Interview with Dominique Detain, Communications Manager, ESA The European Space Agency is Europe’s gateway to space. Its mission is to shape the development of Europe’s space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe. ESA has 17 Member States. Click here for the full story
	The rules of the skies Connie Carnabuci, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, provides an analysis of regulatory obstacles faced by non-domestic satellite operators providing domestic services around the Asia-Pacific region. Click here for the full story

TANDBERG Television launches Integrated Solutions for Next Generation Television at IBC
IBC will once again see TANDBERG Television (OSE:TAT) setting the standard for the digital media industry as the company uses the 2006 event in Amsterdam to launch industry changing technologies for video compression, on-demand and interactive television. A significant highlight of the company's IBC stand (Hall 1:461) will be the unveiling of TANDBERG Television's next-generation high definition (HD) and standard definition (SD) MPEG-4 AVC encoding solutions...

Andrew and ADC mutually terminate merger agreement
Andrew Corporation and ADC Telecommunications Inc. have mutually agreed to terminate the merger agreement announced on May 31, 2006...

Andrew rejects unsolicited acquisition proposal from CommScope
The board of directors of Andrew Corporation has voted unanimously to reject the unsolicited proposal from CommScope, Inc. to acquire Andrew for $9.50 per share in cash. After a thorough review, the board, in consultation with its advisors, concluded that CommScope's proposal is wholly inadequate and not in the best interests of its shareholders...

AMERICOM GOVERNMENT SERVICES and Wheat International set new record
AMERICOM GOVERNMENT SERVICES, Inc. (AGS) and Wheat International, a provider of long-range wireless services,have announced that the companies set a new documented record for mobile broadband Internet services recently during a public test of the TeleSea(SM) Network (TeleSea(SM)) in the Norfolk, Va., area...

$2.6 million of movement tracking system orders for mobile satellite terminal equipment and support services
Comtech Telecommunications announced that its Maryland-based subsidiary, Comtech Mobile Datacom Corporation, received orders totaling $2.6 million in support of ongoing Movement Tracking System Program activities. The orders were received on the Company's Movement Tracking System, or MTS, contract with the U.S. Army. Total orders received to date against the $418.2 million MTS contract increased to $319.9 million.

EMC is granted ISO 9001 certification
Emerging Markets Communications Inc. (EMC) was recently granted ISO 9001 Certification. ISO (International Organization for Standardization) is a non-governmental organization and the world's largest developer of standards. ISO standards make a positive contribution to the world we live in by ensuring vital features such as quality, ecology, safety, economy, reliability, compatibility, interoperability, efficiency and effectiveness...

Judgment by consent between Rosgosstrakh and RSCC
On August 8, 2006, the 9th Arbitrage Court of Appeal made a judgment by consent between the Rosgosstrakh public corporation and the Russian Satellite Communications Company concerning the dispute on insurance compensation payment in relation to the fine-adjustment engine failure on Express-A1P (Express-A No4) satellite...

ILC partnership with Soluziona targets broadcasters and telecom operators
ILC, developer of network management software for communications networks, has inked a new partnership with Soluziona, a multi-sector IT consultancy based in Spain with over 5,000 employees and 28 offices worldwide. Soluziona's Telecommunications and Media Unit is now offering ILC's MaxView software as a core component of its network management practice, targeting broadcasters and telecommunications globally but with a special emphasis on Spain and Latin America...


Helius partners with National Networks
Helius, Inc., the worldwide leader in business class IP broadcasting solutions, announced that National Networks has joined its strategic alliance program. This partnership will give National Networks customers access to digital signage and other IP video solutions...

Optus expands its Gilat SkyEdge broadband satellite network
Gilat Satellite Networks announced an agreement to supply Optus, one of Australia's leading integrated telecommunications companies, with additional SkyEdge hub infrastructure and several thousand VSATs. The network will deliver broadband services to sites across rural and remote Australia and New Zealand...

AAE Systems awarded a contract tp provide full-mesh networked connectivity
AAE Systems has finalized a contract to supply its MF-TDMA DAMA Eclipse system to an oil company in Oman...