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Nlets, a Phoenix-based supplier of secure, interstate, justice and public-safety network systems, announced Nov. 14 a one-year contract choosing AT&T as its satellite services provider. AT&T will provide a frame relay system, satellite equipment and satellite connections, with the application to be utilized by the U.S. Armed Forces along with other key law enforcement entities...

NASA has selected Proteus — a low-Earth orbit (LEO) multipurpose platform developed in cooperation with the French space agency CNES — as part of NASA’s Rapid Spacecraft Development Office (RSDO) catalog, Alcatel Alenia Space announced Nov. 14. Designed for 300 kg to 800 kg satellites in LEO and supporting Earth observation, telecommunication, scientific and other...

SES Astra and SES New Skies have inked a deal to broadcast France 24, a new French channel for international news, on an Astra satellite at 19.2 degrees East for Europe and on the NSS-7 satellite at 22 degrees West for Africa. The deal would allow more than 21 million European digital households to receive...

A satellite-based navigation system to facilitate seamless air travel across the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans will be among improvements made through a Nov. 13 deal between the U.S. Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) and India’s Ministry of Civil Aviation, the Indian government reported. The memorandum of agreement (MOA) would provide assistance by the FAA to...

Satellite tracking and lie-detector tests ought be used as tools to protect children from sex offenders in the United Kingdom, according to a children’s advocate quoted in British press reports on Nov. 14. With release of the Belfast-based Barnardo’s new study, "A Risk Too Far?," the charity’s chief executive, Martin Narey, said the U.K.’s probation...

The National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC) has joined the Wildblue Enterprise Solutions roster of value-added resellers (VARs) in the enterprise market, the company announced Nov. 13. Wildblue Enterprise Solutions offers business-class broadband connectivity via satellite for small- to medium-sized businesses and government agencies. The NRTC represents the telecommunications and information technology interests of more than...

EMS Satcom signed a memorandum of understanding with Vitrociset Belgium and Creaction International to develop a new satellite communications service to offer airtime services and equipment in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, the companies announced Nov. 9. EMS Satcom will supply equipment and airtime services. Vitrociset Belgium operates the European Space Agency (ESA)...

Globalstar Inc. introduced Nov. 9 its next-generation satellite telephone handset. The GSP-1700, manufactured by Qualcomm, weighs about 7.1 ounces, approximately half the weight of the Globalstar’s current satellite handset, and is nearly 45 percent smaller by volume. Globalstar has begun a progressive rollout of the new handset and also plans to introduce accessories enabling usage...

MSC.Software announced Nov. 13 that it will provide simulation software and services to the Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES), the French space agency. CNES engineers will use MSC.Software’s product offerings, including solver applications and CAD-embedded system Simdesigner suite featuring enterprise collaboration and centralized data management. Details of the contract were not released.

Re/Max Satellite Network (RSN), a distance-learning solution created in 1994, has surpassed 25,000 users, Re/Max announced Nov. 13. Network registrations have risen steadily since the program crossed the 10,000 barrier in October 2002 due to Re/Max’s partnership with Echostar‘s Dish Network and RSN, which delivers multiple learning tools to both Re/Max offices and the homes...