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Archive for February 22nd, 2007

Artel Signs For $70 Million For Satellite Services To U.S. Central Command

February 22nd, 2007 by

Artel, a global provider of information technology and managed network services, announced Feb. 21 that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has…

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ViaSat Acquires ICT

February 22nd, 2007 by

ViaSat is acquiring privately held Intelligent Compression Technologies (ICT), ViaSat announced Feb. 21. ICT provides…

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Gilat Announces Africa Deal

February 22nd, 2007 by

Giat has won a key VSAT deal in one of Africa’s major markets by signing a deal with Nigerian ISP Hyperia, which will…

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Batelco Looks Toward Satellite

February 22nd, 2007 by

Batelco, a telco in Bahrain, has signed a deal to offer satellite services to customers in the Middle East. Its memorandum of understanding with…

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EchoStar Goes For Proton

February 22nd, 2007 by

EchoStar, the U.S. pay-TV operator on Feb. 21 announced both a satellite launch and a major international investment. The company plans to launch with International Launch Services (ILS) a satellite in 2008 on a Proton Breeze-M vehicle built by ILS partner Khrunichev State…

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2007 Teleport Awards For Excellence

February 22nd, 2007 by

The World Teleport Association has awarded this year’s Teleport Awards For Excellence.

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First test of new autonomous capability on Mars called promising

February 22nd, 2007 by

Autonomous navigation software developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) drove the NASA Mars Rover “Opportunity” last week in the software’s first live test on the Red Planet.

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CapRock acquires Arrowhead

February 22nd, 2007 by

Satellite communications provider CapRock Communications announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Arrowhead Global Solutions Inc.

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