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Many would-be broadband consumers find themselves in a quandary, especially those in the more remote areas… they don’t enjoy dial-up connections… cable may be too expensive or non-existent… and whenever they enter their zip code into an alleged broadband provider’s website for a service check, their usual response has been “Checking… oops, sorry, no can do!”
Read MorePrice slashing, cost cutting, everyone loves a deal when it comes to the price of any item to be purchased. Garmin could become a European consumer’s best friend, as this company is involved in the design and manufacture of navigation, communication, and info devices, and they’ve decided to hack the price of two of their best-selling in-car nav-sat systems. Not by two percent or by five percent, but by 12 percent.
Read MoreFor those involved in, or have an interest in, antennas and antenna subsystems, base station equipment and the like, there is a workshop coming up you might wish to attend. The International Wireless Industry Consortium (IWPC) Infrastructure workshops have two events planned, both occurring in Stuttgart, Germany, from October 16th through the 19th.
Read MoreWith Early Bird registration now extended until August 31st, now is certainly the time to consider attending the upcoming 2007 Military Communications Conference, scheduled for October 29 through 31st in Orlando, Florida. The theme is” Interoperability: Policy to Performance” and the convention will be held at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center.
Read MoreAn agreement for the delivery of a Sat3Play Satellite Broadband System has been signed between Newtec and Egypsat. The latter has their headquarters in Cairo and has been in the biz of offering sat-based services since 1997. Their customer base majority is comprised of business users, large corporations, and Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) users throughout the Middle East.
Read MoreWith more than 20 years of experience in oilfield services and remote communications, Mark Slaughter now finds himself as the CEO of RigNet, Inc., a provider of managed communications for the upstream oil and gas industry.
Read MoreSuccess certainly can be daunting. Take, for example, the problem confronting WildBlue Communications. Capacity is becoming terminal! Beams 131, 132 and 133 are now 85 percent full due to overwhelming demand for the company’s broadband service.
Read More-- Compact Communications From Thuraya -- Globe Rides SeaWave & Rydex Into New Roles -- Googling and Oogling Space -- DCS Maxes Out With Scopus -- Pleasantly Board --
Read MoreAll of Belgacom’s satellite activities will now be in the hands of ORG Informatics Limited. Belgacom has completed an agreement with the Indian group and the transfer of all activities should be completed by this fall.
Read MoreOne of the chores the crew of the Endeavour during the STS-118 mission was to deliver a variety of hardware components to the International Space Station (ISS). In fact, Boeing produced more than 740 light hardware components that include the Starboard 5 (SS) truss element. This component will increase the available power to the various systems aboard the ISS.
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