Archive for August, 2009
First U.S Broadband Stimulus Window Closes
Satellite Today
The first funding window for $7.2 billion in U.S. broadband stimulus funding outlined in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act closes Aug 14. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Service (RUS) and the U.S. National Telecommunications and…
Topics: telecom, broadband, telecommunications, satellite
Spacenet Deploys VSAT Network in Rural Colombia
Satellite Today
Spacenet Rural Communications (SRC) has deployed a Gilat SkyEdge 2 broadband satellite communications network at more than 1,300 sites for the Colombian Ministry of Communications, Gilat announced Aug. 6.
Topics: telecom, satellite, Colombia, VSAT, broadband
EMS Appoints John Bolton to Board
TMC.Net
…was formerly United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations. EMS Technologies is a provider of wireless connectivity solutions over satellite and terrestrial networks.
Topics: wireless, satellite, United States
Mobile Satellite Broadband Technology Partnership Formed in U.K.
Satellite Today
Beyond DSL, Ten Haaft and Conrad Anderson have formed a mobile satellite broadband Internet technology partnership in the United Kingdom, the companies announced July 31. The partnership will use Ten Haaft’s Oyster Automatic satellite system…
Topics: broadband, telecom, U.K., United Kingdom, satellite
