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Telenor intends to invest up to DM2 billion (Euro 1 billion) in Germany within the next three years. A new subsidiary, Telenor Deutschland, will offer a large variety of services,...

According to managing director Dieter Gorny, German music channel Viva’s flotation is now planned for late summer. At a presentation of Viva Zwei’s revised schedule he said that the channel...

European Radio Network (ERN), a subsidiary of London-based World Radio Network (WRN), has launched EuroMax on Astra (19.2 degrees East), replacing WRN’s German-language service. EuroMax Deutsch re-broadcasts selected German-language programmes...

The U.S. civil space program closed a chapter of space exploration when NASA officially ended all attempts at contacting the Mars Polar Lander Jan. 17 after a month-long effort in...

Although a U.S. defense satellite intelligence system experienced serious Y2K problems with permanent loss of data, the GPS system functioned as expected through the year-end rollover, according to the military...

Professor Joseph Pelton of George Washington University in Washington will receive the annual Arthur C. Clarke Award at the Satellite 2000 conference on Feb. 2. The award will be presented...

A Founders Conference for the new Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Telecommunications and Information (CITI) will be held at Intelsat’s headquarters in Washington on Feb. 5. Events will include video...

TRW Inc. [TRW] has made several changes within its California-based Space & Electronics Group (S&EG): Joanne Maguire is appointed vice president of group development for S&EG. She will oversee all...

Satel Conseil, a French Satellite communications firm, has made two key management moves: Paul Michel Pignal has been named president, replacing the retiring Michel Popot. Pignal comes to Satel Conseil...

At our deadline, no space-industry companies had reported any major (or even minor) Y2K problems, which clearly was a relief for the hundreds of thousands of people working worldwide in...