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PhoenixNet Ltd. signed an agreement with Yahoo! Hong Kong to provide broadband-enabled services via satellite across the Asia Pacific region. According to the agreement, PhoenixNet will provide Yahoo! Hong Kong...

The Societe Europeenee des Satellites, the Luxembourg-based satellite broadcaster that plans to start delivering the Internet via satellite later this year, and iBEAM Broadcasting Corp. [IBEM], a two-year-old Silicon Valley...

Final Analysis Inc., which is building a Little LEO satellite system for data communications, has awarded further satellite construction contracts to General Dynamics Corp. [GD] and L-3 Communications Holdings Inc....

iSky completed a second round of financing, raising $137 million, toward the first phase of its planned Ka-band satellite system. Echostar Communications Corp. [DISH] was the lead investor in the...

LAS VEGAS – The advent of satellite-delivered broadband services is one of the most “exciting” developments in the industry, Chuck Hewitt, president of the Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association (SBCA),...

Lessons Learned from Iridium, ICO, and Globalstar – Part I The communications satellite industry is facing a profound crisis. The financial disaster created by the Big LEO experiments has far-reaching...

In an effort to put years of accounting problems behind it, Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB] appointed a new chief financial officer (CFO). Garrett Pierce will become an executive vice president,...

Temporary Stock Run-Up, Early Release Of 2Q Numbers Keep Eyes On The Company While the future of Globalstar L.P. [GSTRF] is still undetermined, the company still is moving forward with...

PanAmSat Corp is reporting earnings of about $59.23 million (E55.47m) or 39 cents per share on revenues of $322.25 million during the second quarter of this year. This compares with...

Earlier this year the so-called Saudi Arabian ‘dish ban’ was widely reported to have been lifted, with key regional broadcasters like ART and Orbit publicly welcoming the relaxation of rules....