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China Mobile Broadcasting Satellite Ltd., a Hong Kong-based affiliate of EchoStar Communications Corp. will provide S-band satellite capacity for a mobile video project in China slated to launch prior to...

Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp. has signed a joint technology development agreement with Thrane & Thrane A/S to develop next-generation mobile satellite solutions for the U.S. Department of Defense and other...

International Datacasting Corp. (IDC) will provide a next generation DVB-S2 broadband satellite communications system to Telesat Canada. IDC and U.S.-based Efficient Channel Coding a subsidiary of ViaSat, will supply a...

NASA officials signed a memorandum of understanding with Virgin Galactic LLC Feb. 20 to explore potential space technology development cooperation, NASA announced. NASA Ames Research Center and Virgin Galactic LLC,...

KVH Industries Inc.’s has added Lazydays RV SuperCenter, a recreational vehicle (RV) dealership, to KVH’s independent dealer network, KVH announced Feb. 22. Network members ooffer KVH’s TracVision mobile satellite TV...

Gilat has won a key VSAT deal in one of Africa’s major markets by signing a deal with Nigerian ISP Hyperia, which will see it supply its SkyEdge broadband satellite...

ViaSat is acquiring privately held Intelligent Compression Technologies (ICT), ViaSat announced Feb. 21. ICT provides corporations, Internet service providers (ISPs), and satellite/wireless carriers with patented data-compression techniques, advanced transport protocols,...

Artel, a global provider of information technology and managed network services, announced Feb. 21 that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has competitively awarded the company two task orders to...

Batelco, a telco in Bahrain, has signed a deal to offer satellite services to customers in the Middle East. Its memorandum of understanding with SpeedCast for the development of satellite...

EchoStar, the U.S. pay-TV operator on Feb. 21 announced both a satellite launch and a major international investment. The company plans to launch with International Launch Services (ILS) a satellite...