When You Call For A Medic, Iridium Will Be There
Iridium Satellite has announced that four, major, North American air ambulance and medical transportation fleets have switched to Iridium for mobile satellite communication services.
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A Hughes Shipping Frenzy
Hughes Network Systems, LLC [HUGHES] has now shipped more than 300,000 broadband satellite terminals compliant with the DVB-S2/IPoS air interface standard, including the Adaptive Coding Modulation (ACM) feature that was introduced in mid 2006.
Read MoreMoving On Up… At Global Relief Technologies
Global Relief Technologies provides rapid data management services to help governmental and non-governmental organizations and private companies involved in disaster relief, humanitarian assistance, homeland security, emergency prepared and crisis monitoring. The GRT solution allows users located anywhere in the world to collect mission-critical field data on easy-to-use handheld devices and to seamlessly transmit that data on a secure basis to a virtual network operation center (VNOC). The company is delighted to announce the addition of Richard J. Gustafson as its Executive Vice President of Operations.
Read MoreGigSat Coaxes Turtle Into Its Shell
GigaSat has launched a new range of fully integrated solid state BUC’s (Block Up Conductor) to complement its FA-120 and FA-100 flyaway systems. The “Turtle Power Modules”, so named due to their unique mechanical construction with a molded carbon fibre shell, are available in X-band, Ku-band, Ka-band and even dual band (i.e. Ku/X or Ku/Ka in one housing).
Read MoreNew Reach For FRANCE 24 Via NEW SKIES
SES NEW SKIES, an SES company [Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG], has announced FRANCE 24 is now broadcasting across Africa on the NSS-7 satellite located at the orbital position of 338° E. FRANCE 24 is a free and unencrypted 24/7 international news channel offering a French perspective on world events.
Read MoreChallenger Accepts Skype Hype and Vonage Tonage With Own mVoIP
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.
Read MoreNo Sinking Feeling in India, Thanks To Terminal Technology
From the Hindu Business Line online news service, we learn that VXL Technologies is now set to manufacture temrinals to be installed on fishing boats along the Indian coastline. The order for the terminals comes from the Space Application Center (SAC) in India after successful water trials.
Read MoreRock The Boat and Wavecom’s Technology Will Tell Sunlink All About It
Wavecom S.A.‘s wireless technology, complete with C-GPS companion chips, has been designed into the KENJI KJ 8800 watercraft tracking terminal. Perhaps you don’t think of mobile assets as benefiting from such devices for theft protection… but realize, any mobile asset has a higher-than-average risk of being ripped off.
Read MoreFrench Military Medical Aid Via Vizada BGAN
The French Ministry of Defense has selected Vizada to provide mobile satellite communications over the next three years (2008-2010). The company has put in place an Inmarsat BGAN-based solution for the French military health department (Service de Santé des Armées).
Read MoreDown To The Sea In Ships With Blue Coat And SeaMobile
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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