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Globalstar, Inc. [NASDAQ:GSAT] has announced their subsidiary, Globalstar Europe, is launching Static IP (Internet Protocol) address and virtual private network or VPN capability for its satellite data customers throughout western Europe. The new services are possible due to enhancements at the Globalstar gateway ground station located in France.
Read MoreComtech Telecommunications Corp. [NASDAQ: CMTL] subsidiary, Comtech EF Data Corp., has received $2.6 million in orders for satellite communications equipment. The equipment will support an expansion project of a satellite-based cellular backhaul network to remote areas in Asia.
Read MoreInternational Datacasting Corporation [TSX:IDC] has received new orders for Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) products and related services from three separate customers. These orders total more than $1.7 million USD.
Read MoreMotorola, Inc. [NYSE: MOT] is going to demo their high definition (HD) video delivery offerings at the HD World Conference & Exposition. The demonstrations will feature Motorola’s first public display of the DSR-6000 series receivers, the first of a new generation of receiver-transcoders.
Read MoreRAMTelecom Inc. [TSX-V:RTC] has been selected by ShopCast to provide satellite service to support the EK3 Narrowcasting network in Wal-Mart Canada Corporation stores across Canada. ShopCast, a Toronto-based company, will use RAMTelecom satellite communications services to enable the EK3 Narrowcasting Network to run Wal-Mart’s closed circuit TV, which will communicate directly with shoppers.
Read MoreUDcast provides Mobile TV infrastructure solutions and satellite-aware enterprise networking equipment and, during the Satcon Expo in New York, is going to demo the role that satellite is playing as the company rolls out MobileTV.
Read MoreWildBlue Enterprise Solutions, XipLink and Trispen have just announced a technical and commercial solution that will provide a new integrated, high performance VPN network for small to medium size businesses. This secure VPN network allows for accelerated communications and optimized bandwidth over satellite. This new solution will be available through WildBlue Enterprise Solutions' Value Added Resellers (VARs).
Read MoreAugmentation of land-based telecommunication services is certainly of high importance to most governmental agencies, especially those involved in the area of public health. And that’s why the New Zealand Ministry of Health is now going to rely on Iridium Satellite phones to help the agency ensure continuity of operations in the event of natural or manmade disasters.
Read MoreIn April of 1995, the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications (MPT) and the State Planning Commission formed the China Orient Telecommunications Satellite Company, also known as COTS (not to be confused with Commercial Off The Shelf… but it is!)
Read MoreNew Zealand's National broadcaster, Television New Zealand (TVNZ), has completed factory acceptance tests on a new 1.2-meter motorized FlyDrive satellite antenna from Advent Communications, which they have selected to use in covering the final stages of the Rugby World Cup. TVNZ mounted the FlyDrive on a hired vehicle to drive it to France to cover the Rugby World Cup.
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