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Shaw’s Third Quarter Profits Increase; Revenues Remain Flat
Read more →: Shaw’s Third Quarter Profits Increase; Revenues Remain Flat[06-29-12] Shaw Communications reported a $248 million profit in its 2012 fiscal third quarter – a 22 percent…
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GAO Report Criticizes NOAA’s Management of GOES-R Program
Read more →: GAO Report Criticizes NOAA’s Management of GOES-R Program[06-29-12] The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R (GOES-R) program is at risk of running over its projected cost and…
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Hughes, Lemko Demonstrate Satellite Backhaul 4G-LTE Service
Read more →: Hughes, Lemko Demonstrate Satellite Backhaul 4G-LTE Service[06-29-12] Hughes Network Systems has successfully demonstrated wireless 4G-LTE transmissions over satellite backhaul at download speeds of over…
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Astronauts Return from China’s First Manned Space Docking
Read more →: Astronauts Return from China’s First Manned Space DockingBEIJING, June 29 (Xinhua) — Three astronauts who fulfilled China’s first manned space docking safely returned to earth…
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Harris CapRock Renews Brazilian Enterprise VSAT Contract
Read more →: Harris CapRock Renews Brazilian Enterprise VSAT Contract[06-28-12] Harris CapRock has signed a four-year renewal contract with drilling contractor Brasdril to continue providing turnkey, VSAT…
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Eutelsat Selects SBB to Distribute Tooway Service in the Balkans
Read more →: Eutelsat Selects SBB to Distribute Tooway Service in the Balkans[06-28-12] Serbia Broadband (SBB) has signed a contract with Eutelsat Communications’ Skylogic affiliate to distribute the operator’s Tooway…
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Shenzhou-9 successfully returns to Earth
Read more →: Shenzhou-9 successfully returns to EarthThe three member crew of China’s Shenzhou-9 have safely returned to Earth, following a successful – and historic…
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MDA Confirms Space Systems/Loral Acquisition
Read more →: MDA Confirms Space Systems/Loral Acquisition[06-28-12] MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) has acquired Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) for $875 million in an immediately accretive transaction, MDA…
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Eutelsat CEO Discusses CIC Investment, GE-23 Acquisition, Ambitions in Asia
Read more →: Eutelsat CEO Discusses CIC Investment, GE-23 Acquisition, Ambitions in Asia[06-28-12] Eutelsat has certainly been in the news with announcements late last week that China Investment Corp. (CIC)…
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Thaicom Receives Regulatory Bandwidth License for Upcoming Satellite
Read more →: Thaicom Receives Regulatory Bandwidth License for Upcoming Satellite[06-28-12] Thailand’s national regulatory board has awarded Thaicom a license that will allow the private satellite operator to…
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MDA Acquires Space Systems/Loral for $875 Million
Read more →: MDA Acquires Space Systems/Loral for $875 Million[06-28-12] Canadian provider of essential information solutions MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) has signed an agreement to acquire…
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Report: Justice Department Contacts U.S. Pay-TV Operators in Pricing Probe
Read more →: Report: Justice Department Contacts U.S. Pay-TV Operators in Pricing Probe[06-28-12] U.S. satellite pay-TV providers DirecTV and Dish Network have received requests from the U.S. Justice Department about…