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Challenger Accepts Skype Hype and Vonage Tonage With Own mVoIP

August 24, 2007 / Satellite Communications

Challenger Mobile has announced enhancements to the company’s platform to help mobile operators, wireless ISPs, and related service providers deliver their own branded Mobile VoIP services to subscribers, all the while enjoying a fast time-to-market and low cost of entry. Challenger's white-label Mobile VoIP (mVoIP) platform allows subscribers to place calls from their mobiles over the Internet, using a WiFi, GPRS or 3G connection.

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Down To The Sea In Ships With Blue Coat And SeaMobile

August 19, 2007 / Maritime & Aviation Satcom

Blue Coat Systems, Inc. [NASDAQ: BCSI] has been selected by SeaMobile (global provider of at-sea communications, connectivity and content services) to implement the Blue Coat ProxySG appliances to accelerate email traffic and Web access for passengers using Internet cafés on cruise ships. Blue Coat’s ProxySG appliances accelerate applications, email and Web content and optimize bandwidth usage over satellite links.

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WorldView-1 Is On The Ball

August 19, 2007 / Earth Observation & Imaging

The Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corporation WorldView-1 satellite, built for DigitalGlobe, launched yesterday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, at 11:35 a.m. PDT aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket. The launch of the WorldView-1 satellite is poised to make a major contribution towards the advancement of the commercial, remote-sensing industry by providing higher collection capabilities, more frequent revisit time, and greater imaging flexibility.

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Ears In The Sky Through WRN Facilities

August 19, 2007 / Satellite Communications

The newest radio station for the Sky platform is Insight Radio. Providing the satellite uplink, capacity and EPG services will be WRN, the United Kingdom-based TV and radio transmission company. Insight Radio is the radio station of the RNIB and Europe’s first radio station for blind and partially sighted people.

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Flying High With SatWi-Fi Is Alaska Airlines

August 18, 2007 / Satellite Communications

Alaska Airlines has announced their plans to launch in-flight wireless Internet service next year based on the company Row 44's satellite-based broadband connectivity solution. The airline will test Row 44's system on a next-generation Boeing 737 aircraft in spring 2008 and, based on the trial's outcome, plans to equip its 114-aircraft fleet.

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