Thursday | 8 January, 2009

Stories about: Hughes Electronics

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    Nortel appoints new chairman 01/07/2005 09:00:39

    Nortel Networks named former Hughes Electronics Chairman Harry Pearce as the new chairman of its board of directors following a meeting of shareholders Wednesday.
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    AOL Time Warner reports US$44.9 billion loss for Q4 30/01/2003 10:51:55

    AOL Time Warner Inc. (AOLTW) reported a fourth-quarter loss Wednesday that included a whopping US$44.5 billion noncash charge due largely to the diminishing value of its AOL Internet unit, and announced that Ted Turner would be stepping down as vice chairman.
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    Wireless an apparent bright spot at Comdex 22/11/2002 08:22:04

    Wireless emerged as the one bright spot at this year's shrunken and lightly attended Comdex/Fall 2002 trade show, with both wireless LAN and enterprise satellite data vendors reporting their best year in a long time in terms of booth traffic and solid sales leads.
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    FCC OKs bids for Net satellite services 22/04/2002 08:06:09

    The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Thursday granted seven companies permission to offer services such as broadband Internet over satellites.
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    Vivendi in US$1.5B interactive TV deal with Echostar 17/12/2001 09:00:00

    Vivendi Universal SA Friday announced it would make a US$1.5 billion equity investment in satellite television provider EchoStar Communications Corp., purchasing about 10 percent of the company in return for a deal to distribute Vivendi content and to use the interactive TV middleware produced by a Vivendi subsidiary.
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    EchoStar makes US$32.3 billion bid for Hughes 07/08/2001 08:17:00

    Touting the possibilities for broadband services, satellite TV company EchoStar Communications made a public offer Sunday to buy its larger rival, Hughes Electronics Corp., for US$32.3 billion in a stock-for-stock swap.
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    Samsung, AOL to build new set-top boxes 18/07/2001 08:25:00

    AOL Time Warner and electronics manufacturer Samsung Electronics agreed Tuesday to jointly develop and market the media company's next-generation set-top box and other consumer electronic products.
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    EarthLink launches satellite Internet service 02/05/2001 08:32:00

    ISP (Internet service provider) EarthLink Inc. launched satellite Internet services on Tuesday, offering broadband connections using satellite dishes to customers in the Northeast and Northwest U.S., the company announced.
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    Boeing HQ to depart From Seattle 22/03/2001 15:01:00

    Aerospace giant The Boeing Co. (BA) made a surprise announcement Wednesday that it will move its corporate headquarters out of Seattle, its home for the last 75 years, to an as-yet-undecided location.
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    Microsoft Boosts MSN's Bandwidth 28/09/2000 12:01:01

    Microsoft Corp. is shifting its MSN Internet access into the fast lane, launching in November a two-way high-speed satellite service nationwide, and renaming the Digital Subscriber Line service it rolled out earlier this year.
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    In Flat Market, ISP Says "We're Not Dead Yet" 08/09/2000 12:01:01

    It's hard to remember now, but just a couple of years ago, being an Internet service provider was an unproven, intriguing new business model.
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