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SATELLITES GRADUALLY REPLACING SHORTWAVE TRANSMISSIONS
February 03, 1997
Decades-old shortwave radio is giving way to satellite technology when it comes to the distribution of the U.S. government’s Voice of America (VOA) service, officials of the federal agency said...
SPOT IMAGE SIGNS U.S. DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT WITH RADARSAT
February 03, 1997
SPOT Image Corp. signed a licensing agreement with Radarsat International (RSI) for Radarsat to distribute and market in the United States remote sensing imagery from the Radarsat satellite. British Columbia-based...
INTELSAT PROMOTES TWO IN ITS LEGAL DEPARTMENT
February 03, 1997
Intelsat promoted David Meltzer to director of procurement in January; prior to his appointment Meltzer was assistant general counsel. Meltzer will report to Andrew Browne, Intel sat vice president and...
REED, SMITH TO HOLD ORBITAL DEBRIS SYMPOSIUM NEXT WEEK
February 03, 1997
Next week, Washington law firm Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay will hold a one-and-a-half-day symposium on the legal, business and technical implications of orbital debris. The symposium will cover risk-minimization...
KVH RELEASES A DOWNSIZED INMARSAT MARITIME PHONE
February 03, 1997
Middletown, R.I.-based KVH Inc. [KVHI] released last month a lighter, cheaper maritime phone designed for Inmarsat’s third-generation satellites. KVH’s system, Inmarsat Tracphone, is derived from similar hardware it builds for...
RURAL TELECOM DEPENDS ON COMBINING SATELLITES, WIRELESS
January 27, 1997
HONOLULU–As long-awaited mobile satellite systems edge closer to enter- ing service and bringing telecommunica tions capabilities to even the most remote villages, a new challenge awaits: Combining local loop systems...