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IEC TELECOM and IEC Telecom Group are partnering with Thuraya for the upcoming 2009 International Aid and Trade event, occurring from July 9th through the 10th at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C.
Read MoreKeystone Enterprise Services has formed a strategic distance education partnership with Lehigh University of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, wherein Lehigh University will enhance its distance learning educational program using Keystone’s interactive satellite-training network.
Read MoreEchoStar Satellite Services, a division of EchoStar Corporation (NASDAQ: SATS), has an agreement to deliver its ViP-TV™ video transport service to Ringgold Telephone Company (RTC), a provider of converged communications to more than 11,000 access lines in northern Georgia — Ringgold will receive transport of up to 42 popular HDTV channels to its IP headend.
Read MoreA leading conservationist who has devoted his life to saving the orangutan is keeping in touch with the world from his rescue centre in the Indonesian jungle — thanks to BGAN.
Read MoreThe announcement of two Asia Pacific DTH platforms (Echostar/AsiaSat for Taiwan and VTV/Canal for Vietnam), along with a new Asian procurement and launch program (ABS-2 from Space Systems/Loral & Arianespace), plus an Arianespace launch contract for Singapore/Taiwan’s ST-2 satellite, has reinforced the essential nature of satellites for the Asian communications industry.?
Read MoreSES AMERICOM-NEW SKIES, a division of SES S.A. (Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG), has announced Spacenet has signed a multiyear satellite capacity agreement to help meet growing demand for emergency communications capabilities across North America.
Read MoreHong Kong Airlines and OnAir now have an agreement to install full Mobile OnAir and Internet OnAir inflight passenger communications services on their new fleet of twin-aisle Airbus A330 aircraft – four A330-200 and six A330-300 — these will be delivered starting November 2010 and will operate on routes in South-East Asia, China and North America.
Read More21Net, a European Internet operator specializing in broadband Internet access to trains via satellite communications, and UDcast, a global provider of wireless IP broadcast solutions, announced today the selection of UDcast as 21Net supplier for link Optimization of its Broadband to trains system.
Read MoreGilat Satellite Networks Ltd. [Nasdaq: GILT] today announced it has been selected by Telikom PNG Ltd. to provide a broadband satellite communications network covering hundreds of sites.
Read MoreHughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES) is providing rapid deployment of satellite-based broadband capabilities for disaster and emergency response during the Coalition Warrior Interoperability Demonstration (CWID) which occurs from June 15th through the 26th, 2009.
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