New Rules for the New EconomyWired - Every farm moisture sensor shoots up data, every weather satellite beams down digitized images, every cash register spits out According to MCI, the total volume of voice traffic on global phone systems will be superseded by the total volume of data
Cablevision’s Dolans Fail […]
Fiber-Optic Services Flourishing in Japan Tokyo, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)–Fiber-optic broadband communications services are rapidly winning new customers in Japan as carriers add various special features including Webcasts to their services in a bid to outpace rivals.
Talk radio with a difference: the father, the kidnappers and the radio station that got them to talk Yesterday was a […]
January 2007ZDNet Blogs - You want your e-mail and calendar pushed from your Exchange Server to your phone? Then you do not want an iPhone. Apple’s Satellite TV. If I buy a dish, put it on my roof, and aim it at a satellite in geosynchronous orbit, should I be able to access […]
IT FCC Says No to Sirius and XM Satellite Radio MergerDailyTech - real competition is not each other, but against other forms of getting music into your car (or wherever you use your satellite radio). Traditional radio, iPods, CD’s all compete for your ear. It’s almost like the whole cable companies vs. […]
Rebels: Government resumes large-scale bombing in North DarfurUSA Today - We’ve been hearing the (aircraft) circling all morning, and explosions are going off in the distance,” Banda from the Justice and Equality Movement said by satellite telephone from North Darfur. JEM is among the several rebel groups who refuse a peace
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Alaska was a testing ground for new technology in ‘06 With an eye to the future and the development of […]
Satellite Static XM and Sirius are being pressured to merge because of financial troubles and are discovering what others in the sector already know: It’s a tough business
World-first climb reality for North Climber Rob North has successfully completed a world-first climb of Antarctica’s tallest mountain commencing at sea level.
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Sinclair to Congress: Keep hands off cable dispute Des Moines Register - An equal playing field is needed with all the new technology, digital cable, satellite, telephone transmission of TV signals. Until then greed, poor service and limited choices are still the name of the game and the customer is the final loser on his […]
Zelekha reports receiving death threatsJerusalem Post - Dan area police increased security around the Ramat Gan home of Accountant-General Yaron Zelekha on Monday after the finance ministry whistle blower complained that he and his family members were threatened repeatedly in anonymous phone calls. “First
Cablevision Board Rejects Dolans’ OfferForbes - […]
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Star Choice to Expand […]
Cut your cost of watching television Many families spend $1,000 a year for TV service. Here are a few tips to rein in your bill. Americans love television, which is relatively cheap entertainment, compared with attending many live events.
Since his Sirius move, Stern is entertaining as ever In one of the great, triumphant […]
Tune in on ways to cut TV costsChicago Tribune - Check out the new and cheaper “family” tiers if you only subscribe to cable or satellite TV for the kids. HAGGLE. Call your Cable and phone service providers offer discounts when you subscribe to several services such as TV, Internet and phone […]
KVH announces preliminary 4Q revenue of $17.3M MIDDLETOWN KVH Industries Inc. said yesterday, in an after-market announcement, that its preliminary, unaudited results indicate the company had revenue of about $17.2 million to $17.4 million and roughly break-even earnings for the quarter ended Dec. 31. The projected earnings include about 2 cents per in stock-option expenses.
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U.S. sailor rescued from storm-tossed yacht off Chile An American sailor who spent three days adrift after a storm dashed his round-the-world voyage was headed toward land today after being…
Hunt on for next world-changing gadget at US electronics show People are snapping up new technology, altering the fabric of society from the heart of the home […]
And the winner isForbes - Meanwhile, GlobalStar is Qualcomm’s CDMA satellite entry, beset by inefficient TDMA rivals such as Iridium. Long on our Telecosm subscriber line (DSL) applications for fast Internet links over phone lines and supplies direct broadcast satellite
The Long Boom: A History of the Future, 1980 - 2020 […]
Trawler sent to pick up U.S. sailorSeattle Times - His girlfriend, Cathy Chambers, said he called her Tuesday in California on his satellite phone to say he was in trouble. He managed another brief call Thursday morning. “He’s a survivor,” Chambers said. Barnes’ life did not appear to be in immediate
U.S. sailor […]
Perk up your ears If Mediacom Communications Corp. and Sinclair Broadcasting Group do not reach an agreement by midnight Friday in their retransmission contract dispute, you do have some options to continue receiving the CBS-affiliate KGAN-TV (Channel 2).
Official accused of taping Saddam’s hanging arrested The person believed to have recorded Saddam Hussein’s raucous execution on a cell […]
Somali’s keep talking Mogadishu, the capital city of war-torn Somalia, is a haven for making cheap phone calls - the infrastructure even survived the recent Islamist occupation.
Grisly secrets of Delhi suburb sewer Slum residents near Delhi had said their children were missing months before human remains were found, reports the BBC’s Mark Dummett.
9505A Satellite Phone (courtesy, Iridium)Outside Online, CA - Jan 1, 2007… But a satellite phone such as the Iridium 9505A (www.iridium.com) sells for $1,000 or so, and then you have to subscribe to a calling plan, and those are $60 a …
Industry Leading SeaMobile Announces Acquisition of European …Business Wire (press release), CA - Dec 17, 2006… […]
Qualcomm’s chip chief looks to 4GElectronic Engineering Times - The original model for GPS was as an adjunct function to the cell phone, and all Is there still a role for low-Earth-orbit wireless networks, such as Iridium, or I’m not convinced there is a satellite business for the consumer market. In […]