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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...

The European Space Agency (ESA) officially opened the construction site of the Soyuz launch base in French Guiana in a ceremony attended by French authorities and representatives of all the...

GuardianBox will provide security for satellite broadband systems offered by Bentley Walker, a European VSAT distributor, GuardianBox announced Feb. 26. GuardianBox reported that an evaluation of its system resulted in...

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...

China Mobile Broadcasting Satellite Ltd., a Hong Kong-based affiliate of EchoStar Communications Corp. will provide S-band satellite capacity for a mobile video project in China slated to launch prior to...