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TeleCommunication Systems Inc. (TCS) has been awarded a contract to provide satellite system components to the Project Manager, Defense Communications and Army Transmission System team, TCS announced June 13. Under...

ND SatCom appointed David Bowne vice president of sales, the company announced June 13. Bowne, who will be responsible for overall sales in the Americas region, previously held positions with...

Globalstar Inc. expanded its satellite Simplex data coverage to include all of Australia, New Zealand and the surrounding maritime region, the company announced June 13. The move expands the asset...

Exmar Shipmanagement N.V. has selected SeaWave’s Integrator solution to provide communications aboard Exmar’s fleet of 25 oil and gas vessels, SeaWave and Iridium Satellite announced June 12. The SeaWave system...

Inmarsat has made SatCom Group a full distribution partner for its forthcoming satellite phone services scheduled to be introduced in the third quarter, SatCom announced June 11. Inmarsat’s voice services...

Vodacom Group, South Africa’s largest cell phone company, and Naspers, the country’s largest media company, have formed a venture to sell satellite television services, the companies announced. Consumers will be...

Globecomm Systems Inc. has been awarded a $16.1 million contract to install a next-generation media processing center for an unnamed telecommunications services provider in Asia, Globecomm announced. Under a previously...

Alliant Techsystems (ATK) completed its acquisition of Swales Aerospace, a provider of satellite components and subsystems, small spacecraft and engineering services for NASA, the U.S. Department of Defense and commercial...

Multichoice, an African direct-to-home operator, has linked up with South African mobile operator Vodacom to try and increase Multichoice’s pay-TV subscriber base. Vodacom will sell a pair of Multichoice’s digital...

Spanish industrial group Abertis, which in January acquired a stake in Eutelsat Communications, is in talks to acquire up to 40 percent of Hispasat, Abertis reported. Hispasat announced June 8...