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	Africa: the role of satellites The ‘Digital Divide’ has been viewed as one of the main stumbling blocks hindering Africa’s development. The combination of rural and isolated communities, lack of access to ICTs, and regulatory obstacles have prevented the widespread use of the Internet, telephone and other services essential to development. Helen Jameson reports. Click here to read the full article

Telesat Canada sign contract to launch Nimiq 5 on a Proton Breeze M vehicle
International Launch Services (ILS) will launch its sixth satellite for Telesat Canada on a Proton Breeze M vehicle, under a contract the companies announced today. Financial terms were not disclosed...

INTERSPUTNIK Board and Operations Committee meet in Sofia
On April 24-26, 2007 State Agency for Information Technologies and Communications of the Republic of Bulgaria hosted the XXXV Board session and 5th meeting of the Operations Committee of the Intersputnik International Organization of Space Communications. Both events were attended by delegations of the Organization’s Members and Signatories...

CASBAA adds five
The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) announced five new Corporate Members of the Association drawn from India, Taiwan, Hong Kong and the US...

A communications industry 'interactive' initiative for the energy sector
A high-level conference networking forum of communications industry leaders and oil & gas industry executives will take place at the GVF Oil & Gas Communications: North Africa and the Middle East Conference 2007 over the period 29th to 31st May at the Intercontinental City Stars Hotel, Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt...

Japan continues its role as a key partner for Arianespace
Japan continues its role as a key partner for Arianespace – with a growing number of new Japanese commercial payloads to be orbited and launch services cooperation being developed...

Telenor contracts with Thales Alenia Space to build and deliver its communication satellite
Telenor announced that it has signed a contract with Thales Alenia Space for the construction and delivery of a new geosynchronous (GEO) communications satellite. The new satellite, to be called THOR 6, will provide high power direct-to-home (DTH) television services from the 1° West orbital position...

SkyWave and Aztech simplify text messaging over satellite and GPRS
SkyWave Mobile Communications, the leading supplier of D+ communications products and services, along with Aztech Associates Inc., specialists in remote control and monitoring systems, has announced the availability of the SPIKE messaging display terminal, developed specifically for use with SkyWave’s D+ satellite and GPRS terminals...

Telenor Satellite Services expands mobile satellite equipment portfolio
Telenor Satellite Services, a subsidiary of Telenor of Norway has added the Addvalue Communications Wideye(TM) SABRE(TM) 1 Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) terminal to its inventory of On Demand communications technologies...

Radyne reports near record bookings
Radyne Corporation reported quarterly bookings of $35.4 million, the second strongest bookings quarter in the company's history. Bookings for the first quarter of 2006 were $32.7 million. Backlog at quarter end stood at $31.1 million...

Addvalue Technologies delivers its first shipment of Wideye Sabre 1 terminals
SGX Mainboard-listed Addvalue Technologies Ltd is pleased to announce that it has delivered its first shipment of Wideye™ SABRE 1™ satellite terminals to GMPCS Personal Communications (“GMPCS”) for worldwide distribution, following approval by Inmarsat...

Boeing pico-satellite mission to advance miniature satellite technology
A pico-satellite developed by Boeing to evaluate miniature spacecraft technologies was successfully launched to orbit on April 17 by an ISC Kosmotras Dnepr rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan...