Integral Systems Opens Facility in UK to Provide Turnkey Earth Station System Integration Capability Nov 2, 2009
Located near Newcastle upon Tyne, ISE UK will provide satellite operators, telecommunications providers, broadcasters, cable operators and content providers, government agencies, and the military with the company's recently-launched Earth Station Integrated Solutions (ESIS) ... "Due to our vast experience in the major earth stations industry, ESIS goes well beyond black box integration," said ISE UK President, Andrew Smith. (Primezone Releases)
Vizada Networks buys iDirect satellite hub Sep 22, 2009
Vizada installed the iDirect hub at the Nittedal Earth station in Norway. In 2006 it installed two iDirect hubs at its earth stations in Southbury, Conn. (Washington Business Journal, DC)
Infosys opens training arm for IT pros Sep 16, 2009
"Serious efforts, hard work and determination have made them accomplish this task of building GEC, which is a monument of sorts, with-world class facilities to train IT professionals,'' she said. Sonia said the foundation stone for modern technology was laid in 1985 by former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, with the establishment of an earth station. Recollecting Rajiv's efforts to take the country's development in science and technology to new heights, Sonia said many in politics had flayed Rajiv... (India Times, India)
Correspondent's diary: Cornwall's cuisine, day two Aug 20, 2009
THE Lizard Peninsula is a flat elevated promontory that hosts the world s largest satellite earth station (Goonhilly Down) as well as RNAS Culdrose, a vast naval air station. All of this gives it a surreal feel. (The Economist)
East Africa: It's Internet on Steroids, Say Social Networkers Jul 26, 2009
With VSat, the most common Internet connection in use in Kenya today, it takes between 600 and 700 milliseconds for a signal to travel from one earth station to a satellite and back to earth - described as a round trip. The fibre optic cable reduces round trip time to less than 100 milliseconds, said Mr Serem, meaning that the chances of congestion are reduced to almost zero. (allAfrica.com)
Cisco To Put Routers In Space Jul 8, 2009
An Earth station beams a signal up to the satellite at a certain frequency, and the craft bounces it back down to another, predefined Earth station ... If communications satellites had routers, they could take in IP (Internet Protocol) packets and send them to a variety of places, via different Earth stations or other satellites, forging new links whenever needed. (BusinessWeek)
Quinn Martin's The Invaders in Prin... Jun 19, 2009
Before they can document anything, the location of their pirate earth station is traced, leading to a terrible firefight at an observatory, where the Invaders are repelled at the last minute with admirable ingenuity. Beachhead Detroit. (Suite101.com)
Singapore Media Fusion Plan Launched to Propel Media Sector Forward Jun 16, 2009
To boost the distribution capabilities of Singapore, MDA and SingTel have established a strategic partnership that will see SingTel's Broadcast Innovation Centre (BIC), located at SingTel's Satellite Earth Station in Bukit Timah, seamlessly linked to Mediapolis@one-north, the self-contained 19-hectare media park incorporating a soundstage complex, digital postproduction studios, work lofts as well as retail, recreation and accommodation facilities, via high-speed connectivity of 100Mbps. This... (JCN Network, Japan)
Panorama Antennas Ltd This Week Announced the Launch of a New Range of VHF to UHF Migration Antennas for the German BOS-Nets System May 23, 2009
Probecom supply qualified earth station antenna and microwave antenna. Featured. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
College candidates define their goals May 6, 2009
Business experience: Former owner of Earth Station Satellite Systems in North Bend, assistant manager at several stores in North Bend. Political experience: City of Culver Budget Committee and long-range planning committee; State Council on Alcoholism. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
FCC Approves Transfer Of DirecTV Satellite, Earth Station Licenses To Liberty Entertainment Apr 10, 2009
The Federal Communications Commission Thursday approved the transfer of DirecTV's satellite and earth station licenses to Liberty Entertainment. The FCC approved Liberty anounced in September it planned to split off into a separate company , the tracking stock that includes its Starz Entertainment premium network, its stake in satellite TV giant DirecTV, and other interests. (Multichannel News)
Multichannel Newswire Apr 10, 2009
Ad:MCN_2006_Q4_pos2# The Federal Communications Commission Thursday approved the transfer of DirecTV's satellite and earth station licenses to Liberty Entertainment. Verizon has started building its fiber-to-the-home network in Philadelphia, and the telco expects to light up the first FiOS customers later this year in Comcast's hometown. (Multichannel News)
Google exec plans 6,000-square-foot home Mar 21, 2009
Larry will install an earth station that will link him to the nearest Google satellite. This should give him approximately 20 Gbps of bandwidth that he can use to feed the 1,000 inch flat screen TV that he'll have set up in the back yard. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
IIT students plan nano satellite Feb 28, 2009
Aggarwal said: While ISRO will launch the nano satellite for us, the control earth station for the purpose of communication and reconnaissance images, will be located on the premises of IIT-K.. Meanwhile, Aggarwal said the IIT-K has launched a thorough review of the curriculum for its under-graduate degree programmes. (India Times)
KDDI Announces '9555' Iridium Satellite Mobile Phone Feb 27, 2009
Communication between an Iridium satellite mobile phone and other phones, such as landline phones or other mobile phones, is handled through a land earth station in the U.S., which provides the connection to a general phone line. KDDI is the only company that handles models that can be used within Japan. (JCN Network, Japan)
IIT Kanpur students to launch satellite with ISRO help Feb 20, 2009
1967 - Satellite Telecommunication Earth Station was erected at Ahmedabad. 1969 - Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) was created on August 15 in the Department of Atomic Energy. (Khabrein.info)
