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Brazilian telecommunications agency Agencia Nacional de Telecomunica has awarded Hispasat a license to operate in Brazil. Hispasat will be able to use its Hispasat 1C satellite to offer satellite-based telephony,...

Hauppauge, N.Y.-based satellite Internet service provider NetSat Express announced an agreement with <ST>Cisco Systems Inc. [CSCO]<E> that will enable Cisco to build out its Internet infrastructure hardware in underdeveloped countries....

British Telecom (BT) has opened a second North American teleport facility in Marina del Rey, California, close to Los Angeles. The centre will provide a full range of satellite, fibre...

Following the recent launch of a pay-TV channel dedicated to the Milan club, the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) has come up with the idea of a launching a satellite channel...

Satellite operators and builders will continue to struggle to secure finance for new projects (at least for the time being) in the wake of the highly publicised bankruptcies, launch failures...

More and more Italians are opting for a subscription to a pay-TV service, with live Italian league football being the main crowd-puller, followed by movies and news/current affairs. Latest figures...

Twenty one months after its initial planned launch date, the Greek Nova digital satellite bouquet has finally obtained a licence and is now officially on air. However, Greece seems set...

Stephen Blum, president of industry analysts Tellus Venture Associates, forecasts a buoyant future for DirecTV and Echostar’s DBS services over North America. He says that DBS, despite cable’s massive penetration...

ICO Global Communications has secured a definitive agreement with Craig McCaw’s Eagle River Investments, throwing a lifeline to the MSS operator, which has been in Chapter 11 bankruptcy since last...

One of the lesser-known Ka-band satellite contenders may beat Hughes Spaceway and Lockheed Martin-backed Astrolink into commercial service. The outsider is iSky, formerly known as KaStar. The company was founded...