April 5, 2006

Briefs: Telenor, Addvalue sign satellite agreement

Telenor Satellite Services signed an agreement with Addvalue Technologies Wednesday on satellite air time used by BGAN terminals.

BGAN (Broadband Global Area Network) terminals are designed to deliver satellite broadband data and voice service in remote areas where normal telecom service is spotty or entirely unavailable.

Specifically, the deal allows the bundling of Addvalue's SABRE 1 BGAN terminals with Telenor airtime.

Addvalue CEO Colin Chan said in a news release said the bundling would help build Addvalue's position as a one-stop resource for BGAN satellite services.

Telenor Satellite Services, a division of Telenor of Norway, entered into a strategic alliance with Singapore-based Addvalue earlier this year to build up market share for Addvalue BGAN equipment on the ground and Telenor's satellites in space.

Briefs: Telenor, Addvalue sign satellite agreement

Using wobbling stellar material, astronomers measure the spin of a supermassive black hole for the first time

First observation of a focused plasma wave on the sun

Kenyan fishers face increased drowning risk from climate change

Ancient Mycenaean armor tested by Marines and pronounced suitable for extended combat

A merger of microbes: Study shows low-nutrient conditions alter viral infection

The tunable coupling of two distant superconducting spin qubits

Community science volunteers can set scientific world abuzz with new bumble bee sightings

Nuclear physicists make first precision measurements of radium monofluoride

Many microplastics in the world's oceans have likely escaped detection, researchers say

Study finds sea-level rise and weather-related shocks caused Louisiana marsh to die back

Repurposed protease controls important signaling molecule-activating protein

Escaped GMO canola plants persist long-term, but may be losing their engineered resistance to pesticides

Ancient people hunted now extinct elephants at Tagua Tagua Lake in Chile 12,000 years ago, study finds

Study reveals cuddled cows who work as therapy animals show a strong preference for women compared to men

Sustainable, high-performance paper coating material could reduce microplastic pollution

NASA's Psyche fires up its sci-fi-worthy thrusters

Astronomers observe jet reorientation in 'Death Star' black holes

How yeasts manage to compensate for the genetic imbalance of extra chromosomes