Focus: Telecom

Finance Issues Dominate MSS Panel
[Satellite News 09-11-08] How to finance all the planned mobile satellite services (MSS) systems remains a hot topic on the final day of World Satellite Business Week in Paris as...
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APT Satellite Announces 2008 Interim Results
 [Satellite Today 09-11-08]  In APT Satellite Holdings Ltd.’s unaudited interim first half 2008 financial reports, the company claimed that its turnover amounted to approximately HK$198 million ($25 million USD) compared...
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Iridium Ships 5,000 Phones in Two Weeks
 [Satellite Today 09-11-08] Iridium Satellite LLC  shipped 5,000 phones to service providers for new subscribers in the past two weeks, with the majority going to partners serving the Gulf Coast,...
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Newtec Selects Altera to Provide Broadband FPGAs
[Satellite Today 09-10-08] Newtec has selected Altera Corp.’s Cyclone II Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) to deliver broadband services to its Sat3Play broadband terminal, Newtec announced Sept. 10.     The Sat3Play...
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Global Satellite Launches Iridium Maritime Network
[Satellite News 09-10-08] Global Satellite has launched ComCenter ‘Outdoor’, an Iridium voice and data satellite network, designed for maritime environments, Global Satellite announced.     The service provider claims that the...
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