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MyNetworkTV Selects Tandberg TV Satellite For Network Launch
Tandberg Television today announced that MyNetworkTV, a new primetime network with 167 affiliates representing 96 percent of American television households, has chosen it to provide both high- and standard-definition MPEG-2 […]
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ND Satcom Names Middle East Executive
Alexander Jeuck has been named president of ND Satcom-Abu Dhabi. An SES Astra company and global supplier of satellite-based broadband VSAT, ND Satcom-Abu Dhabi provides government, defense and broadcast communications […]
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Connectivity
Connexion May Follow Iridium
Even though The Boeing Company decided to shut down its high-speed broadband communications offering, Connexion by Boeing, in August, the move may have been one of the company’s strongest. Closing […]
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Connectivity
EC Communications Investment Study Examines Satellite
By Gerry Oberst In the last days of August, the European Commission released a series of studies it requested from outside experts to help prepare a review of the European […]
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Connectivity
Satellites Strong At Strong Angel 3
By Peter Brown More than 800 emergency response and technical support personnel along with two dozen or so satellite-equipped vehicles descended on San Diego in late August for the Strong […]
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Connectivity
Next Generation Network Management
Systems By Greg Berlocher Since their inception, network management systems have made the metamorphic change from basic monitoring aids to feature-rich management tools. Built on powerful and robust computing platforms, […]
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Connectivity
Digital Cinema: Beamed From Studio To Big Screen
By Peter J. Brown The movie industry is waking up to the fact that satellite-based distribution today represents a viable alternative to the old way of distributing films. When it […]
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Finance
Global Launching: Strong Players, Tighter Competition
By Lisa Daniel After enduring years of low prices created by too many vehicles and too few satellites, the commercial launch industry is undergoing a market correction that is filling […]
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Connectivity
Dollars & Sense: Small Satellites: Government And Military Procurement
In our June column, we reviewed the history and status of small satellites, generally considered to be those weighing less than 500 kilograms when fully fueled, from the commercial side. […]
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Industry At Large (Sept. 2006)
Technology MITEQ Introduces New High Dynamic Range Fiber Optic Link MITEQ announced the introduction of its new 18 GHz SCM Fiber Optic Link. The 18 GHz version is an addition […]
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Loral Skynet Brings Satellite Services To Remote British Island
Loral Skynet teamed with Global Crossing, a provider of terrestrial-based telecommunications services, to extend the communications network of the British Government’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office to its most remote island […]
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Intelsat Wins Rights For Managed Networking Services In Brazil
Intelsat secured rights through the Brazilian National Telecommunications Agency to offer communications services throughout Brazil, Intelsat announced Aug. 31. Intelsat will offer its Globalconnex Managed Solutions, including Voice over IP, […]
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L-3 Communications Wins Multimillion-Dollar Deal
L-3 Communications announced that its Telemetry-West division won a $9.9 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide next-generation encryption services for satellite telemetry, tracking and control (TT&C). The […]
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Comtech Nets Mobile Satellite Terminal Contract
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced Aug. 29 that its Germantown, Md.-based subsidiary, Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp., received orders valued at $4.3 million under its Movement Tracking System contract with the U.S. […]
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Iridium, Raytheon Offer Emergency Communications
Iridium Satellite and Raytheon’s JPS Communications have announced a joint marketing initiative to provide first responders a fully interoperable communications service for use in disaster recovery operations. The companies are […]
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SES Astra Announces Entavio
SES Astra named its new digital satellite infrastructure in Europe Entavio, the company announced Aug. 31. Entavio is intended to provide European viewers in German-speaking regions a broader variety of […]
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Connectivity
Company Intranets: How Satellite Helps Expand Capabilities
Several years ago, Datatel, a provider of information management solutions for colleges and universities in Fairfax, Va., created a satellite-enabled intranet for its workforce. Initially, the technology, which acts as […]
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Connectivity
Keeping Your Business Safe
Recently, during a flooding episode, a business owner was able to document the damage through video surveillance. The camera captured rising floodwaters destroying inventory, office furniture, files and proprietary information […]
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Connectivity
M.A. Mortenson: Boosts Employee Productivity By 300 Percent
When a corporation has multiple projects underway simultaneously, and those projects are spread out around the globe, having an advanced network in place that can disseminate a wide range of […]
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Connectivity
Business continuity Maintaining Communications After A Disaster
An increasing number of organizations are discovering that the only way to guarantee their communication systems stay online during times of crisis is to employ satellite backup systems to their […]
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Connectivity
Distributing Music Content To Any Location
In the early 1900s, U.S. Army Maj. Gen. George Squier invented a system that allowed the transmission of multiple radio signals along the outside of electrical and telephone lines. In […]
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Worldspace Sets Plan To Retain Stock Listing
Worldspace Satellite Radio will sell additional shares of the company to its largest stockholder, Yenura Pte. Ltd., allowing Worldspace to retain its listing on the Nasdaq market, Worldspace announced Aug. […]
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Mobility
Ryanair Announces In-Flight Mobile Access For Airline Passengers
Ryanair and Onair announced Aug. 30 a deal calling for Ryanair’s entire fleet of Boeing 737 aircraft to be fitted with Onair’s onboard mobile-communications product. The Mobile Onair allows passengers […]
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Brunei’s RTB Leases Capacity On Asiasat 2
Radio Television Brunei (RTB) signed a lease agreement for the use of C-band capacity on the Asiasat 2 satellite, Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co. Ltd. (Asiasat) announced Aug. 30. RTB will […]
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SES Americom Wins Contract From West African Gas Pipeline
SES Americom has been awarded a multi-year contract by West African Gas Pipeline Company Ltd. (WAPCO), SES announced Aug. 29. The contract calls for SES Americom to provide a satellite-based […]
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Lockheed’s Missile Warning Satellite Passes Test
Lockheed Martin has completed a test of the first Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous-orbit (GEO) satellite, the company announced Aug. 30. The test of the GEO-1 spacecraft verified operation of […]
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NGA Deploys Mobile Unit In Support Of FEMA
The U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) deployed its newest geospatial intelligence mobile system Aug. 28 in support of Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) preparations for Hurricane Ernesto, NGA announced. The […]
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Echostar Settles Rebroadcasting Suit
Echostar Communications Corp. will pay $100 million to end a nine-year litigation with ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox Affiliate Associations over the rebroadcasting of local TV programs, Echostar announced Aug. […]
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Judge Halts Echostar DVR Patent Suit Against Tivo
A Texas judge has stopped Echostar Communication Corp.’s patent-infringement lawsuit against Tivo Inc. and Humax USA Inc. over digital video recorder (DVR) technology, Tivo announced Aug. 28. In February, a […]
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Intelsat General To Provide Broadband To Sintel Satellite Services
Intelsat General Corp. has been selected to provide network broadband service to Sintel Satellite Services, Intelsat announced. Sintel, an integrator/manager of satellite communications networks, will use the service to establish […]