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TerreStar Networks Inc. defended its request to the Federal Communications Commission to delay its mobile satellite launch, claiming that the 10-month postponement “is in the public interest.”The Reston, Va.-based firm …

Inmarsat Global Ltd. has challenged TerreStar Networks Inc.’s request to delay for nearly a year its mobile satellite launch currently scheduled for November.TerreStar in late May asked the Federal Communications …

Vermont officials have tapped TerreStar Networks Inc. to bring wireless broadband and telecommunications services to the state’s rural and underserved areas.TerreStar, which is a subsidiary of Illinois’ Motient Corp., announced …

Remember James D. Dondero, the Highland Capital Management L.P. honcho who made Motient Corp. want to forget 2006 and all the fun that comes with nasty proxy fights and lawsuits? …

The Federal Communications Commission agreed to reserve a spectrum block for mobile satellite services provider TerreStar Networks Inc., one of a handful of firms trying to avoid past mistakes that …

The Federal Communications Commission agreed to reserve a large chunk of frequencies for TerreStar Networks Inc., a firm that plans to provide wireless service throughout North America using a hybrid …

WASHINGTON—Motient Corp. named a new management team, continuing moves to separate two affiliated mobile satellite service companies into two independent publicly traded entities and possibly to better position the Lincolnshire, …

LOS ANGELES–The M2M module market is growing as enterprises grasp the technology’s promise of efficiency in gathering data from many points and wirelessly transmitting it to a single cellular connection …

WASHINGTON-The unsuccessful proxy fight lodged by Highland Capital Management L.P. against Motient Corp. has given way to another nasty skirmish over proposed ownership changes in mobile satellite assets whose value …

LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill.—Motient Corp. increased its ownership of TerreStar Networks Inc. from 54.3 percent to 55.1 percent, according to an 8-K filing the company made. The transaction involved Motient Ventures Holding …

Despite initial anticipation that cable and satellite companies would use the advanced wireless services spectrum auction to catapult into the mobile marketplace, the hype doesn’t seem to be panning out. …

WASHINGTON—Satellite television providers EchoStar Communications Corp. and DirecTV Group Inc. have pulled out of the advanced wireless service spectrum auction. Click here for the latest headlines from the AWS auction. …

Motient Corp. scored a solid win against Highland Capital Management L.P. and its president, James Dondero, with news that Motient stockholders voted to elect all of the company’s six nominees …

LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill.—Motient Corp. announced a solid win against Highland Capital Management L.P. and its president, James Dondero, with news that Motient stockholders voted to elect all of the company’s six …

WASHINGTON—A Delaware court rejected Highland Capital Management L.P.’s suit to gain access to Motient Corp.’s books and records, but the Dallas-based hedge fund claims it got a major boost from …

LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill.-Motient Corp. said it is selling its legacy wireless data business, including its narrowband terrestrial DataTac wireless data network and its iMotient Solutions platform, to Geologic Solutions Inc. Geologic …

WASHINGTON-Motient Corp.’s largest shareholder filed a new lawsuit against the wireless company, alleging in a Texas court that a recent transaction involving mobile satellite service ownership changes violates federal securities …

LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill.—Motient Corp. said it is selling its legacy wireless data business, including its narrowband terrestrial DataTac wireless data network and its IMotient Solutions platform, to Geologic Solutions Inc. Geologic …

WASHINGTON—Motient Corp.’s largest shareholder filed a new lawsuit against the wireless company, alleging in a Texas court that a recent transaction involving mobile satellite service ownership changes violates federal securities …

WASHINGTON—Highland Capital Management L.P. is contacting stockholders of Motient Corp. to criticize the wireless company’s recent deal with SkyTerra Communications Inc. and its proposal to revamp the board of directors. …

WASHINGTON-Motient Corp. and SkyTerra Communications Inc. signed agreements to consolidate ownership and control of mobile satellite service assets, whose value is tied to plans to build and operate next-generation hybrid …

WASHINGTON—Motient Corp. and SkyTerra Communications Inc. said they signed agreements to consolidate ownership and control of mobile satellite service assets, whose value is tied to plans to build and operate …

WASHINGTON-Motient Corp. last week said company Chairman Steven Singer and four other directors would not seek re-election at the wireless company’s annual meeting, a development that comes at a time …

WASHINGTON—Motient Corp. said Chairman Steven Singer and four other directors will not seek re-election at the wireless company’s annual meeting, a development that comes at a time when Highland Capital …