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Archive for September 8th, 2006

Alencar Named To Head Telenor America in Brazil

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Telenor Satellite Services, a subsidiary of Telenor of Norway, has chosen Fabio Alencar to lead Telenor Satellite Services’ Brazilian…

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RAMTelecom Expands Canadian Operations

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Not even two months after its initial public offering, satellite service provider RAMTelecom Inc. announced Sept. 6 it…

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Rural New Zealand To Get Broadband Service

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Rural New Zealand is poised to benefit from the launch of satellite broadband service from Orcon Internet. The company announced on Sept. 7 that its new satellite service will complement its existing fixed-line services…

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Comtech Receives $5.5 Million Order From General Dynamics

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Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced Sept. 7 that its Orlando, Fla.-based subsidiary, Comtech Systems Inc., has received a $5.5 million order from General Dynamics…

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Satellites Tracking Birds To Fight Avian Influenza

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Wild whooper swans from Mongolia outfitted with solar-powered, global-position satellite (GPS) transmitters are helping a team of international scientists track the potential spread pattern of avian influenza. According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), as the birds take wing across Eurasia toward their…

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French Satellite Broadcasters Look To Merge

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France’s two major satellite-television broadcasters have been given the green light from the French Finance Ministry to pair up. According to the French government on Sept. 6, a merger of Canalsat and…

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Colorado Senators Want Probe Of DirecTV Over HDTV Signals

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Colorado’s senators have asked the Senate Judiciary Committee to investigate a dispute between DirecTV and Echostar over network channels. On Aug. 28, Echostar offered to pay $100 million to local stations, including 25 Fox-owned affiliates, to settle…

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CPI opens third India service centre

September 8th, 2006 by

Communications and Power Industries recently opened a new service centre in Bangalore, India for its satellite communications customers. Communications and Power Industries (CPI) is a subsidiary of CPI International, Inc. and is a leading supplier of high-power amplifiers for satellite uplinks.

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