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KVH SUES DATRON FOR PATENT INFRINGEMENT
Middletown, R.I.-based KVH Industries Inc. [KVHI] filed suit in U.S. District Court in Rhode Island against in-motion satellite antenna competitor Datron/Transco Inc. [DTSI] for infringing a KVH patent. KVH is...
SSE TELECOM SHIPS MORE IP3 INTERNET GATEWAY UNITS
Fremont, Calif.-based SSE Telecom Inc. [SSET] is shipping additional beta-test systems of its new iP3 broadband satellite Internet gateway platform. The first iP3 beta test systems, shipped by SSET two...
ORBCOMM TO BRING WIRELESS DATA SOLUTIONS TO DECISIONLINK
Orbcomm Global L.P. value-added reseller, Intrex Data Communications Corp., of Vancouver, British Columbia, and Dallas, plans to merge with FiberChem Inc. [FOCS] of Las Vegas, Nevada. Financial details were not...
GLOBALSTAR OPENS GATEWAY IN VENEZUELA
Globalstar L.P. [GSTRF] service partner Telecommunications par Satellites Mobiles (TE.SA.M.) opened the newest Globalstar gateway in Los Velasquez, Venezuela, bringing the total number of fully operational gateways to 13. The...
ITC RAPS FLEXTECH
Complaints about a programme on Flextech-owned Bravo were upheld by the ITC this week. Real TV broadcast in October showed a story where a 13 year-old boy died in a...
MAJOR SOLAR FLARE THREATENS SATELLITES
A major solar flare on February 17 had the potential to do some serious damage to both geostationary and LEO satellites. When the superheated mass, known as a coronal mass,...
JSTV GOES DIGITAL
Japan Satellite TV (JSTV) the analogue Japanese-language subscription service for expatriate executives living in Europe is to switch from analogue to digital transmission. Digital broadcasts are expected to start in...
MICROSOFT TEAMS WITH GILAT
Microsoft has confirmed that it will team up with Israel’s Gilat in the latter’s Gilat-To-Home subsidiary, which plans to offer two-way broadband satellite access to consumers. Microsoft will hold 26...
MTG STAYS IN THE BLACK
Modern Times Group stayed in the black for the financial year 1999. “During the two last years we have produced a swing of more than half a billion kronar from...
BETTING VIA CANALSATELLITE
Canalsatellite made a flurry of announcements at the Milia event in Cannes (February 14-18) concerning its interactive services. A service for betting on horse races is to launch in April,...