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Oil & Gas Communications: Africa and the Middle East, 15-17 May 2006, Cairo, will bring together key leaders and experts from the oil & gas sector, end-user, community, as well as the communications industry, provider, community into one high-level discussion and networking forum. In so doing, the conference will create opportunities for companies in a major global vertical to call upon ICT solutions providers – whether based on terrestrial wireline or wireless, or satellite – to match their offerings more closely to the specific demands and requirements of this end-user sector.

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ND SatCom and BASE TEN present first Satcom on the Move Robotic Vehicle to the German Armed Forces
ND SatCom, a leading global provider of satellite-based communication network solutions for commercial and defence applications, has together with its partner BASE TEN finalized the world’s first unmanned ‘Satcom on the Move’ controlled robotic vehicle system, RoboScout®, to the German Armed Forces. The demonstration presentation of the vehicle marked the conclusion of a research study assigned by the German Armed Forces, aiming at producing an unmanned robotic vehicle with ‘Satcom on the Move’ capabilities...

Andrew acquires Precision Antennas Ltd
Andrew Corporation, a global leader in communications systems and products, has acquired Precision Antennas Ltd., a Stratford, England-based provider of antennas for terrestrial and satellite communications systems...

Sea Launch successfully delivers JCSAT-9 to Orbit
Sea Launch Company today successfully delivered the JCSAT-9 communications satellite to geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO). Early data indicate the spacecraft is accurately positioned and in excellent condition...

Orkin launches company-wide interactive satellite television network
Orkin, Inc., the 105-year-old pest control company, today announced the launch of Orkin TV, an interactive satellite television communications network that links the company’s 8,000 employees through first-of-its-kind live broadcast technology...

New Intelsat broadcast video service will accelerate deployment of IPTV
Intelsat today introduced AmpiageS, a new satellite-based, open-architecture, content delivery and management service ideally suited for North American multiple system operators (MSOs) seeking to cost-effectively upgrade to MPEG-4 and telecommunications operators (telcos) looking to enter the IPTV market.

ND SatCom introduces smartSNG at NAB 2006
ND SatCom, a leading global supplier of satellite-based broadband VSAT, broadcast and defence communication network solutions, will introduce its new broadcast workflow automation system smartSNG at the NAB trade show in Las Vegas, NV, from 24 to 27 April 2006 on booth no. C6544. ND SatCom’s smartSNG is the first integrated Satellite News Gathering workflow solution in the broadcast industry. smartSNG is a distributed client-server system that enables news room editors at central, mobile or remote contribution sites to book, schedule and control all resources and equipment required for a news production. ND SatCom’s new solution targets broadcasters and media companies as well as SNG coach builders serving the broadcast community...

ASTRA's reach to digital satellite homes in Central Eastern Europe
SES ASTRA, an SES GLOBAL company (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG), has announced today that it has signed a further capacity agreement with UPC Direct, the key Direct-to-Home bouquet provider for the Central and Eastern European region. The agreement provides UPC Direct with a fifth digital transponder from ASTRA at the prime orbital position 19.2° East. UPC Direct will use this capacity to serve Central and Eastern European satellite homes with its programme offers and bouquets...


SES Astra raises Satlynx shareholding to 100 per cent
SES ASTRA, an SES GLOBAL company (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG), has announced today that it has acquired all minority shareholdings in SATLYNX, bringing its total shareholding from 77 per cent, announced in April 2005, to 100 per cent. Four years after the creation of SATLYNX as a joint venture with the Israel-based satellite networking systems company, Gilat, and the satellite solutions and services company, Alcatel Alenia Space, the co-ownership has therefore ended by a mutual agreement...

Rise in Thaicom customers continues. new channels in India, Pakistan and Laos
Shin Satellite Plc., the operator of the Thaicom satellite fleet, has announced that it is seeing a rise in the number of television channels using its conventional satellites in the first quarter of 2006. New customers in Pakistan include Quami Akhbar (Dhoom TV) and Dolphin Media (Sindh TV), while Israel’s RR Satellite Communications, a teleport partner of Shin Satellite that enables the company to offer global broadcasting options, increased its leased capacity...


Hitachi Construction Machinery, Ltd signs International Reseller agreement with ORBCOMM
ORBCOMM, a global satellite data communications company, today announced that Hitachi Construction Machinery Company, Ltd. (HCM) has signed an International Value Added Reseller (IVAR) agreement with ORBCOMM to support HCM's newly launched Global e-Service Business. Using ORBCOMM's communications system, HCM customers will be able to monitor, track, and manage their fleet anywhere in the world...


China Satcom completes deployment of 1,000 Gilat SkyEdge VSATs
Gilat Satellite Networks, Ltd. (Nasdaq: GILTF), today announced that China Satellite Communications Corp. (China Satcom), one of the six basic telecommunications operators in China, has completed deployment of about 1,000 Gilat SkyEdge VSATs for rural telephony applications in Gansu Province and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. China Satcom is one of China's largest satellite operators...


XTAR and Arrowhead Global Solutions, Inc. sign master service agreement
XTAR, LLC and Arrowhead Global Solutions, Inc. today announced the signing of a master service agreement (MSA) that will allow Arrowhead to market and lease X-band capacity on XTAR's XTAR-EUR or XTAR-LANT satellites to a wide range of U.S. and allied government agencies. XTAR is a joint venture between Loral Space & Communications (NASDAQ: LORL) and HISDESAT...

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