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TerreStar Europe Limited, an indirect, majority-owned subsidiary of TerreStar Corporation (NASDAQ:TSTR), has issued the following statement with respect to the European Commission order regarding 2GHz MSS S-Band spectrum authorizations:
Read MoreThe European Union (EU) has selected Inmarsat to establish a next-generation mobile satellite communications system across the continent.
Read MoreThe Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA has released TIA-1043-A Issues Over the Air Interoperability Specification for cdma2000? Air Interface.
Read MoreIn a letter to Congress dated May 6th, The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), CTIA-The Wireless Association, The Satellite Industry Association (SIA), TechAmerica, and The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) collectively voiced their opposition to a proposed ban on the usage of wireless telecommunications on U.S. commercial flights.
Read MoreSWE-DISH Satellite Systems AB, a DataPath? company, has been granted U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) licenses for the SWE-DISH Drive-Away CCT120 and Suitcase? CCT120 SATCOM terminals.
Read MoreAfter an epic battle between the U.S. broadcasting industry and high-tech companies, the FCC ruled in November 2008 that it would open up white space spectrum (54 MHz to 698 MHz) once TV stations move from analog to digital transmissions and no longer need the bandwidth “guard rails” required by analog. Congress has set the date for that transition for June 2009.
Read MoreThe Radio-Technical Commission for Aeronautics (RTCA) Special Committee 215 (SC-215) has finalized key documents to facilitate evaluation and approval of Iridium-based critical safety communications for air carriers on transoceanic flights.
Read MoreOn March 19, 2009, the Russian State Radio Frequency Committee (SRFC) made a decision on allocating radio frequencies for the W1 European satellite that is planned to be located at the Russian 80 East orbital position.
Read MoreKudos to EMS Satamatics for receiving the successful Type Approval by Germanischer Lloyd of the SAT-201i-Long Range Identification and Tracking (LRIT) solution.
Read MoreHarris Corporation (NYSE: HRS has received Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-2 Level 2 certification for the Harris Highband Networking Radio (HNR).
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