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XipLink Successfully Demos LTE Using Satellite
Wireless link optimization specialist XipLink has completed a test with a significant Asian cellular service provider, delivering accelerated voice, data and video traffic exceeding 90 megabits per second (Mbps) to a remote LTE base station over a satellite connection...
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5 Things We Learned at Global MilSatCom Today
Global MilSatCom is one of the main events for military and communications executives and officials...
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Cobham Satcom Debuts Lightweight Sailor VSAT Antenna Systems
Cobham Satcom has revealed two new 60cm Ka-band VSAT antenna systems for maritime customers...
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Eutelsat Inks new Broadcast and IoT Deals
Eutelsat Communications has signed up a number of customers in Africa and in Europe for broadcast services, and also tightened it’s collaboration with Internet of Things (IoT) pioneer Sigfox...
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Avanti, Global Invacom Demo Encrypted Satellite TV Over Ka-band IP Networks
Avanti Communications and Global Invacom, in partnership with Microsoft and the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems (ARTES) program, are demonstrating satellite broadcasting using standard IP-enabled networks such as Ethernet or Wi-Fi...
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Iridium GO! Gains Five Third Party Apps
Iridium has made five mobile applications from third party developers available for Iridium GO!, the company’s global smartphone access device...
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Industry Coalition Launched to Extend Role of Satellite Broadcasting
Six leading satellite operators and manufacturers announced the formation of the SAT>IP Alliance at the 2015 NAB Show in Las Vegas, Nev...
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New Market Opportunities for Satellite Start to Emerge From Global Connectivity Boom
The “connected car” and “smart cities” are two potentially new and exciting markets the satellite industry could play in over the coming years, particularly the former as the potential for “always-on” connectivity could be a big draw for satellite...
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Swiss Space Systems Opens Croatia Subsidiary, Plans Spaceport
Swiss Space Systems (S3) has inaugurated a new subsidiary in Croatia, where the company hopes to build a spaceport as well as a facility for manufacturing the upper stage of the SOAR launch vehicle...
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SpaceX Satellite Project Boosted by $1 Billion Google, Fidelity Investment
Google and Fidelity have confirmed an investment of approximately $1 billion in SpaceX, powering the second large-scale Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite communications constellation...
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GX Launches Getting Dicey after Proton Puts Telecom Satellite in Wrong Orbit
Failed Proton Launch - Opps - Wrong Orbit:
After last Tuesday's failed Proton launch Inmarsat's GX launches look riskier than ever...
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Thuraya
When you need to take your connection with you, Thuraya will follow you through Europe, Asia and Africa. Modern satellite telephones by Thuraya are small and compact like GSM phones, they support voice, data and fax connections, and models are available with a tri-band GSM reception capability.
All these technical capabilities, their compact size and ease of use are some of the main reasons Thuraya phones are used by not only Croatian mountain rescue service, but by numerous local and foreign adventurers.
Fulfilling the need for ultra-mobile Internet access, Thuraya can also offer a mobile satellite connection terminal with throughput up to 144 KBps at any point in the coverage area.
