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NEW YORK-When David Finkelstein looks up at the heavens and ahead to the future, he sees low-earth-orbit satellites as galactic warriors fighting to control suburban sprawl on Earth and provide …

WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc. is charging that private wireless receives a subsidy because it does not pay for its licenses. The enhanced specialized mobile radio operator made the remarks in reply …

NEW YORK-Globalstar L.P. announced it launched four more low-earth-orbit satellites on July 10, bringing the total number of satellites in orbit to 28. The four satellites were launched on a …

Every year about this time, I long to live in Europe, where holiday lasts for a month. I’m on the beach on the Riviera (because in fantasies, one can always …

NEW YORK-Globalstar L.P. announced the successful launch of four low-earth-orbit satellites, bringing the total in-orbit count to 24. The June 10 launch occurred aboard a Boeing Delta II launch rocket …

WASHINGTON-Congress last week continued taking steps to strengthen a weak and noncompetitive U.S. commercial space launch industry that has forced mobile satellite firms to contract overseas, a trend contributing to …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has proposed rules to implement mobile satellite service in the 2 GHz band. The notice of proposed rule making reviews service rules and seeks comments on …

WASHINGTON-The fallout over alleged technology transfers, increasingly testing the mettle of fledgling mobile satellite firms, has prompted new bills to aid the U.S. space launch industry and to ban satellite …

Marketwave Richard Bryan is the new senior vice president of sales and marketing at Marketwave Corp. Bryan previously worked for AT&T Wireless Services Inc. as its vice president of sales …

WASHINGTON-The Boeing Co. was fined $10 million as part of an agreement with the State Department covering improper information transfers to Russian and Ukraine partners in a venture to launch …

WASHINGTON-Boeing Co.’s Sea Launch program has received the go-ahead from the Department of State for a proposed launch early next year, Boeing announced last week. The State Department “has terminated …

WASHINGTON-The House Judiciary Committee, amid legislation to shift satellite export licensing from the Commerce Department to the State Department and new signs that China plans to curtail wireless telecom trade, …

U.S. stock markets, like most markets around the world, last week experienced a roller-coaster ride that left many companies with no choice but to hold on and hope for the …

The U.S. State Department suspended work July 27 on an international project aimed at launching communications satellite-carrying rockets from a floating launch pad near the equator, fearing American technology secrets …

Satellite-based communications is all the buzz in the telecom industry today, with hopeful mobile satellite services providers and terrestrial-based telcos alike shooting satellites into orbit with unprecedented regularity. Yet the …

DENVER, United States-U.S.-based Teledesic L.L.C. and Motorola Inc. announced in June they will become partners in the development and deployment of Teledesic’s global broadband “Internet-in-the-Sky” satellite communications system. The Boeing …

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.-Iridium L.L.C.’s satellite communications system using digital wireless technology developed by Motorola Inc. was demonstrated with phone calls placed on the system last Wednesday night, following the completion of …

Teledesic L.L.C. and Motorola Inc. last week announced they will become partners in the development and deployment of Teledesic’s global broadband “Internet-in-the-Sky” satellite communications system. The Boeing Co., a leading …

NEW YORK-Mobile Communications Holdings Inc., Washington, D.C., announced The Boeing Co. is to be the system integrator for the new Ellipso mobile satellite system in a contract valued at more …

Telesystem International Wireless Inc., Canada, signed a letter of intent with SOGERA to acquire, for approximately US$13 million, the French trunked radio operations of France Telecom that were marketed under …

Iridium L.L.C., the international consortium working to establish a 66-satellite network for a global wireless personal communications network, announced it intends to launch and operate an additional constellation of 96 …

NEW YORK-Globalstar, L.P., which plans to become a wholesaler of a satellite-based wireless voice and data communications, will sell a $325 million issue of senior notes. Globalstar, headquartered in New …

WASHINGTON-National Telecommunications and Information Administration head Larry Irving called the first U.S.-China telecommunications summit “a resounding success,” an appraisal that belies the Clinton administration’s growing frustration with Chinese trade barriers …

WASHINGTON-Though legislation to privatize the world’s two multigovernment international satellite consortia is unlikely to move until next year, firms are moving ahead aggressively to lock in new mobile satellite service …