Technology developed by European researchers promises to dramatically lower the costs of satellite bandwidth, potentially bridging the digital divide and enabling satellites to deliver TV, internet and telephony services via satellite. The technical problems are solved, now the research team is working hard on the business case. Service providers could start offering satellite TV, broadband and voice services for less than €50 thanks to satellite technology innovations by European research... Read Full Story

RaySat Antenna Systems’ President, Ilan Kaplan, has been invited to speak about the mobile VSAT market at the ComSys VSAT 2009 global industry conference. With 20 years of experience in the SATCOM market, Kaplan will share the insights he has gained with RaySat Antenna Systems regarding the demands and extraordinary applications of mobile VSAT in a presentation called “Pinning Down a Moving Target”.Scheduled to speak on the afternoon of Wednesday, September 16th, at 16:20, during the technolo... Read Full Story

Keh-Ming LuDirector of Asia Pacific Programs, Enterprise Division, Hughes Network Systems, Germantown, Maryland 20876, U.S.A.,http://www.hns.com, Tel: 301-428-5771, Fax: 301-428-5511, klu@hns.comAbstract: Three technologies are applied to interactive distance learning: infrastructure, applications, and content. Satellite technology plays an important role in the data communication field. By using very small aperture terminals, interactive distance learning is a cost-effective method to keep u... Read Full Story

Satellite Success - Is IDL Right for You? Interactive distance learning-satellite can be cost-effective and interactive, too. So, should you transmit training via satellite?By Margery Weinstein When you think distance learning, you probably think e-learning, as it's the most popular way of transmitting instruction to remote learners. But, what you may have forgotten is e-learning is not the only way.Available for more than two decades, satellite technology also can be a viable option, especia... Read Full Story

Sep 07, 2009 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) --The Broadband World Forum Europe 2009 conference and exhibition will display products, services, and applications from the world's top equipment suppliers this 7-9 September at the CNIT La Defense.The industry's foremost content provider companies, including Orange serving as the official host sponsor, are pre-registered to learn of these broadband innovations and forge new business relationships."The collaboration of these service provider and suppl... Read Full Story

Sep 08, 2009 (AsiaPulse via COMTEX) --An executive briefing on the telecommunications industry for Sept 8, 2009, prepared by Asia Pulse (http:/ www.asiapulse.com), the real-time, asia-based wire with exclusive news, commercial intelligence and business opportunities.AUSTRALIAN TELCO OPTUS CALLS FOR SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRY REFORMSSYDNEY - Telstra (ASX:TLS) chief executive David Thodey may be nice to deal with but the telco giant's behaviour will not change while industry regulation remains unchan... Read Full Story

SEACOM’s foundation customer connects customers across Africa to high-speed internetSeptember 8th 2009 - Nairobi, Kenya - Two years after committing to the SEACOM project, Gateway Communications is live on the submarine fibre optic cable connecting Africa to Europe, Asia and the rest of the world. Gateway Communications was the first company to invest in SEACOM, which is bringing 1.28 Tbit/s of capacity to the continent.As the foundation customer, Gateway’s investment in SEACOM is another exa... Read Full Story

The Safir (Meaning Messenger or Ambassador in Arabic and adopted by Persian) is the name of the first Iranian expendable launch vehicle that is able to place a satellite in orbit. The first successful orbital launch using the Safir launch system took place February 2, 2009 when a Safir 2 carrier rocket placed the Omid satellite into an orbit with a 258.0 km (160.3 mi) apogee.A sub-orbital test flight, named Kavoshgar-1, was conducted on February 4, 2008, as announced by state-run television. ... Read Full Story

These types of telecommunication products are mainly used by the companies that execute contracts in the Near East and Asia, as well as by the soldiers that are stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan. Purchased bands give us unlimited possibilities of configuration and setting any telecommunication connections from the Near East region and South-Western Asia.New TS2 Satellite Technologies offer is a broadband internet access and corporate networks based on satellites. The operator's broadband serv... Read Full Story

Michael E. Jackson1*, Chuck Meertens1, Oivind Ruud1,Spencer Reeder1, Warren Gallaher1, and Chris Rocken21University NAVSTAR Consortium (UNAVCO), University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) Office of Programs2GPS Science & Technology (GST) Program, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) Office of Programs* Corresponding author address: Submitted to: GPS SolutionsMichael E. Jackson, UNAVCO Boulder CO Date: May 8, 2001e-mail: mikej@unavco.ucar.eduAbstractThe Univer... Read Full Story