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Eutelsat Communications announced that its Tooway satellite broadband service has been chosen under Ireland’s National Broadband Scheme to deliver high speed broadband connectivity to homes and businesses in rural Ireland.
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Lockheed Martin said it has demonstrated the interface compatibility of the first Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite’s dual legacy and next-generation Ultra High Frequency (UHF) communications payloads with ground user test terminals.

Overwatch, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. company, announced that its Communications Systems business has been selected by Astrium Limited of the United Kingdom to provide satellite communications (SATCOM) solutions in support of Yahsat.

The Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) and the French Space agency (CNES) have become partners by signing a contract on acquiring and owning two new 13 meter full-motion antennas for satellite operations together.

Eutelsat Communications announced a further extension of its multi-year relationship with Polish pay-TV operator Cyfrowy Polsat.

New Tang Dynasty TV has claimed it has experienced signal interruptions on the ST-1 satellite. Some Taiwanese lawmakers have blamed mainland China of deliberately jamming the channel.

Al Yah Satellite Communications Company PrJsc (Yahsat) has appointed ViaSat Inc. in a US$46 million contract to provide SurfBeam 2 network infrastructure, operations and maintenance services for YahClick.

exactEarth Ltd., a subsidiary of COM DEV International Ltd., said it has successfully used its space-based AIS (Automatic Identification System) technology, exactAIS, to assist the Canadian Forces (CF) and Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) in monitoring illegal unregulated unreported fishing (IUU) activity in the Pacific Ocean.
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