Satellite Today articles from July 2001

Satellite Today archives from July 2001

Best Western Uses Fourelle's Venturi Software For VSAT Network.
July 2, 2001... By David Williams, dwilliams@pbimedia.com Fourelle Systems Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif., announced today that its Venturi software has been selected by Best Western International for integration into its VSAT network. The value of the...

French Startup UDcast Pulls Coup In Teaming With Microspace.
July 2, 2001... By David Williams, dwilliams@pbimedia.com Microspace Communications Corp. of Raleigh, N.C., and UDcast, a French Internet infrastructure supplier, said they have partnered to provide satellite- based multicast service. The service will...

Scopus Names Bonica President Of U.S. Operations.(Brief Article)
July 2, 2001... Scopus Network Technologies of Tel Aviv, Israel, has named Steven Bonica president of U.S. operations. As president, Bonica will be responsible for the company's overall marketing and sales operations in North America. Prior to joining...

ACeS Signs Six GSM Roaming Agreements.(Brief Article)
July 2, 2001... Asia Cellular Satellite System (ACeS), the Jakarta-based operator of a mobile satellite system covering southeast Asia, said it has signed roaming agreements with six more GSM cellular carriers, bringing to 12 its total of such roaming...

Eutelsat Privatization Sets Stage For Potential Acquisition.
July 5, 2001... By Paul Dykewicz, pdykewicz@pbimedia.com and David Williams, dwilliams@pbimedia.com The July 2 privatization of Eutelsat, the European intergovernmental satellite organization, positions the organization to begin its search in earnest for...

Sirius Files Shelf Registration For $500 Million.
July 5, 2001... Sirius Satellite Radio [SIRI] filed an application with the Securities and Exchange Commission Tuesday for a $500 million shelf registration that would permit it to sell stock in the future, when the market is more receptive. The company...

rStar Faces Nasdaq Delisting.
July 5, 2001... Nasdaq has notified rStar Corp. [RSTR] of San Ramon, Calif., that it will be delisted from the Nasdaq National Market, effective July 6, for failure to maintain a minimum price of $1.00 for at least 10 consecutive business days. However,...

TRW Completes Design Review For Inmarsat 4 Reflectors.
July 5, 2001... The Astro Aerospace unit of TRW Inc. [TRW] said it has completed the critical design review (CDR) of the AstroMesh deployable reflectors it is building for Inmarsat's fourth-generation satellite. Astro Aerospace is building three nine-meter...

Ergen, Hartenstein, Pagan and Hewitt To Speak At SBCA 2001.
July 5, 2001... Key satellite TV leaders, who took the risk of starting the DBS business during last decade and now are reaping the rewards, will be featured at the upcoming Satellite Broadcasting & Communications Association (SBCA) 2001 National Convention...

Correction.
July 5, 2001... A story on plans for an extensive network of VSAT-based telephones in the June 29 issue of SATELLITE TODAY contained an error, in stating that the supplier of Lima, Peru-based Telerep's VSATs and network hub - Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd....

Titan, L-3 Dueling Over Datron's Affections.(Brief Article)
July 6, 2001... By David Williams, dwilliams@pbimedia.com Datron Systems Inc. [DTSI], a small Southern California manufacturer of satellite aircraft antennas and other communications equipment, has become the object of a takeover battle. The battle...

Stratos Global To Market ICTI's Satellite System Worldwide.(Brief Article)
July 6, 2001... By Dave Williams, dwilliams@pbimedia.com Stratos Global Corp. [SGB.TO], a Toronto-based supplier of mobile and remote-site communications, said yesterday it has agreed with Innovative Communications Technologies Inc. (ICTI) to be the...

XMSR Accepts Second Satellite From Builder.(Brief Article)
July 6, 2001... XM Satellite Radio [XMSR] said that, following on-orbit testing, it has begun broadcasting from its second satellite, called XM 1 or "Roll," which was manufactured by Boeing Satellite Systems, a unit of The Boeing Co. [BA]. "The satellite,...

SIA Names Former White House Aide DalBello To Top Post.(Satellite Industry Association )
July 9, 2001... By Paul Dykewicz, pdykewicz@pbimedia.com The challenge of carrying the legislative agenda for the Satellite Industry Association (SIA) will be entrusted to Washington insider Richard DalBello, who is expected to take the organization's...

Telscape Teleport: Going, Going...Gone!
July 9, 2001... By David Williams, dwilliams@pbimedia.com Teleport business executives have a chance to buy a teleport in the Houston area that is being auctioned off in a bankruptcy liquidation proceeding this week. But anyone who's interested will have...

Globecast Adds New Video, Radio Channels.(Brief Article)
July 9, 2001... Globecast America, the Miami-based DBS division of France Telecom [FTE], announced last week that it has added nine new video and radio channels to its foreign-language broadcasts to non-English speaking communities in the United States and...

Pegasus Fully Consolidates Golden Sky.(Brief Article)
July 9, 2001... Pegasus Communication Corp. [PGTV] said last Thursday that last month it completed the merger of Golden Sky Holdings Inc., which it bought last year, into its Pegasus Media and Communications subsidiary. Golden Sky is the second largest...

Mentat To Supply SkyX System For WildBlue.(Brief Article)
July 10, 2001... By David Williams, dwilliams@pbimedia.com Denver-based WildBlue Communications Inc. and Los Angeles-based Mentat Inc. have inked a deal under which WildBlue will use Mentat's SkyX Gateway technology to speed up the downloading of IP data...

DirecTv To Wire Dallas Sports, Entertainment Center.(Brief Article)
July 10, 2001... DirecTv Inc. has agreed to become a "flagship partner" in, and the television provider for, the new American Airlines Center sports and entertainment venue opening later this month in downtown Dallas. American Airlines Center will be the...

XM Opens New York City Office.(Brief Article)
July 10, 2001... XM Satellite Radio [XMSR] said yesterday it has opened a New York office with production and talk show studios and offices for 10 staffers. Shows such as Wynton Marsalis's music specials will be produced there. XM is scheduled to begin...

WorldSpace Adds Indonesian Broadcaster.(Brief Article)
July 10, 2001... WorldSpace Corp. of Washington, D.C., said yesterday it has added Radio Republic Indonesia (RRI), one of that country's largest broadcasters, to its AsiaStar radio broadcasting satellite, under an agreement the companies recently signed. ...

PanAmSat Get Brazilian License, Expects One In Mexico.(Brief Article)
July 11, 2001... By David Williams, dwilliams@pbimedia.com Brazil's telecom regulatory agency, Anatel, has awarded PanAmSat Corp. [SPOT] of Greenwich, Conn., a license to deliver video, data and Internet services throughout the country over its PAS 1R...

Analytical Graphics Promotes Linsalata To COO.(Francesco Linsalata)(Brief Article)
July 11, 2001... Francesco Linsalata, who has risen steadily through the ranks at Analytical Graphics Inc. since he joined the company as a software engineer in 1991, has been promoted to the newly created position of chief operating officer. He is...

New Skies Leases Capacity For Siberian Network.(Brief Article)
July 11, 2001... New Skies Satellites [NSK] said it has signed a five-year contract to provide a Russian telecommunications company, Ugra-Telecom, with Ku-band capacity on its NSS 703 satellite. Effective Aug. 1, the company will lease 12 MHz of capacity,...

CMC Electronics Gets JAL Order For Satellite Antennas.(Brief Article)
July 11, 2001... CMC Electronics Inc., formerly BAE Systems Canada, said Japan Airlines has selected it to provide its high gain satcom antenna for 11 new aircraft. The contract is worth about $656,800, according to Janka Dvornik, the spokeswoman for CMC...

EchoStar Pumps $50 Million Into StarBand For Majority Stake.(EchoStar Communications Corp., Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. StarBand Communications)(Brief Article)
July 12, 2001... By David Williams, dwilliams@pbimedia.com Israeli-based Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. [GILTF] and EchoStar Communications Corp. [DISH], of Englewood, Colo., have solved the problem of additional funding for their StarBand Communications...

Thomson Cuts PVR Price To Spur UltimateTV Sales.(Thomson Multimedia S.A.)(Brief Article)
July 12, 2001... By Paul Dykewicz, pdykewicz@pbimedia.com Personal video recorders (PVRs), a boon to TV viewers and a worrisome development for advertisers, will become more affordable as result of Thomson multimedia's [TMS] decision to lower the suggested...

Stratos Signs Long-Term U.S. Contract.(Stratos Global Corp., United States. General Services Administration)(Brief Article)
July 12, 2001... Stratos Global Corp.'s [SGB.TO] U.S. subsidiary has signed a 20-year contract with the U.S. General Services Administration to provide mobile satellite services to civilian and military agencies. Toronto-based Stratos resells voice, data...

AeroComm Uses GPS Over Fiber To Improve Cellular Penetration.(Brief Article)
July 12, 2001... Cellular phone coverage can be a challenge when the user is in a building. But a new proprietary GPS satellite-based system will help wireless carriers that use time division multiple access (TDMA) technology reach their customers in...

Michigan Agency Selects Orbtrac-100 To Manage Snowplows.(Orbital Sciences Corp.)(Brief Article)
July 12, 2001... Southeastern Michigan Snow and Ice Management (SEMSIM), a state and local government partnership, will deploy Orbital Sciences Corp.'s [ORB] Orbtrac-100 system to help manage its snowplow fleet. SEMSIM said earlier this week it would first...

PanAmSat Reports Reduced Earnings, Cuts 2001 Projections.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 13, 2001... By David Williams, dwilliam@pbimedia.com Greenwich, Conn.-based PanAmSat Corp. SPOT] yesterday reported reduced profits for the second quarter and the first half of the year, and substantially cut its earnings projections for the remainder...

HNS Begins Thrust Into Future With New Operations Center.(Brief Article)
July 13, 2001... Hughes Network Systems (HNS) opened a $20 million network management and operations center (NMC) at its headquarters in Germantown, Md., on Wednesday. The new center will allow the company to manage, monitor and control its entire global...

ATSI Communications Gets Telscape's Houston Teleport.(Brief Article)
July 13, 2001... ATSI Communications Inc. of San Antonio, Tex., a facilities-based provider of international telecom services that specializes in links with Latin America, appears to have won the auction for Telscape International's teleport near Houston. ...

Ariane 5 Fails To Get Artemis, BSAT-2 B Satellites To Intended Orbit.(Arianespace)(Brief Article)
July 16, 2001... By Paul Dykewicz, pdykewicz@pbimedia.com France's Arianespace failed last week to put its payload into a proper orbit when its Ariane 510 launcher carried the Artemis and BSAT-2 B satellites only halfway to their destination. An...

Loral, Hispasat Team On X-Band Ventures.(Brief Article)
July 16, 2001... By David Williams, dwilliams@pbimedia.com Loral Space and Communications [LOR] has agreed to set up two new satellite service joint ventures with Spanish satellite operator Hispasat S.A, the New York-based company announced Friday. Loral's...

Idaho Delegation Opposes Sharing DBS Spectrum.(Brief Article)
July 16, 2001... The four-member Idaho congressional delegation wrote last Wednesday to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell urging him to "move carefully" as the agency considers whether to allow terrestrial wireless companies, such as...

Pegasus Names Chakravarty, Summers Vice Presidents.(Pegasus Communications Corp.)(Chuck Chakravarty )(Macy Summers)(Brief Article)
July 16, 2001... Pegasus Communications Corp. [PGTV] of Bala Cynwyd, Pa., has appointed two technology industry veterans to newly created senior positions in business development and technology. Chuck Chakravarty has been named vice president for business...

Ergen To Bow Out Of Bidding For Hughes, DirecTv.(Charlie Ergen)(Brief Article)
July 17, 2001... By David Williams, dwilliams@pbimedia.com Charlie Ergen, the irrepressible founder, chairman and CEO of EchoStar Communications Corp. [DISH], appeared yesterday to have given up efforts to put together a financial package to bid for the...

DirecTv Continues To Drive Hughes Revenue Growth.(Brief Article)
July 17, 2001... By Gregory Twachtman, gtwachtman@pbimedia.com Hughes Electronics Corp. [GMH] yesterday reported second quarter revenue of $1.9 billion, an increase of 8.1 percent over the second quarter of 2000. The bulk of the revenue was generated...

ViaSat To Buy LMGT's Terminal Business.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 17, 2001... The Lockheed Martin Global Telecommunications unit of Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] and ViaSat Inc. [VSAT] announced yesterday that ViaSat will buy LMGT's Linkway and LinkStar broadband satellite network terminal business, which is part of the...

CBS, EchoStar To Offer HDTV Via Satellite.(CBS Television Network)(EchoStar Communications)(high-definition television)(Brief Article)
July 17, 2001... Englewood, Colo.-based EchoStar Communications Corp. [DISH] and CBS Television will offer eligible DISH Network subscribers access to CBS' high definition digital television (HDTV) programming, the two companies said late last week. ...

WildBlue Signs Transceivers Contract With KoSpace.(Brief Article)
July 18, 2001... By David Williams, dwilliams@pbimedia.com Denver-based WildBlue Communications Inc. announced yesterday that it has signed a contract with KoSpace to supply transceivers for its Ka-band Internet service. The company said it has now...

Orbital Sells Magellan, Navigation Solutions To Thales For $70M.(Brief Article)
July 18, 2001... By Paul Dykewicz, pdykewicz@pbimedia.com Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB] announced earlier this week that it closed the sale of its Magellan Corp. subsidiary and its 60 percent interest in Navigation Solutions LLC (NavSol) to Thales Group for...

Board Named To Investigate Ariane 5 Failure.(Brief Article)
July 18, 2001... Arianespace, the European Space Agency and the French Space Agency have jointly named an investigation board to determine the cause of the July 12 launch failure in which two satellites launched on an Ariane 5 rocket fell far short of their...

Loral Cyberstar To Use Terrestrial Network.(Brief Article)
July 18, 2001... The Loral Cyberstar unit of Loral Space and Communications [LOR] and eMedia LLC, provider of streaming media for business TV applications, have agreed that Cyberstar will use eMedia's terrestrial network to deliver programming to locations...

XM Satellite Radio To Carry ABC Radio News Channels.(Brief Article)
July 18, 2001... XM Satellite Radio [XMSR] of Washington, D.C., said it will carry ABC Radio Networks' flagship news channels - ABC News and Talk, ESPN Radio and Radio Disney. ABC Radio Networks said it has more than 4,600 affiliate radio stations. Each week...

After A Decade Of Waiting, Eight New MSS Companies Get Licenses.(mobile satellite systems)(Brief Article)
July 19, 2001... Eight mobile satellite companies that had been waiting anxiously for a chance to build their systems and roll out commercial services got the green light Tuesday from the FCC's International Bureau. The eight applicants obtained approval to...

InSight Gets Contracts With ASCN, Equity Broadcasting.(InSight Telecommunications)(Action Sports Cable Network)(Brief Article)
July 19, 2001... InSight Telecommunications Inc. of Boston has recently announced two contracts - with Portland, Ore.-based Action Sports Cable Network (ASCN) and with Equity Broadcasting Corp. ASCN is a regional sports network and is part of the Paul G....

PlayNetwork To Use Gilat/Spacenet VSATs.(Brief Article)
July 19, 2001... The Spacenet unit of Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. [GILTF] and PlayNetwork Inc. announced earlier this week that PlayNetwork will use the Spacenet satellite delivery system to distribute music programming to retailers throughout North America....

Orbital Completes Sale Of Last MDA Holding.(Orbital Sciences Corp.)(MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates)(Brief Article)
July 19, 2001... Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB] said yesterday it had completed the sale of its remaining 1.65 million shares of MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates' [MDA.TO] stock. The shares went for $13.65 per share, netting Orbital $19 million. ...

Sirius To Carry ABC Radio Programs; XM Rolls Fees Into Car Payments.(XM Satellite Radio)(General Motors Acceptance Corp.)(Brief Article)
July 19, 2001... ABC Radio Networks said it will distribute three of its flagship channels - ABC News and Talk, ESPN Radio and Radio Disney - via Sirius Satellite Radio [SIRI]. ABS also signed a deal earlier this week for XM Satellite Radio [XMSR] to carry...

EchoStar Crosses Rubicon, Posts Net Profits For First Time.
July 20, 2001... EchoStar Communications Corp. [DISH] reported yesterday operating and net profits for the second quarter, which ended June 30. Modest though the net profit was, at almost $2.1 million or zero cents per share, it was the first net profit the...

Intelsat's Long Road To Privatization Ends.
July 20, 2001... Intelsat officially converted itself from an intergovernmental treaty organization into a private satellite communications company at 8:00 p.m. Wednesday night. It was the third and last of the satellite treaty organizations to privatize...

Los Angeles Teleport Operator Helps With Univision Upgrade.
July 20, 2001... McKibben Communications Inc., a Los Angeles area teleport operator, has won a contract from fellow L.A.-based firm Univision Communications Inc., [UVN] to carry out the Spanish language programmer's transition to an updated digital encryption...

Astrium To Buy German Supplier Bosch SatCom.
July 20, 2001... European space manufacturer Astrium announced yesterday that it will acquire one of its suppliers, Bosch SatCom GmbH, a builder of commercial payloads for telecommunications satellite, to keep it from falling into the hands of its rival,...

ATSI Confirms Purchase Of Houston-Area Teleport.
July 20, 2001... ATSI Communications Inc. [AI] of San Antonio, Texas, confirmed yesterday that it won an auction last week and has secured the bankruptcy court's approval to acquire the Houston-area teleport of Telscape International Inc. For about...

Goldberg Has Tough Work Ahead As Globalstar Restructuring Officer.
July 20, 2001... Globalstar Telecommunications Ltd. [GSTRF] announced earlier this week that it has named Ira E. Goldberg as its "restructuring officer." Globalstar Telecommunications is the publicly traded, managing partner in the Globalstar L.P....

Cidera Multicast Service Eliminates Terrestrial Backbone, Servers.(Brief Article)
July 23, 2001... Cidera Inc., which operates as a satellite-based Internet backbone provider, has introduced a new service, Cidera Multicast, which eliminates use of the terrestrial backbone and ISP servers for live broadcasts over the Internet. ...

Italian Satellite Company Opens U.S. Subsidiaries.(Brief Article)
July 23, 2001... Compagnia Generale Telemar S.p.A., an Italian maritime communications company with more than 50 years service to that country's shipping industry, is expanding in the U.S. market through two joint ventures for specialized satellite...

WorldSpace Introduces PC Card For Web Broadcasts.(Brief Article)
July 23, 2001... WorldSpace Corp. the Washington-based operator of an international satellite-based radio broadcasting system, has developed a plug-in card and kit that turn a subscriber's personal computer into a Web content receiver, as well as a radio. ...

Intelsat Discards Government Past For Uncertain Private Future.
July 24, 2001... Freed from its government shackles, Intelsat Ltd. now faces the challenges of turning a profit as a private company in a difficult market, said Chief Executive Conny L. Kullman in a press briefing yesterday. Privatization has given the...

GOES M Weather Satellite Launched On Atlas 2A.(Brief Article)
July 24, 2001... An Atlas 2A rocket carried the GOES M weather satellite toward its orbit early yesterday morning, International Launch Services announced. Liftoff was at 3:23 a.m. EDT from Pad 36A at Cape Canaveral, and the spacecraft separated into its...

PSN Faces Nasdaq Delisting.(Pasifik Satelit Nusantara)(Brief Article)
July 24, 2001... The Nasdaq National Market has notified Pasifik Satelit Nusantara [PSNRE] that it will delist PSN's shares from the national market on July 27 for failure to file an annual report for the year ended last Dec. 30. PSN said the delisting...

EARN Joins Northpoint In War Over DBS Spectrum.(Brief Article)
July 25, 2001... DBS broadcasters DirecTv and EchoStar Communications Corp. [DISH] are leaving broadcasters and consumers in small-to-medium sized markets out in the cold when it comes to providing local programming via satellites, EARN, a new organization in...

DoD Official Says Band Eyed By CTIA Is Vital For Its Satellites.(Brief Article)
July 25, 2001... WASHINGTON - Congress should think long and hard before tampering with allocation of the federal government's 1755-1850 MHz spectrum, a high-ranking Department of Defense official told a House panel yesterday. The DoD uses that band for...

XM Unveils National Marketing Plan.(Brief Article)
July 25, 2001... XM Satellite Radio [XMSR] hopes that launching its ad campaign in September ultimately will translate into high sales for the coming holiday season, a traditional high point for consumer electronic sales. The Washington, D.C.-based...

Correction.(Brief Article)(Correction Notice)
July 25, 2001... The report on Intelsat's privatization in the July 24 issue of SATELLITE TODAY included an erroneous reference to Comsat being required to issue stock to the public by the end of 2002. In fact, it is Intelsat that is required to do so under...

SCBA Leadership Shakeup Under Way Just Before Annual Show.(Brief Article)
July 26, 2001... Washington-based DBS trade association the Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association is shaking up things at the top. Chuck Hewitt, who organized the SBCA in 1986 and has served as its only president and CEO, has resigned. So has...

Playboy Finds Loral Skynet's Telstar 7 Bird Attractive.(Brief Article)
July 26, 2001... Playboy Entertainment Group has selected Loral Skynet's Telstar 7 satellite to distribute its Playboy, Vivid and Spice Network programming to cable TV headends. Telstar 7 is Loral Skynet's main satellite for cable TV programming. From...

Intelsat Board Names John Sponyoe Chairman.(Brief Article)
July 26, 2001... Intelsat's newly constituted board of directors, meeting for the first time since the company's privatization a week ago, has elected John Sponyoe as its chairman and has formally named Conny Kullman as the chief executive and member of the...

DirecTv Introduces Electronic Bill Payment Options.(Brief Article)
July 26, 2001... DirecTv Inc. said it has introduced a new electronic bill payment option for DBS service subscribers. By visiting the DirecTv Web site, customers can view and pay bills through an electronic deduction from their checking account. In...

DirecTv Has Revolving Door On Senior Executive Suite.(Brief Article)
July 27, 2001... Hughes Electronics Corp.'s [GMH] DirecTv Inc. unit is going through the second shake-up in its senior executive suite in as many months with the sudden resignation yesterday of Bill Casamo as its executive vice president for sales and...

Italian Utility Wants 4,500 Globalstar Phones.(Brief Article)
July 27, 2001... Italy's largest electric utility, Ente Nazional per l'Energia Elettrica (ENEL), wants 4,500 Globalstar Telecommunications [GSTRF] satellite phones so its field personnel can better monitor and maintain the company's power lines. ENEL will...

ICO's Mix of Satellite, Wireless Technology Gets High Profile Backers.(Brief Article)
July 27, 2001... ICO Global Communications, the mobile satellite service (MSS) provider rescued from bankruptcy by cellular pioneer Craig McCaw, said yesterday that it received support for a proposal to augment its satellite system with wireless technologies...

Mexico To Occupy 105[degree]W Slot In Dispute With Netherlands.(Brief Article)
July 30, 2001... A dispute between Mexico and The Netherlands and their respective satellite companies over an unoccupied slot on the geostationary arc is going to be resolved in the old fashioned way - by occupation. Mexico and the sole Mexican satellite...

Wireless Carriers Protest XM's Request For Terrestrial Repeater STAs.(Brief Article)
July 30, 2001... A group of five wireless carriers, including some of the industry's largest, Friday asked the Federal Communications Commission not to act on XM Satellite Radio's [XMSR] request for special temporary authorities (STAs) to operate its network...

Eurocrats Clear Saab Ericsson Space, Stork Purchase Of Fokker Space.(Brief Article)
July 30, 2001... The European Commission has cleared the acquisition of Fokker Space, a supplier of electricity-generating solar array for satellites, by Saab Ericsson Space of Sweden and Stork N.V., the major aerospace company in The Netherlands. The...

Correction.(Brief Article)(Correction Notice)
July 30, 2001... A story on Intelsat's privatization contained mistaken figures on the breakdown of traffic carried by the company. The correct breakdown is voice (40 percent), corporate data (25 percent), broadcast (20 percent) and Internet traffic (15...

DirecTv, EchoStar Join In Digital Interface, Protection Standards.(Brief Article)
July 31, 2001... The two largest U.S. DBS broadcasters, several Hollywood studios, one of the largest consumer electronics manufacturers and the cable TV industry's research and development arm have all agreed on standards for connecting a digital set-top box...

New Skies Chooses SkyStream To Supply Routers.(Brief Article)
July 31, 2001... New Skies Satellites N.V. [NSK] has chosen SkyStream Networks of Sunnyvale, Calif., to supply Source Media SMR-25 routers for its satellite- delivered Internet access service. Clint Chao, SkyStream vice president of marketing and business...

Airline Exec Nichol Joins Tenzing As CEO.(Tenzing Communications Inc names Edward Nichol its new chief executive officer)(Brief Article)
July 31, 2001... Tenzing Communications Inc., the Seattle-based provider of satellite- based e-mail and Internet access to airlines, has named Edward Nichol, a 25-year veteran of Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd., as its new chief executive officer, effective Aug. 1....