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NASA, Virgin Galactic To Explore Cooperation
NASA officials signed a memorandum of understanding with Virgin Galactic LLC Feb. 20 to explore potential space technology development cooperation, NASA announced. NASA Ames Research Center and Virgin Galactic LLC,...
KVH Adds New Dealer To RV Distribution Network
KVH Industries Inc.’s has added Lazydays RV SuperCenter, a recreational vehicle (RV) dealership, to KVH’s independent dealer network, KVH announced Feb. 22. Network members ooffer KVH’s TracVision mobile satellite TV...
Gilat Announces Africa Deal
Gilat has won a key VSAT deal in one of Africa’s major markets by signing a deal with Nigerian ISP Hyperia, which will see it supply its SkyEdge broadband satellite...
ViaSat Acquires ICT
ViaSat is acquiring privately held Intelligent Compression Technologies (ICT), ViaSat announced Feb. 21. ICT provides corporations, Internet service providers (ISPs), and satellite/wireless carriers with patented data-compression techniques, advanced transport protocols,...
Batelco Looks Toward Satellite
Batelco, a telco in Bahrain, has signed a deal to offer satellite services to customers in the Middle East. Its memorandum of understanding with SpeedCast for the development of satellite...
EchoStar Goes For Proton
EchoStar, the U.S. pay-TV operator on Feb. 21 announced both a satellite launch and a major international investment. The company plans to launch with International Launch Services (ILS) a satellite...
Avail Media To Use Intelsat IPTV Service Distribution
Avail Media signed a contract to offer Intelsat’s MPEG-4 content aggregation and delivery service – Intelsat IPTV – beginning in the second quarter, Intelsat announced Feb. 20. Intelsat IPTV combines...