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As Globalstar Telecommunications Ltd. faces a funding gap, a proposed merger between two emerging satellite operators adds yet another twist in the short history of the mobile satellite industry. Globalstar …

WASHINGTON-Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) last week disclosed portions of a 1998 memo of a former federal prosecutor that pushed for a probe of President Clinton and Loral Corp. Chairman Bernard …

WASHINGTON-With the House up for grabs this fall and a slew of high-tech bills pending before Congress, the high-tech lobby is flexing its muscle on Capitol Hill and shaping the …

The GOP-led Congress thought it had the answer. Responding with indignant outrage to alleged technology transfers from U.S. satellite firms to China and Russia in recent years, Republicans passed legislation …

WASHINGTON-Independent Counsel Ralph Lancaster last week cleared Labor Secretary Alexis Herman of using her political clout and soliciting illegal campaign contributions as a former White House aide to help Mobile …

WASHINGTON-The State Department last week charged Lockheed Martin Corp., a top space-based wireless system vendor and integrator, with numerous violations of U.S. export control law by giving a Chinese-controlled firm …

Lightbridge Joseph Tibbetts Jr. resigned from Lightbridge Inc. as the company’s chief financial officer in order to pursue an opportunity in venture capital. U.S. Wireless Data Charles Leone accepted the …

Tessco Tessco Technologies Inc. appointed Kevin P. Demery vice president and unit director of product and brand development. He will be responsible for electronic commerce, product management, strategic planning and …

GENEVA-Globalstar officially announced at Telecom ’99 a phased launch of its mobile satellite service. The phased launch begins with user trials, followed by a soft launch that will allow the …

GENEVA-Globalstar officially announced at Telecom ’99 a phased launch of its mobile satellite service. The phased launch begins with user trials, followed by a soft launch that will allow the …

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-Nearly lost in the cacophony over the now-defunct law that unleashed Ken Starr on President Clinton is that Labor Secretary Alexis Herman remains under investigation by one of the few …

What should have been a blow to the U.S. mobile satellite services industry is turning more into a tap on the shoulder as MSS companies conduct business as usual despite …

Qwest Communications International is pursuing an acquisition of U S West in competition with another bidder, Global Crossing. Microsoft announced in mid-May a US$600 million investment in Nextel Communications, the …

NEW YORK-Globalstar Telecommunications Inc. has arranged for a $500 million credit facility underwritten by Bank of America NT&SA, guaranteed by two subsidiaries of Loral Space & Communications. The company said …

Authentix Authentix Network Inc. announced David Rowan and Raymond Szull joined the company as regional vice presidents in sales. Rowan will be based in Pennsylvania and will be responsible for …

WASHINGTON-A House panel probing U.S.-Sino ties is expected this week to release a long-anticipated report that concludes satellite technology transfers and nuclear espionage by China have severely compromised U.S. national …

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-Just when it appeared the United States and China were on the verge of a major trade agreement promising huge wireless export opportunities and Chinese membership in the World Trade …

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 …

WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration, reacting for the first time to a new congressional report that concluded American satellite exports to China harmed U.S. national security, last week defended U.S. export controls …

of the Associated Press WASHINGTON(AP)-United States technology deals with China, including some with military significance, harmed national security, a House committee concluded unanimously. “These transfers are not limited to missile …

WASHINGTON-CIA officials last week were expected to appear before a federal grand jury here in connection with new revelations that intelligence officials may have broken the law by contacting Hughes …

Analysts say the launch of Iridium L.L.C.’s mobile satellite service has positioned Globalstar L.L.P. to be a low-cost provider when it offers service around 2000. After losing 12 satellites in …

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, …