Orbital Express: Prototype Satellites Primed for In-Flight Service 

Satellite Phone picture of Earth


Orbital Express: Prototype Satellites Primed for In-Flight Service 
Two prototype spacecraft, one wielding its own robotic arm, are poised to launch spaceward late Thursday on a three-month mission to test methods for robotically refueling satellites in Earth orbit.

Taliban Claims Kidnapping of Journalist 
Taliban Claims Kidnapping of Italian Journalist in Southern Afghanistan

PLDT and SMART Select Comverse Kenan(R) FX Billing Platform for Fixed, Mobile and Convergent Services 
WAKEFIELD, Mass.—-Comverse, a subsidiary of Comverse Technology, Inc. and the world’s leading supplier of software and systems enabling network-based multimedia enhanced communication and billing services, today announced that the Philippines Long Distance Telephone Company , the country’s dominant telecommunications carrier, and SMART, its wholly owned subsidiary operating a nationwide …