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Archive for August, 2007

Telesat Reports Revenue Increases For Second Quarter

August 2nd, 2007 by

Telesat Canada, a wholly owned subsidiary of BCE Inc., posted increases in both revenue and profitability, the company announced Aug. 1. For the second quarter ending June 30, Telesat’s second quarter operating revenue of 161.4 million Canadian dollars ($151.7 million) marked a 35 percent increase from 119.6…
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Trimble Sees Positive Second Quarter Growth

August 2nd, 2007 by

Trimble reported that its revenue for the second quarter of 2007 was $327.7 million, up approximately 34 percent from revenue of $245.3 million in the same quarter of 2006, when it announced its quarterly earnings…
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RR Satellite Draws Record Revenue In Second Quarter

August 2nd, 2007 by

Satellite broadcast company RR Satellite Communications Ltd. posted record revenue and a 37 percent growth in net profit during the second quarter of 2007, the…
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Eumetsat Admits Anomaly Could Be ‘Non-Correctable’

August 2nd, 2007 by

Eumetsat, the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, gave further details of an anomaly on its Metop-A satellite, which it believes could now be “non-correctable,” the agency announced…
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Northrop Grumman Given NPOESS Contract Modification Worth $2.35 Billion

August 2nd, 2007 by

Northrop Grumman Space Technology was awarded a contract modification including a cost-plus-award-fee with multiple incentives worth $2.35 billion in the National Polar- orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) acquisition and operations contract, the U.S. Department of Defense announced July 30…
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Wireless Consumers To Have More Choices Through FCC Ruling

August 2nd, 2007 by

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has revised the 700 megahertz band plan and service rules “to promote the creation of a nationwide interoperable broadband network for public safety and to facilitate the availability of new and innovative wireless…
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Iridium supports RAF search and rescue services

August 2nd, 2007 by

Blue Sky Network and Iridium announced that the British Ministry of Defence is deploying Blue Sky Network’s Iridium satellite-based flight tracking equipment for the Search-and-Rescue division of the Royal Air Force (RAF).
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Lufthansa to revive Internet access on long flights, report

August 2nd, 2007 by

Deutsche Lufthansa AG may join with a team headed by cellular-telephone giant T-Mobile to offer broadband Internet access and wireless e-mail to its long-haul passengers, replacing the defunct Connexion by Boeing service, industry officials said according to AP.
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