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Technology
Spirent Announces A-GNSS Record and Playback Capabilities on HLTS
[Via Satellite 10-03-13] Spirent Communications has introduced a carrier-approved Assisted Global Navigation Satellite System (A-GNSS) record and playback capabilities on its Hybrid Location Technology Solution (HLTS). This new A-GNSS record […]
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Connectivity
Comtech Completes Interoperability Testing
[Via Satellite 10-03-2013] Comtech EF Data Corporation has completed interoperability testing with a selection of Cobham SATCOM Maritime VSAT stabilized antenna systems and the ROSS Open Antenna Management (ROAM) protocol. […]
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Finance
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Launch Helps Prepare for Upcoming SES 8 Launch
[Via Satellite 10-02-2013] On September 29, SpaceX’s upgraded Falcon 9 rocket launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base on a successful demonstration mission to deliver the CASSIOPE satellite to orbit for […]
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Technology
Orbcomm Acquires Comtech’s SENS Operation
[Via Satellite 10-02-13] Orbcomm has completed the acquisition of Comtech Mobile Datacom Corporation’s Sensor Enabled Notification System (SENS) operation, which includes satellite hardware, network technology and web platforms. The SENS […]
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Connectivity
Pullmantur Cruises and MTN Extend 11-year Relationship
[Via Satellite 10-02-2013] Pullmantur Cruises, a Royal Caribbean International brand, is renewing and extending its long-term relationship with MTN Communications. Pullmantur chose to increase the breadth of communications services and […]
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Government/Military
Exelis Visual Information Solutions, NASA Enter BPA for ENVI and IDL Software
[Via Satellite 10-02-13] Exelis’ subsidiary Exelis Visual Information Solutions, developers of ENVI and IDL software, will now deliver its image and data visualization analysis software packages to NASA with a […]
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Connectivity
ThinKom’s ThinSAT 300 and iDirect’s OpenAMIP Protocol Are Now Interoperable
[Via Satellite 10-02-13] ThinKom Solutions’ ultra-low profile ThinSAT 300 antenna, which provides global communications-on-the-move (COTM) connectivity, has been qualified to be interoperable with iDirect‘s OpenAMIP protocol. Complying with iDirect’s OpenAMIP […]
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Government/Military
Windmill International Forms Two Subsidiaries
[Via Satellite 10-02-2013] Windmill International has formed two wholly-owned subsidiaries, AQYR Technologies and AQYR International. The new entities operating out of Hollis, N.H. formerly conducted business as Windmill Tactical SATCOM […]
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Connectivity
EchoStar, GVT to Form Joint Venture in Brazilian Pay TV Market
[Via Satellite 10-01-13] EchoStar Technologies and GVT, a subsidiary of Vivendi, have entered into negotiations to form a joint venture for pay TV services in Brazil. GVT and EchoStar aim […]
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Connectivity
Q-KON Africa, StarLight Introduce Connectivity Solution With Improved Billing System
[Via Satellite 10-01-13] Q-KON Africa now offers service providers across the continent the opportunity to acquire and rollout a StarLight connectivity solution – complete with a new billing system. StarLight […]
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Government/Military
Harris Corporation System Helps Operators Learn Processes Before GOES-R Launch
[Via Satellite 10-01-2013] Harris Corporation has delivered a system that will help prepare National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellite operators for the new Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite – R […]
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Connectivity
RPC TV Deploys HD Video Head End System Using ATEME’s Kyrion Product Line
[Via Satellite 10-01-2013] Brazilian independent network affiliate of TV Globo, Rede Paranaense de Comunicações (RPC TV), has deployed their HD Video Head End system using Ateme’s Kyrion product line. This […]
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Connectivity
Airtel Introduces Its Africa Connect Network
[Via Satellite 10-01-13] Bharti Airtel, a telecommunications company with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, has launched its Africa Connect network aimed at enhancing Africa’s connectivity with the […]
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Connectivity
Idate: TV Industry’s Evolution is at a Tipping Point
[Via Satellite 09-30-2013] Idate Research believes the TV industry evolution is at a tipping point and predicts changes in viewer behavior and evolving business models as the new industry player […]
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Finance
ILS Launches SES’ Astra 2E
[Via Satellite 09-30-13] International Launch Services (ILS) has successfully placed the Astra 2E satellite into a geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO) for SES. The satellite, which was manufactured by Astrium, was […]
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Connectivity
Eutelsat and SBS Net Connect Montenegro’s Police via Satellite
[Via Satellite 09-30-13] Eutelsat Communications and Satellite Broadband Service Network Montenegro (SBS Net) have completed an ultra-fast, secure satellite network connecting Montenegro’s police headquarters with the country’s six border control […]
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Connectivity
Huawei, O3b Support Full 3G Voice, Data and Video Over Satellite
[Via Satellite 09-30-13] Huawei and O3b have enabled full 3G voice, data and video over satellite. This follows rigorous testing of O3b’s system in the Huawei Interoperability Lab in Shanghai, […]
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Connectivity
Norsat Launches All-In-One VSAT Bundle
[Via Satellite 09-30-13] Norsat International, a provider of communication solutions that enable the transmission of data, audio and video for remote and challenging applications, has launched the 1.2m Ku-band all-in-one […]
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Finance
SES’ ASTRA 2E to Launch Sept. 30
[Via Satellite 09-27-13] SES’ Astra 2E satellite is scheduled for launch on board an ILS Proton launch vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Sept. 30, 2013. Astra 2E […]
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Connectivity
Panasonic’s Wi-Fi and Entertainment Solutions Enhance SIA’s KrisWorld
[Via Satellite 09-27-13] Singapore Airlines (SIA) has taken to the skies with its first eight new Boeing 777-300ERs equipped with Panasonic Avionics Corporation’s true broadband Wi-Fi, mobile phone service and […]
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Connectivity
Hermes Opens New Nairobi Office in Line with African Expansion Plans
[Via Satellite 09-27-13] Hermes Datacomms has opened a new office in Nairobi, Kenya to support East African operations and to improve in-country support in Kenya. The company foresees that the […]
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Connectivity
DigiGone Receives Approval for Use with Thuraya Terminals
[Via Satellite 09-27-13] DigiGone’s video communications system and software platform has been approved for use with Thuraya’s IP terminals. Thuraya is actively rolling out the DigiGone satellite communications solution across […]
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Connectivity
L-3 TRL, Avanti to Provide High-Speed Ka-Band Services
[Via Satellite 09-27-13] L-3 TRL Technology is working with Avanti Communications to provide secure, high-speed Ka-Band satellite services to government and military agencies that use L-3 TRL’s CATAPAN encryption devices […]
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Connectivity
LEO Television Network to Distribute 3 Channels on AsiaSat 3S
[Via Satellite 09-26-13] Pakistan’s LEO Television Network has commenced distributing three television channels on Asia Satellite Telecommunications’s AsiaSat 3S. The services include multilingual Pakistani film channel, Filmazia; Urdu language, South […]
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Government/Military
Exelis Receives $115 Million Military Sale Contract
[Via Satellite 09-26-13] Exelis has been awarded a foreign military sale contract valued at $115 million to provide an existing international customer with additional communications equipment, spare parts, ancillary devices […]
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Government/Military
iGT’s Evolution TRANSEC Meets DOD Requirements
[Via Satellite 09-26-13] iDirect Government Technologies’ (iGT) Evolution TRANSEC has met the Department of Defense’s (DoD) transmission security (TRANSEC) requirements. A National Security Agency (NSA) evaluation report titled “iDirect TRANSEC […]
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Government/Military
Advantech Wireless to Supply Transcend 800 to North American Military Organization
[Via Satellite 09-26-13] Advantech Wireless, a manufacturer of satellite, radio frequency equipment and microwave systems, has been selected by a military organization in North America to supply its Transcend 800 […]
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Government/Military
Raytheon Achieves MAGR Milestone
[Via Satellite 09-26-13] Raytheon Company has delivered its 2,000th Miniaturized Airborne GPS Receiver (MAGR) 2000. Three variants of the MAGR 2000 family of products are currently in service aboard 20 […]
























