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At a Special Meeting today, SkyTerra (OTCBB: SKYT) stockholders voted to approve the merger agreement for SkyTerra to be acquired by a new corporation formed and indirectly wholly-owned by Harbinger Capital Partners Master Fund I, Ltd. and Harbinger Capital Partners Special Situations Fund, L.P.
Read MoreGilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (Nasdaq: GILT), has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Raysat Antenna Systems, (RAS), a provider of SATCOM On The Move antenna solutions.
Read MoreSES ASTRA, an SES company [Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG], announced today that it has taken full ownership of SES SIRIUS AB by acquiring the remaining 10 percent of the shares from the Swedish Space Corporation (SSC).
Read MoreGlobecomm Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: GCOM), who provides satellite-based communications infrastructure solutions and services, announced the Company has acquired Carrier to Carrier Telecom BV (C2C) and the assets of Evolution Communication Ltd. (Evocomm) from Carrier to Carrier Telecomm Holdings Ltd (C2C Holdings).
Read MoreTeamCast has purchased Ditocom of Chateaugiron, France, who specialize in DVB-S2 satellite broadcast technologies.
Read MoreIntegral Systems,Inc., (Nasdaq:ISYS) announced the Company's acquisition of privately held CVG, Incorporated and its subsidiary, Avtec Systems, Inc. (together, "CVG-Avtec").
Read MoreOrbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) has reached a definitive agreement to acquire the spacecraft development and manufacturing business of General Dynamics Corporation's (NYSE: GD) subsidiary, GD Advanced Information Systems.
Read MoreIn a plan to consolidate its presence in European and Middle East markets OmniGlobe Networks EMEA announces that effective immediately, it has signed a Letter of Intent ("LOI") to acquire the entire issued share capital and assets of privately-held Sat-Comm Ltd for a combination of cash and ordinary shares in OmniGlobe Networks Inc.
Read MoreU.S. satellite fleet operator EchoStar and its Mexican satellite-television partner are proposing to buy struggling Mexican satellite operator Satmex for $267 million in cash in a deal endorsed by Satmex management but still awaiting make-or-break approval by Satmex bondholders, “some of which … are opposed to the transaction,” EchoStar announced February 26.
Read MoreNews Corporation has reached an agreement to purchase a 9.09 per cent stake in Rotana Group, the Middle East media group.
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