Author: JJ McCoy

[2/16/07] Iridium Satellite will spend more than $2 billion to build and deploy its second-generation satellite constellation, dubbed Iridium Next, the company announced Feb. 15. Plans call for the system ...

Intelsat has appointed William Shernit as president of its subsidiary, Intelsat General, Intelsat announced Feb. 14. Intelsat General provides communications systems primarily to military and civilian government customers. Shernit has...

[2/15/07] Eagle Broadband Inc., a national provider of broadband, Internet protocol (IP) and digital communications technology and services, received notice from the American Stock Exchange (Amex) indicating that the staff...

Sirius Canada Inc. added more than 100,000 subscribers since Nov. 22, bringing its total subscriber base to more than 300,000, the company announced Feb. 13. The company launched service in...

Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has completed satellite support operations for U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) program, the company announced Feb. 13. SS/L manufactured the GOES...

Wesley Bush has been elected COO of Northrop Grumman Corp., the company announced Feb. 13. Bush, who also serves as Northrop Grumman’s president, joined the company in 2002 as part...

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[2/14/07] GlobeCast and Envivio Inc. have reached an agreement to deliver content to Orange’s mobile TV subscribers throughout France, the companies announced Feb. 13. The new solution, based at GlobeCast’s...

Starsys Inc., a subsidiary of SpaceDev, has completed testing of part of the antenna-pointing gimbal for the GeoEye-1 imaging satellite, SpaceDev announced Feb. 12. The antenna-pointing gimbal reduces motion created...

SkyWave Mobile Communications has received Inmarsat type approval for its SureLinx 8100 D+/GPRS integrated wireless controller, allowing for its use throughout the global Inmarsat network, SkyWave announced.