mobile satellite

After months of uncertainty peppered with glimpses of hope, Iridium L.L.C. officially settled into its new home last week as a mobile satellite service provider for government and remote commercial …

Globalstar USA, in desperate need of some debt relief, announced it launched Globalstar Data Services, which will provide 9,600 bit per-second Internet connectivity for the same per-minute rate as voice …

BETHESDA, Md.-Comsat Mobile Communications said it launched direct Internet access for mobile satellite users. Customers connect directly to the Internet and e-mail, eliminating the need for an Internet service provider. …

WASHINGTON-As the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau prepared to celebrate its one-year anniversary, the agency fined Qualcomm Inc. $25,000 for not complying with the 911 strongest-signal rules. The fine, which was agreed …

Mobile satellite services will shortly be available across the Middle East via the Thuraya network. United Arab Emirates-based Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications has announced the launch of its Thuraya-1 satellite. The …

WASHINGTON-The Arkansas Broadcasters Association last week urged the Federal Communications Commission to require mobile satellite service operators to relocate broadcasters, regardless of their size, whose equipment cannot be reprogrammed, on …

For more than six months the mobile satellite industry has been trying to polish its image after the well-publicized failure of Iridium L.L.C. tarnished the reputation of all those involved …

NEW YORK-Wireless users may be free of the wire but not of the clutter. Despite the image of untethered communications, they are burdened with a bevy of devices. Only technology …

WASHINGTON-If Al Gore becomes the next president of the United States, as polls increasingly are suggesting, Big Telecom could gain unprecedented access to the White House and have extraordinary influence …

Rep. Rush Holt (D-N.J.) postponed introduction of legislation to prohibit unsolicited advertising on mobile phones. Holt was to go forward with the mobile-phone spam measure Thursday, but pressing business delayed …

The Federal Communications Commission released its service rules for the allocation of spectrum in the 2 GHz band for nine mobile satellite service providers, including Globalstar L.P., Celsat America Inc. …

The RCR editorial staff has realigned its beat coverage for Denver-based reporters in order to capitalize on the rapid changes taking place in the wireless industry. In addition, RCR reporter …

The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit to block the US$129 billion merger between WorldCom and Sprint, the second- and third-largest U.S. long-distance telecom carriers, respectively. The lawsuit, combined with …

WASHINGTON-A major satellite export reform bill passed by the GOP-led Congress two years ago has blown up in the face of lawmakers at a time when Republicans and Democrats are …

A running joke dogging the Wireless Application Protocol industry is that its initials, WAP, stand for “Where are the phones?” Applying that to the messaging industry, desperate to be included …

A group of satellite technology experts, military officials and debt and operational restructuring professionals have submitted a proposal to acquire the assets of Iridium L.L.C. for $61 million, but according …

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 …

Globalstar Telecommunications Ltd. said its money will run out in five months unless it gets help. In the meantime, ongoing efforts to establish a worldwide network and begin widespread commercial …

Bell Atlantic Mobile, Vodafone AirTouch plc and PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P. had a problem when they were going to merge their U.S. wireless assets into a single company. How do …

Now that wireless phone providers have jumped on the Wireless Application Protocol bandwagon, it seems only fitting that the dedicated data network providers should follow suit. And they are, with …

RESTON, Va.-American Mobile Satellite Corp. announced it has changed its name to Motient Corp., with the new Nasdaq symbol MTNT. “Motient is information in motion, solutions in motion and instant …

RESTON, Va.-American Mobile Satellite Corp. and Computer Associates International Inc. have agreed to develop what they called eBusiness applications, combining AMSC’s wireless data network with CA’s Unicenter TNG infrastructure.

Concerns over the effectiveness of Research In Motion Ltd.’s distribution partners came to a head last week, as expectations of flat revenues in the face of increased spending forced the …

Integrating satellite communication technology with the Internet became somewhat of a theme among mobile satellite services carriers last week, following a Datacomm Research Co. report suggesting satellite voice services aren’t …

Metrocall Inc. formed a strategic partnering agreement with WirelessMD Inc. to target the medical community. Specifically, the two hope to upgrade existing one-way paging accounts to two-way interactive paging services …