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Globecomm Systems Inc. and UTStarcom Inc. have created a nationwide demonstration network linking multiple picocells serving their office buildings, with all the backhaul and call control provided via satellite through...

Lon Levin, co-founder of XM Satellite Radio and satellite industry veteran, has joined Slacker Inc. as senior advisor, Slacker announced April 3. Levin is an entrepreneur and executive with over...

DirecTV Inc. announced April 3 that Ellen Filipiak has been named senior vice president for customer service. Filipiak will report to John Suranyi, president of DirecTV Sales and Service, and...

Rep. Bart Gordon (D-Tenn.), chairman of the House committee on science and technology, released an April 2 letter to President George W. Bush calling for the removal of Robert Cobb...

EchoStar Communications Corp. and Google have entered into a partnership agreement to introduce the first automated system for buying, selling, delivering and measuring television ads on Dish Network’s 125 national...

Arqiva has completed its acquisition of BT Satellite Broadcast Services. Arqiva announced in November 2006 that it was going to acquire the company in a cash deal worth 25 million...

DirecTV Inc. expended its local high-definition (HD) offerings to Greenville, S.C.; Harrisburg, Pa.; Jacksonville Fla.; and Spokane, Wash., the company announced March 28. The additions bring DirecTV local HD broadcast...

XM Satellite Radio expanded its XM NavTraffic information service to six new markets — Fresno, Calif.; Jacksonville, Fla.; Montreal; Salt Lake City; Toronto; and Vancouver, British Columbia, the company announced.

EMS Satcom, added its CNX-300 Mobile Access Router to its CNX Cabin gateway series of airborne networking devices. The product, which provides Ethernet, Wi-Fi, hub and terminal adapter services with...

Boeing has elevated Rockwell Collins to major subcontractor status on the contract for the Family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals (FAB-T) project, a transformational U.S. Department of Defense initiative. The...