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Newtec said it has ushered in a new era of bandwidth efficiency by breaking the magical 0.5 Gbps two-way throughput over a 72 MHz transponder on a Eutelsat satellite.
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SES has signed a new multi-year capacity deal with Telikom Papua New Guinea (Telikom PNG), the country’s incumbent telecommunications operator.
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In-flight connectivity provider Gogo and SES have signed a strategic memorandum of understanding with the goal of bringing high-speed, satellite-delivered Internet access to passengers aboard commercial airliners.

Raytheon Company has received a US$19 million contract to modify the Navy Multiband Terminal (NMT) to link it with the U.S. Air Force’s Enhanced Polar Satellite (EPS). The link will allow U.S. Navy and Air Force to overcome communications gaps in the remote polar region.

DISH Network announced a collaboration with Qualcomm to enable support of satellite-based communications in Qualcomm’s Snapdragon S4 MSM8960 platform, the world’s first dual-core solution with an integrated multi-mode 3G/LTE modem, for use in future DISH wireless devices.
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Boeing has successfully demonstrated its SATCOM on the Move (SOTM) product on a live Ka-band satellite network.

O3b Networks said it launched O3bCell – a new solution that enables mobile network operators to deliver high quality 3G voice and broadband services in markets and regions where other satellite and terrestrial technologies fall short.

SES announced that 2DAY Telecom has signed a long-term capacity agreement to expand its reach to meet the growing needs of GSM backhaul services throughout Kazakhstan.