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Globecomm Systems Inc. and UTStarcom Inc. have created a nationwide demonstration network linking multiple picocells serving their office buildings, with all the backhaul and call control provided via satellite through...

Lon Levin, co-founder of XM Satellite Radio and satellite industry veteran, has joined Slacker Inc. as senior advisor, Slacker announced April 3. Levin is an entrepreneur and executive with over...

DirecTV Inc. announced April 3 that Ellen Filipiak has been named senior vice president for customer service. Filipiak will report to John Suranyi, president of DirecTV Sales and Service, and...

Rep. Bart Gordon (D-Tenn.), chairman of the House committee on science and technology, released an April 2 letter to President George W. Bush calling for the removal of Robert Cobb...

DigitalGlobe, a commercial high-resolution satellite imagery and geospatial information products provider, has joined the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA), NASA and the Medallion Foundation to launch a research...

Jean-Jacques Dordain, the director general of the European Space Agency (ESA), believes that space technologies can help reduce the digital divide in Europe, but that it is up to others...

DirecTV Inc. expended its local high-definition (HD) offerings to Greenville, S.C.; Harrisburg, Pa.; Jacksonville Fla.; and Spokane, Wash., the company announced March 28. The additions bring DirecTV local HD broadcast...

XM Satellite Radio expanded its XM NavTraffic information service to six new markets — Fresno, Calif.; Jacksonville, Fla.; Montreal; Salt Lake City; Toronto; and Vancouver, British Columbia, the company announced.

EMS Satcom, added its CNX-300 Mobile Access Router to its CNX Cabin gateway series of airborne networking devices. The product, which provides Ethernet, Wi-Fi, hub and terminal adapter services with...

Boeing has elevated Rockwell Collins to major subcontractor status on the contract for the Family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals (FAB-T) project, a transformational U.S. Department of Defense initiative. The...