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COM DEV International Ltd. [TSX: CDV] has announced Terry Reidel has been appointed to its Board of Directors, as well as the Board's Audit Committee and Human Resources and Compensation Committee. Mr. Reidel is a Fellow Chartered Accountant who had a 39-year career at Ernst & Young.
Read MoreEchoStar Communications Corporation’s [NASDAQ: DISH] Board of Directors has directed Management to pursue a possible separation of its businesses into two distinct ,publicly traded companies. EchoStar recently submitted a request to the Internal Revenue Service for a ruling as to the tax-free nature of the transaction. Under the proposed plan, EchoStar's U.S. consumer pay-TV business would continue to operate as the DISH Network.
Read MoreGlobalstar, Inc. [NASDAQ:GSAT has signed an agreement with Radyne Corporation business unit AeroAstro to purchase AeroAstro’s SENS (Sensor Enabled Notification System) Appliqués. The technology will be used to further expand Globalstar’s Simplex data geographic coverage and grow its Simplex data customer capacity in Asia and Latin America.
Read MoreOmniGlobe Networks, Inc. has received $3 million in financing from the Bank of Montreal (BMO), the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC), and FIER CPVC Montreal L.P. OmniGlobe is a global telecommunications company that provides affordable satellite and WiMAX broadband Internet and VoIP services to various geographic regions around the world where terrestrial telecommunications are unavailable, unreliable, or too expensive.
Read MoreTeleCommunication Systems, Inc. [NasdaqGM: TSYS] reveals they have been awarded a contract by the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Lifecycle Management Command contracting authority at Ft. Monmouth, N.J., for satellite communications terminals and maintenance to support the U.S. 1st Cavalry Division. This contract is valued at US$2.4 million.
Read MoreThe clock is clicking closer and closer to the only New York-based industry event bringing together those who “shake” and “move” the satellite industry. This referral, of course, is for ISIS NYC ’07.
Read MorePride in product and technology is heightened when such are acknowledged by patent authorities, a real “pat on the back” and recognition of competency. Now awarded with two Canadian Patents and two Australian Patents is Mobile Satellite Ventures, majority owned and controlled by SkyTerra Communications, Inc. [OTCBB:SKYT]. These patents protect essential aspects of the company’s mobile satellite services (MSS) and ancillary terrestrial component (ATC) technology.
Read MoreTwo key appointments have been made by Thales Communications. Walt Hepker and Glen Parker are the recipients of these announced position changes.
Read MoreSkyPort Global Communications has named two veteran satellite industry executives to key positions on its business development team.
Read MoreFrom a Deutsche Welle German radio broadcast on September 19th, information regarding the EU’s Galileo project was broadcast. And as most of our readers are well aware, the multi-billion-euro Galileo satnav project, a counter to the US global positioning system GPS, has experienced some troubles of late.
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