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RSS ICOPerot contests email archive trawl in £2m defamation case
News At the time UBS argued the cost of retrieving the emails was "disproportionate" without specific evidence to help locate the appropriate messages, and so the ICO took no further action. Perot Systems Europe and UBS are... [14 Jun 2004]
Pie in the sky?
Comment However, voice-oriented services such as Globalstar, ICO Global Communications and Iridium have had their well-documented troubles, suffering as cellular networks grew quickly during the 1990s. Today's deal between... [05 Jul 2001]
Iridium satellites to fall from the sky
News McCaw already has stakes in Iridium rival ICO Global Communications and Internet-in-the-sky project, Teledesic. Iridium is set to stop operating at one minute to midnight tonight, a process that could lead to a... [17 Mar 2000]
Iridium loses out on Eagle River rescue package
News Eagle River will now concentrate on satellite services that can deliver data as well as voice, such as ICO and the Internet-in-the-sky venture Teledesic, which McCaw and Bill Gates have both backed. Beleaguered satellite... [06 Mar 2000]
McCaw set to save Iridium from Chapter 11
News McCaw, whose McCaw Cellular business was bought by AT&T in 1994 for $11.5bn, is already an investor in US mobile operator, Nextel Communications; Iridium rival, ICO Global Communications; and 'Internet-in-the-sky'... [07 Feb 2000]
Soyuz launch completes Globalstar network
News Meanwhile, ICO has been handed a lifeline in the form of investment from cellular pioneer Craig McCaw and a consortium of investors. Globalstar has completed its network of 48 low-earth-orbiting (LEO) satellites... [23 Nov 1999]
McCaw bails out ICO
News Cellular phone pioneer Craig McCaw has come to the rescue of troubled satellite telephony firm, ICO Global Communications. In August, ICO filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US. Richard... [02 Nov 1999]
Telecom 99: Mobile satellite phones from Globalstar
News ICO Global Communications - which launches next year - has had similar problems. Globalstar officially launched its mobile satellite phone service this week in Geneva, at the Telecom 99 show, promising coverage... [12 Oct 1999]
The IT missionaries: preaching privatisation for Africa's telcos
Comment One answer to this problem is satellite communications - despite the recent failings of operators like Iridium and ICO, satellite technology has become the only real solution for IT professionals and telcos alike. [15 Sep 1999]
Iridium undergoes management facelift
News Rival provider, ICO Global Communications, last Friday also filed for Chapter 11. Iridium, the beleaguered global satellite telephone company, has announced a major overhaul that will see the introduction of a new chief... [02 Sep 1999]
Iridium files for Chapter 11
News The satellite telephony and paging company last week defaulted on more than $1.5bn worth of loans, and with rival ICO Global Communications also struggling to secure financing, the future of mobile satellite service... [16 Aug 1999]
ICO fails to achieve $600m funding target
News ICO Global Communications last week said it has failed to raise $600m in financing from strategic investors only two weeks after being rebuffed by the wider investment community. Analysts are now saying that Iridium's... [15 Aug 1999]
ICO seeks strategic investors
News ICO Global Communications, the third largest mobile satellite services (MSS) provider, has said its rights offering to raise at least $500m by a 27 July deadline has failed. Setbacks affecting fellow MSS players Iridium... [02 Aug 1999]
Satellite telephony fails to take off
Comment Mobile satellite services such as Iridium, Globalstar and ICO Global Communications haven't had too much to shout about in recent months, even though they've successfully been carrying out some of the most ambitious... [22 Jul 1999]
Satellite communications firm makes lacklustre debut on Nasdaq
News Shares of satellite mobile phone company, ICO Global Communications, failed to perform as expected on their first day of trading on Nasdaq. However, Olof Lundberg, chief executive at ICO, took a more... [04 Aug 1998]
