’s electronic device group introduced two low-noise microwave/RF devices for use in DBS and other receivers. The two devices, MGF4919G and MGF4714CP, are, respectively, for DBS receiver […]

French conglomerate Alcatel Alsthom plans an unorthodox regulatory campaign for SkyBridge LLC, its 64-satellite broadband satellite project, which will be anchored by an unprecedented spectrum-sharing scheme that company officials say […]

Japan Satellite Systems Inc. selected Lockheed Martin Corp.’s [LMT] Atlas 2AS rocket to launch its upcoming JCSat 6 satellite, from Cape Canaveral in mid-1998. JCSat 6 will be a Hughes […]

ICO Global Communications Ltd., the London-based global mobile satellite consortium, announced a preliminary service distribution agreement with its Japanese investor syndicate. The group, Satellite Phone Japan Ltd., will be ICO’s […]

Abstracts for papers to be submitted to the International Astronautical Federation’s upcoming IAF Congress, in Turin, Italy, this October, are due to the organization by March 1. The IAF is […]

Middletown, R.I.-based KVH Inc. [KVHI] released last month a lighter, cheaper maritime phone designed for Inmarsat’s third-generation satellites. KVH’s system, Inmarsat Tracphone, is derived from similar hardware it builds for […]

Next week, Washington law firm Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay will hold a one-and-a-half-day symposium on the legal, business and technical implications of orbital debris. The symposium will cover risk-minimization […]

Israel-based Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. [GILTF] announced it will supply 1,600 VSAT terminals for use in Brazil’s national lottery. The contract was awarded by Racimec Informatica Brasilia SA, a subsidiary […]

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded Hughes Space and Communications Co. [GMH] a $2.6 million contract to research the use of man-made diamonds in transistor packages to be […]

Intelsat promoted David Meltzer to director of procurement in January; prior to his appointment Meltzer was assistant general counsel. Meltzer will report to Andrew Browne, Intel sat vice president and […]

SPOT Image Corp. signed a licensing agreement with Radarsat International (RSI) for Radarsat to distribute and market in the United States remote sensing imagery from the Radarsat satellite. British Columbia-based […]

Decades-old shortwave radio is giving way to satellite technology when it comes to the distribution of the U.S. government’s Voice of America (VOA) service, officials of the federal agency said […]

State-owned operator China Telecommunications Broadcast Satellite Corp. (Chinasat) selected Loral Space & Communications Ltd. [LOR] unit Space Systems/ Loral (SS/L) to build Chinasat 8, a hybrid satellite. The satellite, which […]

Odyssey Telecommunications, the Big Low-Earth-orbit venture backed by TRW Inc. [TRW] and Teleglobe Inc., announced its first local partnership this month, a memorandum of understanding with China Telecommunications Broadcast Satellite […]

Thailand-based Asia Broadcasting and Communications Network Ltd. (ABCN) contracted with Telesat Canada for Telesat to operate its L-Star broadcasting and communications satellites for up to two years. Telesat will direct […]

Cambridge, Ontario-based Com Dev International Ltd. received a $5 million contract this month from Alcatel Espace to supply switches, multiplexers and related equipment for Alcatel’s Multimedia Asia (M2A) satellite payload […]

DirecTv Inc. [GMH] announced it is the first DBS operator to reach the Caribbean, with service launches this month in Barbados as well as Trinidad & Tobago. Caribbean Communications Network […]

The newly established Florida Space Institute–a partnership between the Spaceport Florida Authority (SFA), several local universities and the NASA-sponsored Florida Space Grant Consortium–announced this month it won a $500,000 grant […]

Calling all marketers: The Commerce Department invites U.S. companies to participate in its Aerospace Product Literature Center (APLC) to be located at the U.S. pavilion at this year’s Paris Air […]

PanAmSat Corp. [SPOT] broadcast the 32nd Annual Pediatric Postgraduate Course Teleconference from Miami to more than 60 sites around Latin America, from Jan. 21-23. PanAmSat has been working with the […]

HONOLULU–As long-awaited mobile satellite systems edge closer to enter- ing service and bringing telecommunica tions capabilities to even the most remote villages, a new challenge awaits: Combining local loop systems […]