Local Backhaul Networks and Conterra Broadband Inked Deal

Local Backhaul Networks and Conterra Broadband Inked Deal

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Local Backhaul Networks announced today that the OcularIP SLA portal application has been recognized by Conterra...
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Conterra® is one of the nation's largest Ethernet and TDM transport carriers that specializes in...
" About Local Backhaul Networks Local Backhaul Networks provides professional engineering services and software platforms...
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contractual SLA requirements," said Craig Simpson, Conterra's Vice President of Sales...
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smaller providers to reach sites with high-capacity Ethernet services, at the most economical costs...
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Satellite Communications Body Praised Export Policy Review

Satellite Communications Body Praised Export Policy Review

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Boeing Vs Satellite Communications Client ICO

Boeing was declared not guilty by the California state appeals court in Los Angeles last week over the alleged breach of contract case filed by former satellite communications network company ICO. Boeing had been found guilty by a trial court in 2008 and was ordered to pay $604 in damages to ICO.

Update on Jabiru Satellite Communication Fleet

Update on Jabiru Satellite Communication Fleet
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Satellite Communications and Fiber Networks Rolled Out in Australia

Source: Total Telecom Two local ISPs have taken the wraps off their National Broadband Network (NBN) service launch plans following the government's announcement of its plan to deploy the wholesale network to 3.5 million premises within the next three years.

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Satellite-based Communication Provider Comtech Won $18.0 Million Army Contract

Comtech announced that it signed a three month undefinitized contract for the provision of satellite bandwidth for the U.S. Army's Blue Force Tracking ("BFT-1") and Movement Tracking System ("MTS") programs.
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Satellite Communication VSATs of KVH Dominate Market

A report entitled Maritime Telecom Solutions by Satellite confirmed that KVH is now the maritime VSAT market share leader.
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North Korean Satellite/Rocket Launch Alarmed US

The Pentagon activated its new U.S. ground-based global missile shield as North Korea is set to deploy a long-range missile, said defense officials.
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Security Council Resolutions 1718 and 1874 “clearly and unequivocally prohibit...
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\r\n\r\n“Such a missile launch would pose a threat to regional security and would also be inconsistent...
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violates the international law...
It is...
Japanese Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka on March 23...
ordered missile defenses prepared for the North Korean launch...
Security Council resolutions regardless of whether the North Koreans...
with preparations for a satellite launch...
\r\nThe Pentagon...
And so our hope is...
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land-, and sea-based sensors determine its flight path is targeted at the United States or U...
clear that the North Koreans should not do this...
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Panetta said of the upcoming launch...
closely monitors threats to international security...
“The president of the United States made very...
shareable, high-resolution imagery to provide up to date coverage of events on the ground...
ships, and activation of radar networks to areas near the Korean peninsula and western Pacific...
warships and ground-based PAC-3 defenses...
...

Hughes Won Satellite Communications Award

The global satellite broadband provider won the Inspire Award from the League of American Communications Professionals LLC (LACP) for its Channels newsletter in the 2011 Internal & Employee Communications Competition.
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Hughes Network...
...
Customer stories across enterprise, government and consumer markets are featured from around the globe, some in video versions, along...
8 million systems to customers in over 100...
ranging from corporate, executive, and international communications for Fortune 500 organizations to product, service, and non-profit publicity...
Hughes and HughesNet are registered...
\r\n\r\nHeadquartered...
...
\r\n\r\nAccording to LACP, \"In summary, we congratulate...
best internal communications materials of 2011...
com/NewsEvents/ChannelsNewsletter...
broadband technology is changing the way people do business, learn, and play around the planet--and the essence of why Hughes is such a great place to work...
\"It\'s a testament to our many customer and employee contributors who have made Channels such an interesting read--telling the compelling stories of how...
broadband for home and office, delivering innovative network technologies, managed services, and solutions for enterprises and governments globally...
The winners demonstrated an outstanding focus on their target publics,...
We classify this entry as being among the...
00% , a premier global provider of satellite...
ETSI and ITU organizations, including IPoS/DVB-S2, RSM-A, and GMR-1...
\"\r\n\r\nThe 2011 competition drew the largest number of submissions ever--more than 550 from half a dozen...
\r\n\r\nThe competition was judged by a field of communications professionals affiliated with LACP and spanning a broad spectrum of expertise,...
...
Arunas Slekys, vice president of Corporate Marketing at Hughes...
vendor partners worldwide in hard copy and electronically, with a current distribution of over 15,000...
com...
satellite The LACP was established in 2001 in order to create a forum within the public relations industry that facilitates discussion of...
Systems, LLC, an EchoStar Company...
...
countries--representing a broad range of industries and organizational sizes, making the competition exceptionally tough...
communications operations and digital TV solutions...
Its products employ global standards approved by the TIA,...
\r\n\r\nAbout Hughes Network Systems Hughes Network Systems, LLC (Hughes) is the world\'s leading provider of satellite communications and wireless...
\r\n\r\n\"We are honored to receive this prestigious award,\" said...
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has shipped more than 2...
\"\r\n\r\nChannels is published three times a year by Hughes and distributed to employees, customers, and...
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with a senior executive message in every issue, plus new product/service announcements, all posted on the Hughes corporate Web site at www...
best-in-class practices within the profession while also recognizing those who demonstrate exemplary communications capabilities...
...
HughesNet® is the #1 high-speed satellite communications and 4G...
Internet service in the marketplace, with offerings to suit every budget...
received a first place Inspire Award from the League of American Communications Professionals, LLC (LACP) for its Channels newsletter in the 2011 Internal & Employee Communications Competition...
, April 2, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), the global leader in broadband satellite communications solutions and services, today announced that it has...
that there are no conflicts of interest...
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ERMANTOWN,...
outside Washington, D...
the entire team at Hughes involved for this year\'s work...
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their interests, and their need to understand the key messages being communicated...
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For additional information...
trademarks of Hughes Network Systems, LLC...
, in Germantown, Maryland, USA, Hughes operates sales and support offices...
Judges are screened to ensure...
countries, representing over 50 percent market share...
worldwide, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation SATS 0...
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To date, Hughes...
about Hughes, please visit www...

Pay As You Go Satellite Communications

The only thing required is a web cam connected to a laptop to access EMC's HD Connect and global satellite communications link via Temasys Vidyo Cloud servers located in strategic data centers in the world’s major economic and developing areas.
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Excerpts The EMC earth stations used were located in Miami and...
Hanoi used standard laptops...
easier scalability and greater versatility (see White Paper - White Paper - Affordable and Practical HD Conferencing over Satellite to Multiple Parties using EMC HD Connect and Temasys’ Cloud)...
However, in today’s global business environment, there are times when one or more of the parties needed for a videoconference...
No special video equipment is required: a web cam connected to a laptop simply accesses EMC\'s HD Connect and joins multiple parties...
...
one simply used a Smart Phone -- an iPhone4...
Technically, the solution is...
...
around the globe via Temasys Vidyo Cloud servers located in strategic data centers in the world’s major economic and developing regions...
“The routing of this call was chosen to optimize the quality of the experience...
One Singapore participant used an iMac and...
service, Temasys and EMC successfully conducted a multinational Vidyo conference, using a satellite communications link to simulate access into geographically-remote locations...
From desert locations deep in Asia and oil rigs in the Pacific to ocean going maritime vessels and land locked remote mining...
\r\nWith an innovative ‘pay as you go’ format, videoconferences can be...
we could have also connected our Amsterdam data center into the network...
Using EMC’s HD Connect service, which is the industry’s first on demand, ‘pay as you go’ high definition (HD) video conferencing over satellite...
No special video equipment is required: a web cam connected to a laptop simply accesses EMC\'s HD Connect and joins multiple parties...
simple, yet very powerful and robust...
During the 30 minute conference, documents and presentations...
The ability to allow participants to use virtually any desk top or mobile device to participate in...
facilities, videoconferencing for medical, engineering, operations and other reasons is finally affordable, high quality and feasible...
Having a global network of Vidyo servers located in three major regions, backed by...
Hawaii and were connected to one of EMC’s Pacific VSAT satellites...
around the globe via Temasys Vidyo Cloud servers located in strategic data centers in the world’s major economic and developing regions...
The combination of EMC’s HD Connect and Temasys Vidyo Cloud can show a 70 to 80 per cent reduction in the cost of a VC network when compared with the use of legacy systems, and provide...
With HD Connect’s unprecedented quality -- with low jitter, low packet loss...
using Vidyo Record and Replay...
call and then used our California data center to host the call...
From desert locations deep in Asia and oil rigs in the Pacific to ocean going maritime vessels and land locked remote mining...
”\r\nTom Luketich, VP of Strategic Marketing for EMC, said, “This demonstration was a remarkable illustration of the ability to bring high...
was equipment intensive and prohibitively expensive...
\r\nTemasys’ Vidyo Cloud embraces a technology that is...
High Definition Video Communication delivered over the public internet...
the applications for Emerging Markets Communications’...
(EMC’s) HD Connect empowered by the Temasys Vidyo Cloud are vast...
If any of the participants on the call had been located in Europe,...
Vidyo is building an enviable reputation as the world’s leader in...
\r\nFor this conference, four participants located in Miami, Florida,...
Hanoi, Vietnam and Singapore used a variety of devices as end points...
We used our Singapore data center to authenticate the...
facilities, videoconferencing for medical, engineering, operations and other reasons is finally affordable, high quality and feasible...
(EMC’s) HD Connect empowered by the Temasys Vidyo Cloud are vast...
and predictable and steady latency -- the quality of the conference was outstanding...
(Vidyo) as a Cloud” service proposition, teamed up with EMC, a premier provider of hybrid global satellite communications and terrestrial communications services...
quality, affordable, rich videoconference and visual collaboration experiences to participants located in some of the hardest to reach areas of the globe...
\r\nTo address this challenge, Temasys, a Vidyo Service Provider with a global network of servers and infrastructure to support their “Video...
were shared along with a simultaneous medical education video...
the conference adds a level of flexibility that is increasingly important to today’s mobile workforce...
Every day, thousands of Vidyo users place point to point and multi point calls, sharing...
knowledge, documents and videos and generally helping the business world function more efficiently...
Until now, the only solution to this situation...
\r\nBill Lewis, Managing Director of Temasys Communications, explained,...
conducted at a fraction of the price of a typical dedicated satellite communications data circuit...
simple, yet very powerful and robust...
does not have access to the public internet nor to a network capable of supporting access to multiple participants around the globe...
Participants in Miami and...
leading edge and has been proven in terrestrial applications...
Technically, the solution is...
\r\nThe applications for Emerging Markets Communications’...
The session was recorded...
satellite EMC’s industry-leading technology, allows us to offer a superlative VaaS proposition...