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DigitalGlobe and Oracle are getting together to offer satellite imagery to Oracle Database 11g customers. Sample imagery of the city of San Francisco is now available and downloadable through the Oracle Technology Network (OTN).
Read MoreCOM DEV International Ltd. [TSX: CDV] has secured a space flight opportunity to demonstrate an advanced AIS data detection capability from space. AIS, or Automatic Identification System, is a VHF broadcast system required aboard major marine vessels to locate and identify ships at sea.
Read MoreDevine Entertainment Corporation [OTCBB:DVNNF] is establishing an online content distribution unit to accelerate revenue growth in the expanding marketplace for digital download of film and television content. The newly formed Devine Digital Content Group will spearhead initiatives to maximize revenue opportunities in the double-digit industry growth of video-on-demand (VOD), Internet, wireless and mobile communications, and other new electronic distribution channels.
Read MoreMicrospace Communications Corporation (Microspace), the leading distributor of digital cinema via satellite, today announced the satellite distribution of DreamWorks Pictures’ “The Heartbreak Kid” to theaters nationwide. The film’s stars include Ben Stiller, Michelle Monaghan and Malin Akerman.
Read MoreA testimonial is a gift to any company receiving such positive, reflective statements of support for a particular product or line of products. Comtech EF Data has just received such from ST Teleport. That company happens to be a full-service satellite communications solutions provider.
Read MoreABI Research survey results reveal North American business customers spend 23 percent more on mobile services than consumers. But until now, mobile productivity application development has lagged behind mobile entertainment services development, limiting the opportunities for serving the business customer.
Read MoreVerso Technologies, Inc. [NASDAQ: VRSO] and Hughes Network Systems, LLC (Hughes) have successfully concluded inter-operability testing of the Verso NetPerformer solution over the Hughes broadband satellite platform. As a result, Verso’s optimized NetPerformer satellite solution is now offered to wireless carriers worldwide for GSM and CDMA backhaul applications.
Read MoreNetwork Innovations has solved the issue of voice delay on MSAT G2 systems with the release of the SATRAD Console Interface System (CIS). The CIS integrates existing dispatch console systems with the SATRAD MSAT G2 satellite dispatch radio service and eliminates the voice delay associated with a standard G2 dispatch unit.
Read MoreDigitalGlobe has released the first images from WorldView-1, the highest resolution commercial satellite that was successfully launched on September 18 from Vandenberg Air Force Base. The satellite has been undergoing a routine calibration and checkout period.
Read MoreAdvantech AMT manufactures satellite and terrestrial wireless communication equipment. The company, in collaboration with ProComSat, their Algerian partner, had successfully installed RF equipment in support of the All-African games broadcasts.
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