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Spanish Municipalities Getting New Tech From Skylogic

September 2, 2007 / Satellite Communications

Skylogic, the broadband affiliate of Eutelsat Communications [Euronext Paris: ETL] is the recipient of a contract from the Diputacion Provincial de Zaragoza to implement full broadband capabilities to 120 communities in the region of Saragossa in northern Spain. The Zaragoza Internet Provincial programme was initiated to facilitate access to new technologies for all municipalities in the province and to provide citizens in all communities with free broadband access to public service amenities and on-line documentation.

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Dashing Dashboard From Stratos Part Of New Inmarsat Services

September 1, 2007 / Satellite Communications

Stratos Global Corp. [TSX: SGB] has unveiled their commercial availability of Inmarsat's Satellite Phone Services in mobile, fixed-land and fixed-maritime packages. Customers using Inmarsat Satellite Phone Services from Stratos will benefit from the Stratos Advantage, a wide range of value-added services that ensure optimal communications performance and cost efficiency.

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Moving On Up… At Newtec

September 1, 2007 / Personnel Moves & Appointments

Jean-Robert Barallon is the new Vice-President of Sales at Newtec, and he brings his more than 30 years of experience to the firm to further consolidate its presence in the Americas. Jean-Robert has enjoyed success in sales, marketing operations, mergers and acquisitions as well as teleport management.

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Agilent Knows How To Measure Success

September 1, 2007 / Spacecraft & Payload Technology

Agilent Technologies Inc. [NYSE: A] is going to showcase their newest test and measurement solutions for 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE) at the upcoming 2007 European Microwave Conference, Pavilion 908. This event will take place during European Microwave Week in Munich, Germany, Oct. 8-12.

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Nokia Nabs NAVTEQ

September 1, 2007 / Mergers & Acquisitions

The news blurted out the information early yesterday morning during the business report — Nokia is going to acquire NAVTEQ for an aggregate purchase price of about $8.1 billion (€5.7 billion), or approximately $7.7 billion (€5.4 billion) of NAVTEQ existing cash balance. That works out to about $78 per each share of NATBEQ, including outstanding options.

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Verizon VSATs The USPS

September 1, 2007 / Satellite Communications

Verizon Business will provide a new custom satellite network to the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). The network will provide reliability and cost-effective delivery of voice and high-speed data to areas where wireline or wireless access is unavailable or too costly. Formerly known as a VSAT (Very Small Aperture Terminal) satellite system, point-to-point communications for about 5,000 Postal Service sites in the continental United States, Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico, and backup connectivity for a number of larger USPS sites, will be available.

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ISRO & Kazakhstan — Buddy Builders

August 30, 2007 / International Space Agreements

Five members of the National Cosmic Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan (NCARK), led by their Chairman of the space agency Talghat Mussabayev, traveled to India to chat with the folk at the Indian Space Research Organization and their chairman, G. Madhavan Nair and other execs. Kazakhstan is the home of the Baikonur satellite launch facility.

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