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Iridium to launch new telecom satellites
US-based Iridium Communications Wednesday announced plans to launch a new fleet of satellites for global voice and data communications with Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX).
Jun 16, 2010 |
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Textile antenna promises futuristic communications
(PhysOrg.com) -- With a simple press on his shirt insignia, the captain of the Star Ship Enterprise could send and receive messages. Now, thanks to the efforts of a Finnish company, this futuristic communication ...
Sep 28, 2009 |
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Iridium launches Wi-Fi hotspot for extreme roaming
Want to get email on your iPhone or BlackBerry in the middle of the ocean, or in the Arctic? Now you can - but it'll cost you.
Sep 07, 2011 |
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How to stay connected during Hurricane Irene
(AP) -- Phone service often cuts out when it's needed the most - when disaster strikes.
Aug 26, 2011 |
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Lowell Observatory astronomers chase Pluto's shadow across the Pacific ocean
(PhysOrg.com) -- On 23 June 2011, Pluto passed in front of a star and cast a small shadow on the Earth, and astronomers from Lowell Observatory were waiting. Four Lowell astronomers were among the scientists ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 21, 2011 |
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AT&T selling satellite-enabled smart phone (Update)
(AP) -- AT&T Inc. has weathered plenty of complaints about spotty cell phone coverage. On Tuesday, it began selling its first phone that includes a backstop for AT&T's own network, over a satellite. That ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 21, 2010 |
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New buoys enable submerged subs to communicate
(PhysOrg.com) -- Communicating with a submerged submarine has always been difficult, and since the submarine has to come up to periscope depth it has also been risky. Now a new buoy developed by Lockheed Martin ...
Jul 13, 2010 |
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AT&T to sell satellite phone from TerreStar
(AP) -- AT&T Inc. plans to sell a satellite phone from TerreStar Corp. that can place calls even in the deep wilderness or at sea, the carrier said Wednesday.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 30, 2009 |
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Space: The final frontier for cell phones?
(AP) -- The vast, thinly populated expanses of the country that still lack cell phone coverage could be getting an interesting option next year: ordinary-looking cell phones that connect to a satellite when ...
Apr 09, 2009 |
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Wireless technologies used today based on decades of work at Virginia Tech
Technologies used today by companies, such as Direct TV, Iridium Satellite, Bluetooth, and Globalstar, are based on satellite communications efforts started at Virginia Tech four decades ago in its Bradley ...
Sep 05, 2008 |
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Briefs: Satphone provides hot spots for responders
Eagle Broadband has expanded its line of satellite phones with a new unit that can provide a satellite "hot spot" for emergency crews at disaster scenes.
Mar 29, 2006 |
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Wireless World: Clandestine communications
New wireless technologies being developed by a secretive government agency in collaboration with private contractors may dramatically improve communications for homeland defense among federal, state and local officials, experts ...
Mar 03, 2006 |
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