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Connexion By Boeing Selects IONA

IONA [Nasdaq: IONA], a Waltham, Mass.-based provider of integration software, and Connexion By Boeing, a business unit of Boeing [NYSE: BA] that provides communication services to aircraft, have announced that...

Yukon Selects MetaSwitch

Yukon Telephone, the incumbent provider for the rural Alaskan communities of Whittier, Tanana and Ruby, has selected MetaSwitch’s VP3500 next-generation class 5 switch to replace its existing Mitel and Redcom...

Satellite Would Detect Killer Quakes

A start-up company has raised seed money and collaborated with a top-notch university to launch a satellite this summer aimed at detecting signs of earthquake activity in California with the...

Alcatel Wins Weather Contract

Alcatel Space has concluded a deal to provide a new weather satellite, worth 135 million euros ($146.9 million), to Eumetsat, an intergovernmental organisation that operates meteorological satellites for 18 European...

Broadband For The Have-Nots

The International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO) has launched an initiative to bring broadband via satellite to less developed regions of the globe. ITSO was formed during the privatization of Intelsat...

Pay-TV Region Profile: The Nordic Countries

While consolidation among satellite pay-TV operators is accelerating in southern Europe, the colder regions of Europe have stimulated robust competition in the satellite TV market. In the Nordic region, Modern...

Telepiu Outpaces Pay-TV Rivals In Europe

The Italian pay-TV operator Telepiu is at the top of the tree in terms of growing subscribers among digital satellite pay-TV providers in Europe. Telepiu increased its subscriber base by...

PanAmSat Opts For Dual Track

PanAmSat, the Wilton, Conn.-based fixed satellite services provider, is placing greater emphasis on the market for U.S. government satellite services, as well as on integrated satellite and fiber offerings. These...