Satellite News

Crawford Satellite Services, a service area of Crawford Communications, Inc. and one of the largest broadcast facilities in the Southeast USA, said it launched a record number of new networks in the first quarter of 2007.

Mobile Satellite Ventures LP announced that it has been awarded a patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for antenna-configuration techniques that reduce interference between terrestrial and satellite links.

The UK Office of Communications said it has set a deadline for mobile satellite firm ICO to show that it has entered into binding contracts and has the necessary funding related to bringing the ICO-P mobile satellite system into full commercial use.

The European Space Council (i.e. the ministers in charge of space activities in ESA member states) has adopted a European Space Policy.

Telenor ASA announced that it will seek to be delisted from the NASDAQ Stock Market. Telenor’s U.S. reporting obligations will be deregistered and terminated accordingly.

COM DEV International Ltd. announced that it has purchased a 4,300 m^2 facility in El Segundo, California, USA. The facility will serve as the home of the engineering and production operations of COM DEV USA.

RAMTelecom Inc. and SkyPort Global Communications Inc. announced that they have reached a mutual agreement to terminate the proposed acquisition of RAMTelecom by SkyPort and, alternatively, strengthen their alliance.

German politicians try to convince their EU colleagues that a restructured Galileo would be billions of euros cheaper, while the companies that form the Galileo consortium have threatened further delays should the EU Commission go ahead with its plan to have a new call for tenders.