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Louisiana Begins The BGAN
Communication is one of the most critical needs of first responders in any emergency situation. The Sate of Louisiana has announced they have completed the deployment of BGAN from Stratos to support the statewide emergency communication applications.
Read MoreENGs and EBs Have A Friend At ND SatCom
A key to industry success, especially when involved in ENG and EB, requires effective satellite communications technology as well as a solution that’s cost-effective as well as user-friendly. Such may well be the case for ND SatCom, an SES ASTRA company, as the firm has introduced a new IPTV contribution solution.
Read MoreWintershall’s Gas Ops Is Under Control
Just installed by Wintershall is one of the most modern platform control rooms anywhere in the world. This new room will allow the company to monitor and control their gas production platforms in the Dutch sector of the North Sea.
Read MoreSNG Fleet & Rugby, HD Experiment Is “On”
The spotlight on the 2007 Rugby World Cup is going to be the task of GlobeCast and their efforts to provide an uncompressed HD signal. This subsidiary of France Telecom, now celebrating its 10th anniversary, is going to provide end-to-end satellite and fibre contributions services for host broadcaster TVH and others and broadcasters.
Read MoreSatellite Communications Aid Continues in Peru
The humanitarian calling operations of Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF) continues as more and more survivors of the killer quake in Pisco, Peru, are offered the opportunity to call their loved-ones outside the affected area. More than 600 families have already taken advantage of this free service.
Read MoreUnique Alliance Could Offer Solution For Safer Air Flight
Probably one of the most exceptional alliances you’d ever expect to hear to hear about was one that finds Raytheon and XM Satellite Radio as the best of buds as they go all out and bid on a contract to re tune air traffic control (ATC) in the United States. The Boston Globe is reporting the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) will award the contract for this makeover shortly, perhaps as early as next week.
Read MoreBring Broadband Home, Regardless Where Home Might Be…
Many would-be broadband consumers find themselves in a quandary, especially those in the more remote areas… they don’t enjoy dial-up connections… cable may be too expensive or non-existent… and whenever they enter their zip code into an alleged broadband provider’s website for a service check, their usual response has been “Checking… oops, sorry, no can do!”
Read MoreGetting Wilder At WildBlue
Success certainly can be daunting. Take, for example, the problem confronting WildBlue Communications. Capacity is becoming terminal! Beams 131, 132 and 133 are now 85 percent full due to overwhelming demand for the company’s broadband service.
Read MoreNew Communication Adventures Start for Global Marine
The successful completion of interoperability testing and sea trials between the Hughes HN series of broadband satellite modems and the specially-adapted Orbit AL-7103-MKII-GMS marine stabilized satellite antenna have brought smiles to the folk at Global Marine Communications Ltd (GMC), Hughes Network Systems (Hughes), LLC, and Orbit Technology Group. This now enables Global Marine to start initial operations in Europe and the Middle East using the HughesNet satellite service.
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