Author: JJ McCoy

Ericsson has made an unsolicited offer to acquire Tandberg Television for 9.8 billion Norwegian kroner ($1.6 billion), Ericsson announced Feb. 26. Ericsson has acquired 11.7 percent of the outstanding shares...

Shin Satellite reported a net loss of 46 million Baht ($1.4 million) in 2006, the company announced Feb. 26. Discounting a 675 million Baht ($20.1 million) write-off of the Thaicom-3...

[2/26/07] Relations between BSkyB and Virgin Media (formerly ntl Telewest) seem to have hit an all time low, as Virgin Media issued a statement Feb. 23 saying that by the...

A week after the unveiling of the proposed merger of Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio, consensus about its prospects and possibilities remained muddled as federal officials prepare to...

Mexico’s telecommunications regulator, Federal Commission of Telecommunications (Cofetel), has approved the rules for a Ka-band satellite license auction, the regulator announced Feb. 21. This is Cofetel’s second attempt to auction...

Hughes Network Systems LLC and Sea Tel Inc., have completed interoperability testing on a VSAT platform for the maritime market, Hughes announced. The platform combines the Hughes HX family of...

SAT Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Integral Systems Inc. has released two new software options that extend the ability of its product lines to detect and locate the source...

The European Technical Standards Institute (ETSI) has approved and published the SES SDR standard for satellite digital radio services in Europe, Ondas Media announced. The standard has been developed by...

Blue Sky Network, a logistics solution provider for two-way linking and managing transportation assets via satellite, announced the expansion to its aviation product line with a carry-on, flight-tracking device, the...

[2/23/07] Arianespace will launch the AMC-21 satellite for SES Americom in the 2008 second quarter aboard an Ariane 5 rocket, the companies announced Feb. 21. The satellite previously had been...