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Moving On Up… At Globalstar…Globalstar, Inc. [Nasdaq:GSAT] has appointed Thomas M. Colby, 47, as Chief Operating Officer, effective May 19, 2008. Colby joins the Company from his recent position as Vice President and General Manager of Trimble Navigation Limited (formerly @Road, Inc.), a provider of GPS and other advanced positioning solutions, where he planned, developed and launched Trimble’s re-entry into the transportation market and managed cross-functional teams covering development, operations, marketing, sales and finance—Milpitas, California

MilSpec PDA With GPS… Just introduced by Industrial Computing is their Guardian Military PDA, designed to provide a full range of computing functions in a PDA that meets Military specifications for shock, vibration, and electromagnetic interference. These include MIL-STD-801F, MIL-STD-461E, and MIL-STD-464A. Built to take a five foot drop onto concrete, waterproof and sealed, the Windows Mobile 6.0/Windows CE 5.0 based system can be adapted to a wide range of applications. The 3.7-inch transflective screen with resistive touch screen is available in VGA and QVGA models and a full range of I/O capabilities are available. These include USB, RS232, RJ-45, CF, Stereo, Microphone, and DC power. Communications capabilities include Bluetooth, WLAN, GPS, and GSM/GPRS/3G/3.5G. The powerful battery allows a full eight hours of usage before requiring recharging. A downloadable brochure is available here…—Waltham, Massachusetts

Financially Speaking… Intelsat… The financial results for their three-month period ended March 31, 2008, have been reported by Intelsat, Ltd. The Company reported revenue of $572.7 million and a net loss of $412.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2008, which included $313.1 million in restructuring and transaction costs incurred in connection with the February 4, 2008 acquisition of all of the equity ownership of its parent, Intelsat Holdings, Ltd., by Intelsat Global, Ltd. (formerly known as Serafina Holdings Limited), an entity controlled by funds advised by BC Partners Holdings Ltd., Silver Lake Partners and certain other equity investors—Pembroke, Bermuda

ViaSat Gets Russian Repairs Going… ViaSat [NASDAQ:VSAT) has signed Infrastruktura TK to become a “ViaSat Authorized Repair Center” for satellite communication system service, repairs, and spares in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). The addition of the ITK service center gives service providers in the region an in-country source for fast turnaround of service and support requests for their ViaSat LinkStar® and LinkWay® satellite systems. ITK, based in Moskow, has years of experience in servicing all hub-based, mesh, and single-channel-per carrier satellite systems in the Russian Federation. For more information, head here…—Carlsbad, California

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