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KeyOn Acquires SouthWest Wireless Net
Wireless satellite broadband provider KeyOn has acquired a major portion of SouthWest Wireless Net’s broadband assets from New Vision to help extend KeyOn’s network footprint in southwestern Minnesota, the company […]
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Newtec Wins U.S. Government FlexACM Order
Newtec has won a multi-million dollar contract to provide its FlexACM technology, supporting IP-trunking satellite links, to an unnamed government prime contractor in the United States, the company announced Aug. […]
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ViaSat Unveils Multi-Channel HD Video Encoder
ViaSat Enerdyne, a supplier of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) data links, has released a multi-channel HD video encoder, which allows an IP-based data link to transmit H.264 compressed, HS […]
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Envivo Secures Financing for IP Platform
IP service provider Envivio has secured $15 million in financing from unnamed venture capital and banking sources, the company announced July 28. Envivio said it would use the funds to […]
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O3B Networks Signs First Gateway Service Deal in Greece
European Media Port (EMP) will be the first provider of gateway teleport services for O3b Networks after the companies signed a long-term agreement that allows for the provision of a […]
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Satellite Companies Tackle IP Network Security Issues
For many years, satellite networks were isolated, private affairs enjoying security through obscurity, but that all changed with the advent of IP-based networking gear, VPN backhauls and broadband ISPs. Network […]
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Connectivity
SatMax Combines with McDonald Technologies
[Satellite TODAY 08-24-10] McDonald Technologies International and SatMax have entered into a strategic alliance to offer enhanced services to the ground-based satellite communications industry, the two companies announced Aug. 23. […]
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Connectivity
RigNet Signs Inmarsat, Iridium Service Distribution Deal with Stratos
[Satellite TODAY 08-24-10] RigNet, a managed communications solutions provider for the upstream oil and gas industry, has signed an agreement with Stratos Global to become an authorized distributor of Inmarsat […]
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Government/Military
TakWak Satellite Device Developer Receives Venture Capital Financing
[Satellite TODAY 08-24-10] German start-up communications company TakWak GmbH has received 2.5 million Euros ($3.1 million) in financing from the European Space Agency’s Open Sky Technologies Fund to develop a […]
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Government/Military
ESA’s GOCE Satellite Experiences Software Glitch
[Satellite TODAY 08-24-10] The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) satellite, designed to map Earth’s gravitational field, has experienced a software glitch that has […]
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Shifting Market Dynamics See Broadcasters Focus More on IP-based Revenue
Numerous studies forecast massive growth in the consumption of video services via mobile devices, some predicting that mobile video will account for two-thirds of mobile handheld data use by 2015, […]
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Connectivity
Gilat Satellite Sells Health Information Investment for $24 Million
[Satellite TODAY 08-24-10] Gilat Satellite Networks will receive $24 million in cash for its stake in health information provider Axolotl, which is being acquired by health information technology company Ingenix, […]
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Media Consumption Survey Shows Shift Towards 3-D; Internet Video
[Satellite TODAY 08-24-10] More than half of individuals who have seen 3-D movies plan to purchase a 3-D capable TV set in the next three years, according to an Altman […]
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SpaceX’s Dragon Completes High-Altitude Drop Testing
[Satellite TODAY 08-24-10] SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft has successfully completed a high altitude drop test and has met all of the testing program’s objectives, the launch company announced Aug. 23. […]
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Connectivity
KVH Expands Maritime VSAT Capacity Over North American Waters
[Satellite TODAY 08-23-10] KVH and ViaSat have expanded KVH’s mini-VSAT Broadband network capacity in the North American region by more than 500 percent, the companies announced Aug. 20. KVH […]
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Clear Chanel Sweden CEO Takes Leadership Position at Canal Digital
[Satellite TODAY 08-23-10] Broadcaster Canal Digital appointed Patrik Hofbauer CEO, parent company Telenor announced Aug. 20. Hofbauer, currently CEO of broadcaster Clear Channel Sweden, will start his new role […]
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Government/Military
Air Force Pays Boeing $182 million to Build WGS-7 Satellite
[Satellite TODAY 08-23-10] The U.S. Air Force issued Boeing a $182 million contract to build the seventh Wideband Global Satcom satellite, WGS-7, the Pentagon announced Aug. 20. Boeing has […]
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Government/Military
DARPA to Develop Small-Satellite Network
[Satellite TODAY 08-23-10] The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is planning to build a wireless small-satellite network to provide a scalable set of open standard technologies, the agency […]
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IMS Research: Hybrid Set-Top Box Shipments on the Rise
[Satellite TODAY 08-23-10] The pay-TV hybrid set-top box market may see 90 million units by 2015, according to an IMS Research study released Aug 20. The report, “The World […]
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Government/Military
Northrop Signs Blue Force Tracking Development Deal Worth $300 Million
[Satellite TODAY 08-20-10] Northrop Grumman has been selected by the U.S. Army to provide encryption devices that will upgrade communications security of the Force 21 Battle Command Brigade and Below […]
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Connectivity
RUS Issues Broadband Stimulus Awards to Hughes, ViaSat, EchoStar, Spacenet
[Satellite TODAY 08-20-10] Hughes Network Systems has been awarded $58.7 million as the only national provider of high-speed satellite Internet service under The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, […]
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Government/Military
NASA, ATK Schedule Full-Scale Solid Rocket Motor Test
[Satellite TODAY 08-20-10] NASA and ATK will conduct a full-scale test of a five-segment, first-stage solid rocket motor on Aug. 31 at the ATK Aerospace Systems test facility in Promontory, […]
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Connectivity
Ofcom Studies U.K. Media Consumer Trends
[Satellite TODAY 08-20-10] U.K. media consumers are spending about 45 percent of their waking hours watching TV as well as using mobile phones and other communications devices, according to a […]
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Connectivity
AsiaSat Revenues, Profits Jump More than 20 Percent
[Satellite TODAY 08-20-10] AsiaSat saw its 2010 first half-year profits and revenues increase more than 20 percent, according to the operator’s latest financial results issued Aug. 19. AsiaSat’s first-half […]
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Connectivity
LightSquared Triggers Agreement With Inmarsat to Expand Spectrum
[Satellite TODAY 08-18-10] LightSquared has triggered a cooperation agreement signed with Inmarsat more than two years ago to acquire spectrum for LightSquared’s planned 4G-LTE satellite and mobile broadband network, the […]
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Connectivity
Nevion Helps NASA with 3-D TV Test
[Satellite TODAY 08-18-10] Nevion, a video transport solution provider, has helped NASA transport stereo 3-D video of two space shuttle launches in real time, Nevion announced Aug. 17. The […]
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Connectivity
Marlink Signs Agreement with Fastnet for Sealiink Services
[Satellite TODAY 08-18-10] Marlink secured a three-year contract with Irish ferry operator Fastnet Line for Marlink’s Sealink service, the company announced Aug. 18. As part of the agreement, Marlink […]
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Connectivity
IPTV To Almost Double Share of Pay-TV Market
[Satellite TODAY 08-18-10] IPTV will account for more than 10 percent of the worldwide pay-TV subscriber base by 2015, according to a study released by ABI Research Aug. 17. […]
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Government/Military
Boeing, Irdium Help Implement Space-Based Magnetic Field Monitoring System
[Satellite TODAY 08-18-10] The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), with help Boeing and Iridium Communications, has implemented a space-based system to monitor the Earth’s space environment, the APL […]
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Intelsat Starts Work on Intelsat 27 Satellite
[Satellite TODAY 08-17-10] Intelsat has began construction of the Intelsat 27 (IS-27) satellite that will include a UHF hosted payload for government applications, the company announced Aug. 16. The […]