TELECOMWORLDWIRE-4 August 2008-FCC action delays Navajo switch offC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Intervention by US Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin has delayed the threatened shutdown of satellite services to the Navajo Nation. Non-payment by Washington-based Universal Service Administrative Company to service providers OnSat and SES AMERICOM has...
SALT LAKE CITY -- Source and Contact Information Company of release should read: OnSat Network Communications sted Navajo Nation. The corrected release reads: NAVAJO SATELLITE CRISIS: FCC ACTION WELCOMED OnSat Network Communications, which created the award-winning satellite communications system for the Navajo Nation, said today that it...
WASHINGTON AFP — US regulators formally approved the long-delayed billion-dollar merger of the nation's only two satellite radio companies, combining Sirius and XM into a single network with 18 million subscribers, the FCC said Saturday. The Federal Communications Commission, in a 3-2 vote Friday by its commissioners, approved Sirius...
WASHINGTON -- Approval of a merger of the nation's only two satellite radio companies was imminent Thursday after the pair agreed to pay $19.7 million to settle charges they violated federal rules. Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.'s proposed $3.6 billion buyout of rival XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. has...
The Federal Communications Commission was close to an agreement Wednesday to conditionally approve the merger of Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio, three FCC officials said. Republican Commissioner Deborah Taylor Tate could break a 2-2 party-line stalemate by voting to clear the linkup between the...
ICO Global Communications Holdings Limited ICO (NASDAQ: ICOG) announced today that it has filed its final milestone certification with the Federal Communications Commission FCC confirming that its satellite system is operational. ICO has successfully completed two-way voice and data sessions using the ICO G1 satellite, ICO's North Las Vegas...
Residents of Wilmington, N.C., will soon become laboratory rats in the nation's transition to digital TV. The Federal Communications Commission plans to make the greater Wilmington area a digital-TV test market to work out any bugs before the entire nation goes all digital on Feb.17. ...
- Assigns Additional Spectrum for ORBCOMM's Use - - Renews Space Station License for Additional 15 Year Term - FORT LEE, N.J. -- ORBCOMM Inc. (Nasdaq: ORBC), a global satellite data communications company focused on providing two way Machine-to-Machine (M2M) solutions communications, today announced that it has received...
NEW YORK -- The Justice Department gave its OK on Monday to a deal that would put Howard Stern and Oprah Winfrey under the same satellite radio company roof. Antitrust officials said that they saw no reason to block or put conditions on Sirius' acquisition of...
Hoping to tune in Howard Stern on your XM radio? Wishing Oprah & Friends radio came in on Sirius Satellite Radio?Looks like the superstars of both pay-radio services soon will be able to romp on each other's playground, as the long-anticipated merger of XM and Sirius satellite radio comes to...
WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department on Monday approved Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.'s proposed $5 billion buyout of rival XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc., saying the deal was unlikely to hurt competition or consumers. The transaction was approved without conditions, despite opposition from consumer groups and an intense lobbying...
To: RADIO-TELEVISION EDITORS Contact: Kathy Wallman of U.S. Electronics, +1-202-641-5387; or Taj Meadows, +1-202-478-3697, for U.S. Electronics NEW YORK, March 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In light of the Department of Justices approval of the merger between Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio, U.S. Electronics is asking the Federal Communications...
FCC Issues Ruling on Broadcast Auxiliary Service Relocation FCC Accepts ICO Application for ATC and Seeks Public Comment ICO G1 Spacecraft Now Onsite at Cape Canaveral RESTON, Va. -- ICO Global Communications Holdings Limited ICO (NASDAQ:ICOG) today reported progress on two key regulatory proceedings before the Federal...
ORBCOMM Inc., a global satellite data communications company focused on providing two way machine-to-machine (M2M) solutions communications, announced that it has received a modified space station authorization from the Federal Communications Commission FCC approving its next-generation Low Earth Orbit LEO satellite constellation plan. The FCC...
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin said Friday that he will recommend approval of the Liberty Media-DirecTV merger, subject to some conditions. Martin said he favored the deal as long as Liberty chief John Malone either restructured or divested his interest in Puerto Rican...
Sirius-XM's version of A La Carte, when and if it becomes available, would require more than 30 million current satellite radio owners to replace their existing radios and buy and install expensive "next generation" radios Georgetown urges Sirius-XM to withdraw their "fairytale" A La Carte proposal and offer a...
BETHESDA, MARYLAND, Dec 10, 2007 Marketwire via COMTEX -- Stratos Global Corp. (TSX:SGB) today announced that it has obtained the final regulatory approval required to consummate the arrangement transaction with CIP Canada Investment, Inc. CIP. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission FCC has issued its order approving...
Iridium Satellite LLC announced its support of a recent decision by the Federal Communications Commission FCC to give Iridium exclusive access to 2.625MHz of previously shared spectrum for global mobile satellite services MSS. In addition, the FCC granted Iridium 0.95MHz of shared spectrum. ...
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin captured broadcasters' attention last week saying that he was pleased that satellite radio companies Sirius and XM had agreed to offer their programming a la carte--if the merger is approved. But he conceded that there's still a high hurdle for the...
WASHINGTON -- The top executives at the nation's two satellite radio companies detailed pricing plans Monday that they said would let customers choose which channels they want to receive if the two firms are combined. Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. announced last February that it would acquire XM Satellite...
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