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A deal has been signed in Melbourne that finds indie satservices provider NewSat Limited [ASX: NWT] and consumer telco Dodo working together to bring affordable broadband Internet connectivity to remote Australian households and businesses. This will occur under the Howard Government’s Australian Broadband Guarantee program.
Read MoreAdvent Communications is preparing to communicate most eagerly with visitors to their IBC booth. Their portable and mobile satellite uplinks will all be on display, and the new IP modem — ADM5000 L Band Modem — has also arrived.
Read MoreHow FAB… actually, FAB-T… Family of Advanced Beyond line-of-sight Terminals, with The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] successfully demo’ing for the first these systems can acquire an operational satellite and complete downlink transmissions. During the Low Data Rate test, a FAB-T radio communicated with an operational Milstar satellite and completed a series of downlink tests.
Read MoreRussian Joint Stock Company Iskra Research & Development, located in Krasnoyarsk, have now been provided with an HN NOC and 500 HN7000/7740 remote satellite terminals from Hughes Network Systems [HUGHES]. With government agencies, large enterprises, small and medium enterprises (SME) and telecom operators as their primary customers (in Siberia, the Urals, and Far Eastern Federal regions), these new Hughes supplied terminals will aid in the company’s support of a wide range of web apps, VPN services, Voice over IP (VoIP), videoconferencing, as well as broadcast and multicast apps
Read MoreMaking content easier for terrestrial and mobile TV network distribution is the key element of the cooperative agreement just signed ‘tween SES ASTRA (yes, the satellite operator) and Newtec (satellite communication technologies). The two firms plan to test and demo a managed satellite distribution system that will deliver several mobile TV channels from Betzdorf, Luxembourg, to a number of remote and unmanned terrestrial transmission sites.
Read MoreGeez, two booths at the upcoming IBC for ND SatCom… that’s generous! And the company is going to be enlightening those who visit with their SkyRAY Light 1200, which also happens to have been short listed for the CSI Product of the Year Awards 2007.
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Read MoreThe leading pay-TV operator in sub-Sharan Africa, MultiChoice Africa, is boosting its capacity with new leases with Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) via their SESAT 1 satellite. These capacity leases are to expand the firm’s pay TV and Internet services in their target market.
Read MoreThrough the use of Loral Skynet’s Telstar 10 satellite, there’s going to be a new provider of video content to the Asian market.
Read MoreBecoming a master of anything requires dedication, hard work and a deep understanding of the subject matter. Thrane & Thrane now has a Master Distributor for their range of satellite communications equipment in the Middle East and Africa, that being their new Master Distributor, Xtra-LINK FZCO.
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