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	THE SUN IS SHINING Giovanni Verlini, Editor of Satellite Evolution Asia, reports from the Satellite 2007 Conference and Exhibition, an event that traditionally sets the tone for the year ahead in the global satellite industry. Click here to read the full article

Sea Launch signs satellite repurpose agreement with SES
Sea Launch Company has entered into an agreement with SES to use the Land Launch vehicle, initially slated to launch the AMC-21 communications satellite, for the launch of another, yet to be determined, satellite of the SES group, planned in the mid-2009 time-frame...

Telenor Satellite Services and Inmarsat share vision for affordable mobile satellite communications in Indonesia
Telenor Satellite Services, a subsidiary of Telenor of Norway and leading provider of global mobile satellite communications, Inmarsat announced the successful completion of the Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) Technology Roadshow in Indonesia...

Integrated Iridium modem support
Newpoint Technologies, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Integral Systems, the recognized leader in Network Management solutions, added another first to its long list of Network Management innovations by adding support for the Iridium Satellite Modem in its Mercury EM product...

Arianespace is ready to support the mobile satellite services industry
Arianespace is committed to supporting the future evolution of the mobile satellite services (MSS) industry, offering reliable access to space on its heavy-lift Ariane 5 and medium-weight Soyuz launch vehicles...

SAT Corporation to supply SAT-DSA Digital Spectrum Analyser
SAT Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Integral Systems, announced that it will deliver its SAT-DSA (Digital Spectrum Analyzer) to IAI/MBT for its Europe based Teleport...

New Australian Government Broadband Initiative will help boost IPSTAR sales in Australia
IPSTAR Australia Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of Thailand’s Shin Satellite Plc, is expecting stronger growth in 2007, following an expansion of satellite broadband subsidy coverage under the Federal Government’s AU$ 163 million Australian Broadband Guarantee with AUD 2,750 subsidy per satellite services...

Indian communications revolution under threat from spectrum crunch
India’s broadcasting and telecommunications industries today renewed calls for the Government of India to optimise the regulation of satellite services to provide greater choice for consumers while taking “a long-term and a considered approach to allocating existing satellite services’ bandwidth to terrestrial wireless services such as Wimax.”

SES Astra launches innovative broadband satellite service
SES ASTRA has launched its innovative broadband satellite service ASTRA2Connect with Filiago as an anchor customer in Germany. Both companies presented their cooperation at the international computer trade show CeBIT in Hannover...

SES New Skies to provide internet trunking services
SES NEW SKIES is pleased to announce that its NSS-5 satellite has been selected by the Office des Postes et Telecommunications of French Polynesia (OPT) to provide Internet trunking services to the 118 islands constituting French Polynesia...