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Iridium Secures Favorable Rate on Coface Loan
Read more →: Iridium Secures Favorable Rate on Coface Loan[08-06-10] Iridium Communications has received interest rate commitments on the $1.8 billion credit facility it secured with French…
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Ofcom, U.K. Competition Commission to Investigate BSkyB Pay-TV Practices
Read more →: Ofcom, U.K. Competition Commission to Investigate BSkyB Pay-TV Practices[08-06-10] Ofcom, the U.K. communications regulator, has asked the U.K. Competition Commission to investigate concerns regarding BSkyB’s sale…
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Airspan, LightSquared Partner to Market Wireless Smart Grid Spectrum
Read more →: Airspan, LightSquared Partner to Market Wireless Smart Grid Spectrum[08-06-10] Airspan Networks, a broadband wireless access solutions provider, signed an agreement with LightSquared to market its 1.4…
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Inmarsat Invests $1.2 Billion in Boeing Ka-Band Satellite Deal
Read more →: Inmarsat Invests $1.2 Billion in Boeing Ka-Band Satellite Deal[08-06-10] Inmarsat will invest more than $1 billion in three Ka-band satellites that will be manufactured by Boeing…
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Arianespace Wins Pair of Launch Contracts; Places Rascom, Nilesat in Orbit
Read more →: Arianespace Wins Pair of Launch Contracts; Places Rascom, Nilesat in Orbit[08-06-10] Arianespace has been contracted by Intelsat to launch the Intelsat-20 satellite and also received a contract from…
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EMS Mobile, Global Tracking Businesses Drive Second Quarter Profits
Read more →: EMS Mobile, Global Tracking Businesses Drive Second Quarter Profits[08-05-10] EMS Technologies’ LXE mobile and global tracking businesses drove company profits in the second quarter of 2010,…
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MTN Wins Five-Year VSAT Contract Extension with Crystal Cruises
Read more →: MTN Wins Five-Year VSAT Contract Extension with Crystal Cruises[08-05-10] MTN Satellite Communications (MTN) has been awarded a five-year contract extension with Crystal Cruises to provide its…
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Hughes Reports Healthy Gains in 2010 Second Quarter
Read more →: Hughes Reports Healthy Gains in 2010 Second Quarter[08-05-10] Hughes Communications enjoyed a strong fiscal 2010 second quarter as its adjusted EBITDA increased 29 percent to…
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NASA and Commercial industry combine to outline FTD Propellant Depot plan
Read more →: NASA and Commercial industry combine to outline FTD Propellant Depot planA collaboration between experts at numerous NASA centers and commercial companies have created a plan for an “in-space…
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Congress Claims NASA Ignored Conflicts of Interest in ITT Space Network Deal
Read more →: Congress Claims NASA Ignored Conflicts of Interest in ITT Space Network Deal[08-05-10] A U.S. Congressional Science and Technology Committee claims NASA personnel at the Goddard Space Center ignored potential…
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USDA: $1.2 Billion Available in Second Broadband Stimulus Funding Round
Read more →: USDA: $1.2 Billion Available in Second Broadband Stimulus Funding Round[08-05-10] The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will provide $1.2 billion in broadband access and adoption grants in…
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GeoPro Expands Enterprise, Government Market Presence in the South Pacific
Read more →: GeoPro Expands Enterprise, Government Market Presence in the South Pacific[08-05-10] Remote workforce solutions developer GeoPro LBS contracted Beam Communications to distribute the GeoPro solution in Australia, New…