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Informa: Emerging Market Consumers to Drive Four-Year VAS Market Growth
Read more →: Informa: Emerging Market Consumers to Drive Four-Year VAS Market Growth[07-20-10] The global mobile value-added-service (VAS) industry, which produced revenues of $200 billion in 2009, will see revenues…
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SpeedCast CEO Ready to Seize Acquisition Opportunities in Africa
Read more →: SpeedCast CEO Ready to Seize Acquisition Opportunities in Africa[07-20-10] Satellite telecommunications service provider SpeedCast may look to make an acquisition in Africa in 2011 to boost…
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Northrop Grumman, Raytheon STSS System Passes Third Demonstration Test
Read more →: Northrop Grumman, Raytheon STSS System Passes Third Demonstration Test[07-20-10] Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) demonstration program satellites built by Northrop Grumman and Raytheon have completed…
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Dextre, the Canadian robot, waits begins operational service
Read more →: Dextre, the Canadian robot, waits begins operational serviceCanada’s Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (SPDM) robot “Dextre” is making himself useful on the International Space Station (ISS),…
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Globalstar Voices Support for FCC Mobile Spectrum Proceedings
Read more →: Globalstar Voices Support for FCC Mobile Spectrum Proceedings[07-20-10] Globalstar hailed the U.S. Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) initiation of proceedings to make wireless spectrum available for…
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Astrium Wins ACES Deal With ESA
Read more →: Astrium Wins ACES Deal With ESA[07-20-10] The European Space Agency (ESA) has contracted Astrium to develop the Atomic Clock Ensemble in Space (ACES)…
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MDA Receives Payment, Completes Definization Phase on Ukraine Satellite System
Read more →: MDA Receives Payment, Completes Definization Phase on Ukraine Satellite System[07-20-10] MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) has received the initial payment due under its $254 million contract with…
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Hughes Wins Contract to Power Chevron’s Broadband Network
Read more →: Hughes Wins Contract to Power Chevron’s Broadband Network[07-20-10] Oil and gas company Chevron has named Hughes Network Systems its certified provider of secure managed broadband…
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Harbinger-SkyTerra LTE Deal Worth $7 Billion: Will Satellite Play a Major Role?
Read more →: Harbinger-SkyTerra LTE Deal Worth $7 Billion: Will Satellite Play a Major Role?[07-20-10] Harbinger Capital’s eight-year, $7 billion contract with Nokia Siemens Networks to build and operate a 4G LTE…
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H2OLiteSpeed Extends Astra 3B-Powered VSAT Service in the Mediterranean
Read more →: H2OLiteSpeed Extends Astra 3B-Powered VSAT Service in the Mediterranean[07-19-10] H2OLiteSpeed has extended its maritime VSAT solution to provide coverage over European waters ranging from the Mid-Mediterranean…
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STS-133: SpaceX’s DragonEye set for late installation on Discovery
Read more →: STS-133: SpaceX’s DragonEye set for late installation on DiscoveryThe DragonEye (DE) relative navigation sensor – set to ride with Discovery on STS-133 – will be installed…
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Norway’s AISSat-1 Enters Service
Read more →: Norway’s AISSat-1 Enters Service[07-19-10] Norwegian operator Kongsberg’s AISSat-1 nanosatellite entered service and began transmitting automatic identification system (AIS) messages from orbit…