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[SatNews] GeoMetWatch, Inc. has announced that NOAA's Commercial Remote Sensing Regulatory Affairs Office, an agency of the Department of Commerce, has granted it the nation's first commercial remote sensing license for a geostationary hyperspectral imaging/sounding system.
Read More[SatNews] Reacting to today's CSR announcement by the British government, David Williams, Chief executive of Avanti Communications said:
Read More[SatNews] The results from ESA's SMOS satellite have been impressive, but the mission has been bugged by patches of interference from radar, TV and radio transmissions in what should be a protected band.
Read More[SatBroadcasting(tm)]AEPOC, the European Association for the Protection of Encrypted Works and Services, has announced first details of a new action plan to build a broader anti-piracy stance for the Association.
Read More[SatNews] According to Bloomberg, LightSquared, the $7B Long Term Evolution (LTE) open-access mobile network that will use satellite spectrum (acquired by New York investment firm Harbinger Capital) has obtained a four-year $750M loan from UBS.
Read More[SatNews] The Satellite Users Interference Reduction Group (SUIRG) has launched an important new tool in its continuing quest to identify and mitigate the ever-growing problem of satellite interference.
Read More[SatNews] Airspan Networks Inc. now has an agreement with LightSquared to exclusively market the latter’s 1.4 GHz wireless spectrum.
Read More[SatNews] Satellite interference is a growing problem facing all satellite operators and users — virtually every geostationary satellite experiences some form of interference incident in its lifetime.
Read More[SatNews] The General Services Administration (GSA) has released a final request for proposals for a procurement that civilian and defense agencies can use to purchase commercial satellite communications.
Read More[SatNews] The Satellite Users Interference Reduction Group (SUIRG), the global industry organization dedicated to combating the costly problem of satellite radio frequency interference (RFI), is holding its 7th Annual Satellite Interference Conference from September 28th through 30th, 2010, in San Francisco, CA.
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