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Spanish Municipalities Getting New Tech From Skylogic

September 2, 2007 / Satellite Communications

Skylogic, the broadband affiliate of Eutelsat Communications [Euronext Paris: ETL] is the recipient of a contract from the Diputacion Provincial de Zaragoza to implement full broadband capabilities to 120 communities in the region of Saragossa in northern Spain. The Zaragoza Internet Provincial programme was initiated to facilitate access to new technologies for all municipalities in the province and to provide citizens in all communities with free broadband access to public service amenities and on-line documentation.

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Dashing Dashboard From Stratos Part Of New Inmarsat Services

September 1, 2007 / Satellite Communications

Stratos Global Corp. [TSX: SGB] has unveiled their commercial availability of Inmarsat's Satellite Phone Services in mobile, fixed-land and fixed-maritime packages. Customers using Inmarsat Satellite Phone Services from Stratos will benefit from the Stratos Advantage, a wide range of value-added services that ensure optimal communications performance and cost efficiency.

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Verizon VSATs The USPS

September 1, 2007 / Satellite Communications

Verizon Business will provide a new custom satellite network to the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). The network will provide reliability and cost-effective delivery of voice and high-speed data to areas where wireline or wireless access is unavailable or too costly. Formerly known as a VSAT (Very Small Aperture Terminal) satellite system, point-to-point communications for about 5,000 Postal Service sites in the continental United States, Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico, and backup connectivity for a number of larger USPS sites, will be available.

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GeoEye Looks At Improved Imagery And Buys In

August 27, 2007 / Earth Observation & Imaging

GeoEye owns and operates the IKONOS satellite and is nearing completion of the integration and testing of its next-generation commercial satellite, GeoEye-1. This space-based camera will provide imagery with a ground resolution of 0.41-meter panchromatic (black & white) and 1.65-meter multispectral (color).

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Astrium Agrees, ascos and ISRO On Board

August 26, 2007 / Satellite Communications

The board of directors of E.ON Ruhrgas AG has decided to transfer the operation and marketing of its ascos satellite reference service to a new provider. The new ascos provider is to be a joint initiative between Astrium Services (Munich) and ALLSAT (Hannover). Additionally, Astrium has also a new working agreement with India’s space agency.

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