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Inmarsat Expands Mobile Satellite Business in Malaysian Maritime Market
Read more →: Inmarsat Expands Mobile Satellite Business in Malaysian Maritime Market[08-23-12] MSS operator Inmarsat increased its demand forecast for mobile satellite communications in Malaysia’s shipping industry after the…
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ViaSat Confirms Financial Management Shift
Read more →: ViaSat Confirms Financial Management Shift[08-23-12] Satellite communications systems provider ViaSat CFO Ronald Wangerin will resign from his position after 10 years of…
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Canadian Military Plans New $1 Billion Arctic Surveillance Satellite System
Read more →: Canadian Military Plans New $1 Billion Arctic Surveillance Satellite System[08-23-12] The Canadian Defense Department is planning a new $1 billion Arctic surveillance satellite network as a follow-on…
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AsiaSat Increases Profits After Divesting in Dish-HD Joint Venture
Read more →: AsiaSat Increases Profits After Divesting in Dish-HD Joint Venture[08-23-12] Satellite operator AsiaSat increased its profits in the first half of its 2012 fiscal year after abandoning…
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FTC Sues Dish Network For Telemarketing Practices
Read more →: FTC Sues Dish Network For Telemarketing Practices[08-23-12] The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has filed a lawsuit against pay-TV operator Dish Network for allegedly…
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Sirius XM Shareholders Sue Board to Prevent Liberty Media Takeover
Read more →: Sirius XM Shareholders Sue Board to Prevent Liberty Media Takeover[08-22-12] Sirius XM Radio investors have sued the satellite broadcaster’s board of directors for doing enough to protect…
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Postgraduate Students Build South Africa’s First Nanosatellite
Read more →: Postgraduate Students Build South Africa’s First Nanosatellite[08-22-12] The Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) in South Africa has designed and built the country’s first…
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Ericsson Unveils HEVC Live-TV Encoder for Mobile Devices
Read more →: Ericsson Unveils HEVC Live-TV Encoder for Mobile Devices[08-22-12] Ericsson is set to launch a new HEVC/H.265 encoder that aims to deliver live and linear TV…
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Going up? Space Elevator dreams will be alive in Seattle this weekend
Read more →: Going up? Space Elevator dreams will be alive in Seattle this weekendArtist’s rendering of a space elevator. (By Kenn Man, via Museum of Flight.) Space elevators may not be…
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Inmarsat to Launch U.S.-Based Global Pre-paid Satellite Voice, Data Service
Read more →: Inmarsat to Launch U.S.-Based Global Pre-paid Satellite Voice, Data Service[08-22-12] MSS operator Inmarsat has unveiled global pre-paid satellite services for both voice and data through its pre-pay…
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Japanese Aerospace Firm to Help Myanmar Launch Earth Observation Satellite
Read more →: Japanese Aerospace Firm to Help Myanmar Launch Earth Observation Satellite[08-22-12] Japan’s Marubeni Aerospace will help Myanmar launch a small Earth observation that will be used for the…
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Kongsberg KSAT Unit Wins $22.4 Million NASA Deal
Read more →: Kongsberg KSAT Unit Wins $22.4 Million NASA Deal[08-22-12] Norwegian technology developer Kongsberg confirmed Aug. 21 that its Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) business unit was awarded…