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Archive for February, 2007

CapRock To Provide VSAT To Otto Candies Fleet

February 28th, 2007 by

CapRock Communications will provide VSAT services to the Otto Candies fleet…

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Advantech Supplies NATO 3C Agency

February 28th, 2007 by

Adventech Satellite Networks Inc. has sold a digital video broadcast-return channel satellite system…

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NDS Wins African Conditional Access Contract

February 28th, 2007 by

NDS will supply conditional access services to Gateway Communications for a new…

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Shin Satellite To Launch Video-On-Demand Service Australia

February 28th, 2007 by

Shin Satellite will launch a video-on-demand service in Australia, the company announced. The operator is teaming up with ReelTime Media, an Australian broadband TV…

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EchoStar, DirecTV Settle Trademark Dispute

February 28th, 2007 by

EchoStar Satellite LLC and DirecTV have settled pending litigation regarding the use of trademarks as keywords to trigger sponsored links on Internet searches such as Google Adwords and similar search…

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Inmarsat Profit Nearly Doubles In 2006

February 28th, 2007 by

Inmarsat posted a 2006 profit of $127.7 million, up 98 percent over 2005, the company announced Feb. 27. Revenues were $500.1 million in 2006, compared to revenues of $491.1 million in 2005. Revenues from mobile satellite communication services were $491.8 million in 2006, up 4 percent from 2005. The gains…

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Sirius Sees Record Revenues In 2006 As Losses Reach $1.1 Billion

February 28th, 2007 by

Sirius Satellite Radio reported record revenue of $637.2 million in 2006, up from revenue of $242.2 million in 2005, the company announced Feb. 27. For the first time, in the 2006 fourth quarter the satellite operator achieved positive…

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A truly cloaked booster?

February 28th, 2007 by

News agencies were fast over the weekend to report claims by Iranian state TV that the country had launched a satellite aboard an indigenous rocket. Not much later, Iranian officials said it was just a suborbital launch of a sounding rocket. But now it looks as though there has been no launch at all.

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