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C-COM Satellite Systems Inc. [TSXV: CMI], in cooperation with its Mexican reseller Jaba Networks, has deployed a number of its iNetVu Mobile satellite antennas to assist medical authorities with the flood emergency in Mexico.
Read MoreSkyPort Global Communications has signed a contract with Cisco Systems Inc. to provide satellite connectivity for Cisco’s Emergency Response Networks (ERN) service. Cisco’s ERN service provides emergency voice, video, and Internet connectivity for first responders during disasters where terrestrial communication is unavailable or disrupted.
Read Moreda Vinci Systems — Microwave Radio Communications — OmniBus Systems — Utah Scientific
Read MoreRigNet, Inc. now has a partnership with NuPhysicia LLC. The companies are launching RigNet Medical, a service developed to enhance the overall health of those whose work takes them offshore or to remote locations. This distance-medicine service gives the oil and gas industry the opportunity to better control health-care costs, reduce unnecessary transits off the jobsite, expand uptime, reduce medical-care risk, and enhance offshore medical services.
Read MoreSatamatics has launched their Ocean Alert MKIII satellite tracking unit for maritime applications. The new model is based on the proven technology of the SAT-201, replacing the SAT-101 unit, which formed the basis of the previous Ocean Alert product.
Read MoreDuring a speech at an international workshop held in Algiers, Algeria, the director-general of Algeria’s space agency ASAL, Azzedine Oussedik, told SciDev.net his country is on schedule to launch their second satellite system, Alsat-2.
Read MoreGlobalcom Satellite Communications has debuted their SPOT Satellite Messenger. This new unit is the smallest satellite messenger available and provides a satellite GPS personal locator. Folk check in with their families, ask for help, track their progress, or call for 911.
Read MoreThe transition of the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite Systems, otherwise known as NPOESS as well as to save breath, has now found the command, control and communication segment (C3S) transitioned to the operations and support team by Raytheon Company [NYSE:RTN], Northrup Grumman Corp. and NPOESS themselves.
Read MoreMobile Satellite Ventures’ (MSV) announced today they will operate two Gulf States Mutual Aid Radio Talkgroups (GSMART) on MSV’s satellite communications network that will be managed by the Louisiana Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP).
Read MoreAsia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat) and LUXE.TV are in agreement in regards to a new distribution program.
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