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Telefonica International Wholesale Services (TIWS) Chooses Gilat to Power ...
MarketWatch (press release)
In November 2009, Gilat announced that it was chosen by Telefónica del Peru for broadband satellite communications project covering more than 3500 sites. ...

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Miners set to benefit from next-gen satellite communications
The Australian Journal of Mining
Helen Stalker, commercial director of global satellite phone services at Inmarsat talks about the benefits of satellite communications in Australian mining. ...




GVF Launches Maritime Satcom Forum to Expand Deployment of Satellite ...
PR Newswire (press release)
8 /PRNewswire/ -- GVF, the leading non-profit association serving the satellite communications industry, today announced the formation of the Maritime ...

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Americorp Ventures to sell 9.33% stake in Asianet Satellite Communications to ...
TMCnet
... to sell its 9.33% stake in Asianet Satellite Communications, Ltd., an India-based cable network services company, to SIDOFI Communications Investments, ...
SIDOFI Communication to acquire 9.33% stake in Asianet Communication from ...Trading Markets (press release)

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SatNews Publishers

GMPCS... A Pipeline To Communications (SATCOM)
SatNews Publishers
As part of its ongoing response to this need, GMPCS, a global satellite communications provider, has introduced its Pipeline™ VSAT solutions and Surfer™ ...

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Comtech scraps plan to buy CPI International
Reuters UK
... RF microwave amplifier segment, which makes products used in radar jammers, air-to-ground satellite communications and a variety of other applications. ...
Comtech deal to acquire CPI International nixedBusinessWeek

all 29 news articles »



PhysOrg.com

European gravity probe back in action after hitch
AFP
The problem was attributed to a dud communications link between the processor and telemetry modules on the satellite's main computer. ...
ESA overcomes glitch on gravity-mapping satelliteSpaceflight Now
European satellite fixed, back at workUPI.com
ESA's GOCE Recovers From Computer GlitchSatellite Today (subscription)
Softpedia -Science Centric
all 20 news articles »



Space.com

Chinese Broadcasting Satellite Placed in Orbit
Space.com
China Satellite Communications Corp. will operate the satellite. Xinhua reported the new spacecraft will back up Chinasat 5C, another communications ...

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Inmarsat: Phase 1 Triggered In Pact With SkyTerra Communications
Wall Street Journal
LN), a provider of global mobile satellite communications services, Wednesday announced it has received notice from LightSquared triggering Phase 1 of a ...
LightSquared triggers spectrum re-bandingRCR Wireless
Market update (PM): Inmarsat tunes in to multi-million dollar radio contractWhat Investment
FTSE 100 falls for the first time in five daysTelegraph.co.uk
Financial Times -Reuters UK -TMC Net
all 67 news articles »



U.S. Army Awards $3.8 Million in Orders for Deployable Satellite Systems ...
MarketWatch (press release)
To ensure mission continuity, TCS offers deployable communications solutions and complete end-to-end managed services for converged (IP-based) voice, ...

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Kenya Commercial Bank Selects Gilat's SkyEdge II Broadband Satellite Network
MarketWatch (press release)
KCB will use the new VSAT network for primary enterprise connectivity as well as back-up for branches with existing terrestrial connectivity. ...

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Norway & Germany : Marlink launches new @Seadirect (TM) entre level VSAT service
BYM News (press release)
Using the same antenna system as Marlink's WaveCall(TM) VSAT solution, @SEAdirect(TM) can be easily upgraded to the WaveCall(TM) service, ...
Norway & Germany .Marlink launches new Call@SEA GSMBYM News (press release)
Norway & Germany. Marlink renews its relationship with Project KaiseiBYM News (press release)

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GVF Launches Maritime Satcom Forum to Expand Deployment of Satellite ...
PR Newswire (press release)
The Maritime Satcom Forum's first official meeting will take place during this year's Comsys VSAT Conference on September 17, 2010 at 1 pm BST at the ...

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SatNews Publishers

GMPCS... A Pipeline To Communications (SATCOM)
SatNews Publishers
As part of its ongoing response to this need, GMPCS, a global satellite communications provider, has introduced its Pipeline™ VSAT solutions and Surfer™ ...

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Galaxy Backbone partners MainOne Cable
Telecompaper (subscription)
... submarine cable operator MainOne Cable Company to help deliver services to its customers via its integrated (fibre, radio and VSAT) domestic networks. ...




StreamXcel Plus Ensures the "Always-on Always Available" Communication in ...
TMCnet
Hence, the corporate network includes two voice lines, data and Internet access essentially over VSAT with FBB as a backup system. In addition to this, ...




Stratos and Zedi Deploy World's First BGAN-Based SCADA Network
MarketWatch (press release)
More than 10000 Stratos VSAT-based SCADA terminals have been deployed for a wide range of markets across the United States. Since its introduction in late ...

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Marine Antenna Manufacturers Sea Tel, Intellian and Jotron Demonstrate ...
PR Newswire (press release)
iDirect has since integrated the open-source code into its maritime VSAT platform, and has now established a formalized qualification program for satellite ...

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France & Korea. SeaSatCom signs distributor agreement with KNS Inc.1
BYM News (press release)
“There is an ever-increasing demand by the yachting community for unlimited, easily available, broadband, internet connections via VSAT, just like at home ...




Proactive Investors USA & Canada

Special operations forces to get manpack satcom systems
Defense Systems (blog)
Under the contract, L-3 GCS will furnish its Panther Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) manpack satellite communications systems and associated equipment ...
L-3 GCS Wins $170 Million US Military VSAT ContractSatellite Today (subscription)
L-3 GCS Awarded $170 Million Contract from US Special Operations CommandTMCnet

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CNN

9/11 Koran burning 'disrespectful' and 'disgraceful', Hillary Clinton says
Telegraph.co.uk
A Florida church's threat to burn copies of the Koran to mark the September 11 attacks has been condemned by Hillary Clinton as "disrespectful" and "disgraceful". By Andrew Hough, and Alex Spillius in Washington The American Secretary of State is the ...
Florida pastor has legal right to burn QuransWashington Post
Burning Koran 'Will Put US Troops At Risk'Sky News
Hillary Clinton calls plan to burn Qur'an disrespectful and disgracefulThe Guardian
Hindustan Times -Los Angeles Times -The Associated Press
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Globe and Mail

Tensions on first day of government
The Press Association
Tensions have emerged on the first full day of Australia's new minority government's rule between the deputy PM and a kingmaker independent legislator over plans to make mining companies pay more tax. The disagreement between deputy prime minister ...
Oz PM Julia squeezes inMirror.co.uk
Coalition MPs vent over duo's decisionThe Australian
Business presses Gillard for reformHerald Sun
ABC Online -Reuters -Independent
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CBC.ca

Mass strikes rock Paris, London
National Post
An estimated 2.5 million people took to the streets in Marseille, above, and Paris to protest changes in pension law, including the plan to raise the retirment age from 60 to 62. Dave Clark, Agence France-Presse; With Files From Reuters · Wednesday, ...
French strike over plan to raise retirement ageLos Angeles Times
French Business Confidence Stagnated in August as Sarkozy's Budget LoomsBloomberg
France: Protests over pensions bring over a million onto boulevardsThe Guardian
Independent -Financial Times -Xinhua
all 1,829 news articles »



Kansas City Star

Gaza mortar narrowly misses Israel kindergarten: army
AFP
JERUSALEM — Palestinian militants fired a mortar round from the Gaza Strip on Wednesday narrowly missing a kindergarten in a kibbutz in southern Israel, the military said, as Jews prepared to mark their New Year. There were no casualties or damage from ...
Oren urges Jewish leaders to support peace movesJerusalem Post
Palestinian Authority arrests 2 in connection with West Bank shooting attackHa'aretz
Mortar lands near kindergarten; no injuriesYnetnews
CNN -Xinhua -The Associated Press
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The Hindu

Quake may have silver lining for NZ economy
AFP
WELLINGTON — The earthquake that devastated Christchurch may help, rather than hinder, economic growth by triggering a construction spree as New Zealand tries to shake off the effects of recession, analysts say. While no one died in Saturday's ...
Quake: Water restrictions liftedStuff.co.nz
Aftershocks shake quake-hit cityVirgin Media Music
270 aftershocks and counting...TVNZ
New Zealand Herald -Telegraph.co.uk -Edmonton Journal
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Daily Mail

FBI: Flight lands in Los Angeles after bomb threat
The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — A Thai Airways flight from Bangkok landed safely at Los Angeles International Airport Tuesday evening after a bomb threat written in poorly worded English was spotted on a bathroom mirror on the plane, authorities said. ...
Bomb threat flight lands in Los Angeles after written note is found on planeDaily Mail
Thai plane searched in LA after bomb warning: FBIAFP
Thai Air Says Flight Lands Safely in LA After Bomb ThreatBusinessWeek
CBC.ca -Flightglobal -CNN
all 456 news articles »



The Hindu

Exiled Rwandan Official Calls for Release of UN War Crimes Report
Voice of America
A former chief of staff to Rwandan President Paul Kagame told VOA the draft UN report that accuses the Rwandan army of committing war crimes in the Democratic Republic of Congo should be made public. AP Theogene Rudasingwa, who is also former Secretary ...
UN chief in Rwanda amid row over war crimes reportCNN International
Rwanda 'happy' at Ban visit, outraged by UN reportAFP
UN chief meets Rwandan presidentThe Press Association
Reuters Africa -Financial Times -ABC Online
all 187 news articles »



Globe and Mail

BBC World Service broadcasts in Burma face axe
The Guardian
The BBC is locked in talks with the government over drastic cuts to the World Service budget which could force it to withdraw from Burma and several other countries. The Foreign Office, which funds the World Service through an annual £272m grant, ...
BBC World Service may axe broadcasts to Myanmar: reportAFP
In China, Myanmar's generals find an unquestioning friendGlobe and Mail
China values military relations with Myanmar, says senior officerXinhua
BBC News -Voice of America -Reuters Africa
all 247 news articles »



Aljazeera.net

Iran needs to heed IAEA demands- Russia foreign min
Reuters
PARIS, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that Iran needs to answer the demands of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) over its nuclear programme. "The IAEA must continue its work . ...
UN report underscores concerns about Iran nuclear plans: USAFP
Iranian leaders must be ousted but not by force: ex-security agentToronto Star
Risky gameBBC News
Jerusalem Post -Sydney Morning Herald -Voice of America
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CBC.ca

20 dead as Pakistan hit by another bomb attack
Telegraph.co.uk
Angelina Jolie arrived in Pakistan to begin fund-raising efforts to help communities devastated by weeks of flooding, as 16 people were killed in yet another bomb attack. “The situation is on a scale we have not really seen,” she said. ...
Car bomb targets Pakistan policeBBC News
Car bomb kills 20 near police complex in PakistanAFP
Death toll in Pakistan bomb blast rises to 16Reuters
The Associated Press -New York Times -Los Angeles Times
all 1,482 news articles »


 


DPP backs plans for three-tier murder charge system
Independent
Calls for US-style murder charges to be introduced in England and Wales were backed by the Director of Public Prosecutions today. Keir Starmer QC supports recommendations made by the Law Commission for a three-tier ...
Prosecutor backs end to mandatory life sentence for murderTelegraph.co.uk
Murder sentence change suggestedBBC News

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Channel 4 News

Ian Tomlinson post-mortem examination report withheld
BBC News
A post-mortem examination report into the death of a man at the G20 protests last year has been withheld from authorities, it has emerged. It was carried out by a forensic pathologist on behalf of the policeman who pushed Ian Tomlinson. ...
Ian Tomlinson death: Coroner defends choice of G20 pathologist Freddy PatelDaily Mail
Tomlinson study 'kept from coroner'The Press Association
Ian Tomlinson death: Coroner defends appointment of controversial pathologistThe Guardian
Channel 4 News -World Socialist Web Site
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Daily Mail

Leylandii: the tree at the centre of suburban warfare
The Guardian
A fresh dispatch from the great leylandii war was noted this week, with news of yet another epic neighbourly dispute being triggered by the fast-growing, controversial cypress. David Alvand, a civil engineer living in Plymouth, is battling with his ...
Hedge wars! ... and other evergreen battles that make good neighbours turn nastyDaily Mail
Neighbours incensed over huge treesBBC News
Residents complain of 'Berlin Wall' neighbour's 35ft cypress treesTelegraph.co.uk
Plymouth Herald -Independent -Mirror.co.uk
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Daily Mail

Britain falls behind Poland and Slovakia in university tables...
Independent
The UK has lost its edge as a world leader in providing higher education, one of the most authoritative international studies has revealed. It has plummeted from fourth place to 15th in less than a decade in the ...
Irish education spending at height of boom was fourth lowest in OECDIrish Times
UK slips down university education rankingsFinancial Times
UK's graduation rates fall to below average – OECDThe Guardian
This is London -Metro -Globe and Mail
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Sydney Morning Herald

Phone hacking row gathers pace as MPs start new inquiry
Daily Mail
MPs last night announced a fresh inquiry into allegations that leading politicians and celebrities had their phones hacked into – piling pressure on David Cameron's communications chief Andy Coulson. In a politically explosive ...
Britain: Parliamentary Panel to Investigate Phone HackingNew York Times
Key witness will testify on News of the World phone hackingThe Guardian
MPs launch a new inquiry into mobile phone hackingBBC News
Aberdeen Press and Journal -The Press Association -Herald Scotland
all 1,285 news articles »



Daily Mail

Protests over cuts 'will take us back to the poll tax riots', claims TUC chief
Daily Mail
The public will rise up in mass protests similar to the poll tax riots because of the Government's 'deeply mistaken' spending cuts, the country's top trade union boss predicted today. In a call to arms, Brendan Barber, general secretary ...
Union leader: Cuts will spark major protestsHerald Scotland
Cuts could spark poll-tax style riots, says union bossIndependent
Unions urge public to join campaign against government cutsThe Guardian
Financial Times -Telegraph.co.uk -Socialistworker.co.uk
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Telegraph.co.uk

Police sergeant Mark Andrews who threw woman onto concrete floor jailed
Daily Mail
A judge branded two police officers liars yesterday as he jailed a sergeant who hurled a woman headfirst on to a concrete floor. Sergeant Mark Andrews was caught on CCTV dragging Pamela Somerville, 59, by her wrists across the floor of ...
Six months for police sergeant who hurled woman into a cellThe Guardian
Policeman jailed after attack caught on filmAFP
NO EXCUSESMirror.co.uk
CNN International -Telegraph.co.uk -Independent
all 398 news articles »



This is London

Extradition treaty is fair, says US ahead of British review
Telegraph.co.uk
Britain risks angering the US over moves to shake up extradition laws after American officials insisted the current treaty is "fair and balanced". By Tom Whitehead, Home Affairs Editor Theresa May, the Home Secretary, will announce an independent ...
UK extradition laws to be reviewedThe Press Association
Extradition laws facing shake-up in victory for the MailDaily Mail
Extradition agreements to be reviewed amid outcryAFP
Herald Scotland -RT -ePolitix
all 77 news articles »



Telegraph.co.uk

Catholic group accuses Church of intolerance ahead of Pope visit
Telegraph.co.uk
The Catholic Church has been accused of being ''deeply misogynist'', intolerant of gay people and ''monarchical'' in its approach by members of a group calling for change within its ranks. Organisers of Catholic Voices for Reform said they wanted to ...
Pope Will Meet Abuse Victims in UKWall Street Journal
Anglican clergywoman to greet Pope Benedict during visit to BritainThe Guardian
Leicester Catholics' pilgrimage for Pope Benedict XVIBBC News
Irish Times -U.TV -Scotsman
all 63 news articles »



Washington Post

Images of the Blitz show horror and bravery in full colour
Daily Mail
By Daily Mail Reporter Rarely seen images in colour display the horror and bravery experienced by millions during the Blitz. These pictures show just some of the moments that will reignite memories for Brits who lived through terrifying raids and give ...
Britain remembers 70th anniversary of the BlitzAFP
A city remembersBBC News
Blitz remembered at St Paul's serviceABC Online
Channel 4 News -Telegraph.co.uk -The Guardian
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