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Issue
6 - February 10 2006
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Focus - Broadcasting - February
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Satellite
Broadcasting
Giovanni
Verlini, Editor of Satellite Evolution Asia (SEA), investigates
how broadcasting as well as being a lucrative satellite application,
is also becoming an invaluable tool in the delivery of basic
services to the populations of the Asia-Pacific region.
Click
here for the full story
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Telenor
Satellite Services Unveils Aggressive BGAN Sales Program
Telenor Satellite
Services, a subsidiary of Telenor of Norway today unveiled its 2006 worldwide
incentive program for its Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) Service.
BGAN is commercially available to customers in Europe, the Middle East,
Asia and Africa with commercial launch throughout the Americas expected
in the 2nd quarter of 2006...
SkyWay
Connect and PanAmSat Work Together to Offer IPTV Services
SkyWay Connect,
Inc., an IP/ASI-based video distribution provider, announced today that
it is working with PanAmSat (NYSE: PA) to deliver IPTV services to small
and mid-sized cable systems and telcos across North America based on the
SkyWay Connect™ MPEG-4 AVC video distribution platform...
EchoSat
Joins SES AMERICOM IPConnect Platform
Dedicated
to helping businesses of any size, anywhere reach their full potential,
SES AMERICOM today announced that EchoSat has joined its IPConnect(R)
platform of IP-based business solutions. The leading enterprise services
provider has tapped SES AMERICOM's centralized IPConnect distribution
network to meet the communications needs of every enterprise and level
the playing field for small to medium companies and independent merchants
in underserved, out-of-reach markets across the US...
Alcatel
Alenia Space provides the User Ground Segment for the Italian Cosmo-SkyMed
observation program
Alcatel Alenia
Space today announced that it will provide the Defense User Ground Segment
for the Italian Cosmo-SkyMed earth observation program to the French Ministry
of Defense. The Euro 32 million contract has been awarded by the Italian
Space Agency (ASI) which acts as a procurement agency for the Italian
and French Ministries of Defense. This contract is part of the French
and Italian inter-governmental agreement to ensure inter-operability and
data exchange between Italian Cosmo-SkyMed and French Helios II systems...
ILS
Off to Fast Start in 2006: Celebrates Successful Launch, Announces 3 Awards
International
Launch Services (ILS) announces three awards as it kicks off its participation
this week in a satellite industry conference in Washington, D.C...
First
Major US Regulatory Approval for the Acquisition of New Skies Satellites
by SES GLOBAL
SES GLOBAL S.A.
and New Skies Satellites Holdings Ltd. are pleased to report that the
regulatory review of the announced acquisition of New Skies Satellites
by SES GLOBAL has been completed by the United States Department of Justice...
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China Unicom Selects Gilat Broadband Satellite
Equipment
Gilat Satellite
Networks Ltd today announced it has been selected by China Unicom Limited
to provide a 1,500-site, high-speed satellite communication network. China
Unicom, with 2004 revenues of more than US$9.5 billion, is one of the world's
largest telecommunications operators...
ViaSat
Announces Strong Growth in Revenues and Earnings
ViaSat Inc
a provider of communication equipment for government and commercial customers,
today announced financial results for the third quarter of fiscal year
2006. Highlights include record quarterly and year-to-date revenues of
$111.6 million and $315.7 million, respectively...
JSAT
Selects ILS Proton to Launch JCSAT-11 Satellite
JSAT Corporation
of Japan has contracted with International Launch Services (ILS) for launch
of its JCSAT-11 satellite on a Proton Breeze M vehicle in 2007. The companies
announced the deal at the Satellite 2006 conference in Washington, D.C.
Financial terms were not disclosed...
Intelsat
Signs New Deal with RCS to Support Growing DTH Platform
Intelsat today
announced that Romania Cable Systems (RCS), the largest direct-to-home
(DTH) video content provider in Romania, has signed a multi-million dollar
contract with Intelsat for additional capacity on the IS 10-02 satellite
in order to expand RCS’ business outside Romania. The additional capacity
will be used to offer an expanded DTH bouquet to viewers in Hungary and
Slovakia, two new markets for RCS...
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