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SES NEW SKIES, an SES company [Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG], is teaming with SeaMobile’s Maritime Telecommunications Network (MTN) product group for extensive field tests of new, miniaturized VSAT antennas. The companies will test two new 60cm VSAT antennas.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreAlaska 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.
Read MoreIreland’s National broadcaster, RTE, is purchasing two Newswift satellite antennas from Advent Communications. They will be added to the broadcaster’s already-owned Newswift equipment to increase the size of the satellite communications fleet.
Read MoreEmerging Markets Communications (EMC) has launched a new IP Trunking DVB-S2 platform service for the entire African continent. Benefiting PTTs, ISPs, GSM operators and Carriers operating in Africa, this new service supports Internet and voice trunking, with a guaranteed CIR (Committed Information Rate) and an additional bursting capability over the whole shared outbound carrier.
Read MoreThuraya Satellite Telecom Co. has shed light on a series of new products and business initiatives. The company has introduced offerings such as GmPRS in its handheld mobile terminals and ThurayaIP at 444 kbps for high-speed data services.
Read MoreDigitalGlobe has announced that the launch of WorldView-1 from Vandenberg AFB in California will be broadcast live over the Internet on Tuesday, September 18 at approximately 11:20 AM PDT. The launch is scheduled for 11:35 AM PDT.
Read MoreWhen it comes to disaster recovery and first-responder action, a vehicle outfitted with all of the necessary communication equipment is mandatory. To ensure such is part of their role in emergency events, Spacenet Inc. has intro’d their new mobile Emergency Communications Vehicle, which serves as a transportable command post typically deployable in ten minutes or less to provide converged data, voice and video communications.
Read MoreBroadcom Corporation [NASDAQ: BRCM] has announced a new and advanced system-on-a-chip (SoC) solution for next generation satellite and IP set-top boxes (STBs). The new BCM7405 digital set-top-box-on-a-chip leverages Broadcom's track record and market acumen in both IP and set-top box technologies to deliver unprecedented levels of processor performance, memory bandwidth, graphics speed, system security and peripheral integration.
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