Triple Play For Intelsat
Intelsat, Ltd. has signed new agreements with three companies—Strong Technologies, RRSAT Global and Rádio e Televisão de Portugal... here are the details.
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KVH’s TracPhone Is Exclusive VSAT Solution For Mackay
KVH Industries, Inc., [NASDAQ: KVHI) announced Mackay Communications, Inc., will begin offering the new KVH TracPhone V7 with mini-VSAT Broadband service as its exclusive maritime VSAT (very small aperture terminal) solution. The new mini-VSAT Broadband service uses sophisticated spread spectrum technology to provide vessels with data reception rates as fast as 2 Mbps and data transmission rates as fast as 512 Kbps via the 24" KVH TracPhone V7.
Read MoreLatens to Secure du IPTV Services
Latens has been awarded a contract by the Dubai-based telco, du, to protect its IPTV service. du, the new telecom operator in United Arab Emirates (UAE), has acquired over 500,000 customers. This represents more than 10% of the UAE population within less than a year of its launch of operations. Latens CA is to protect du’s population of Motorola set-top boxes (STBs).
Read MoreMedia&Broadcast Now Flying Via Eutelsat’s EUROBIRD 9
Media&Broadcast, a business unit of T-Systems, and Eutelsat Communications [Euronext Paris: ETL] have signed an agreement for the lease of a full transponder on Eutelsat’s EUROBIRD 9 satellite. The capacity will be used for video networks and data distribution services in Germany and international markets.
Read MoreUltra Reliability Is Spacenet’s Offer To Retail Enterprises
Spacenet Inc. has introduced a new, affordable program specifically designed for retail enterprises to help reduce operational expenses and minimize lost revenue caused by network downtime. The program enables customers to leverage VSAT services as part of a hybrid network for ultra reliable networking and redundant communications for business continuity.
Read MoreThey May Be Wild And They May Be Blue But They’re Also… Winners!
They’ve been named Euroconsult’s 2007 Broadband Satellite System Operator of the Year! WildBlue Communications is celebrating as the award was announced during the 11th World Summit for Satellite Financing in Paris, France, and receiving the award during a ceremony at the Hotel Westin.
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Read MoreRadyne’s Gateway To Lower Cost Hub And Spoke Networks
Providing full mesh, hub and spoke and hybrid network activities is the new MDX420 Satellite Network Gateway unveiled by Radyne Corporation [NASDAQ: RADN] at IBC in Amsterdam. The MDX420 applies Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) and can operate in single channel per carried mode—all on the same platform.
Read MoreAgilent Offers Trusty Testing
In a communication system, transmission lines are usually the most common failure point. Cables and antennas are constantly exposed to the elements and they degrade over time. Mix in poorly tightened connectors or seals, and intermittent outages all the way to utter failure could be the result. Agilent Technologies [NYSE: A] to the rescue.
Read MoreESA Sponsored Tethers and Galaxy Gazing
Scheduled to fly later this month is a European Space Agency (ESA) student project that will find a space tether performing a capsule deorbit maneuver. Parts of Africa, the Middle East, South America (below 55 degrees S), Antarctic Peninsula (above 82 degrees South), Eastern Russia and Western Alaska (above 170 degrees East) should find the tether visible.
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