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Broadcasters Unite Around One Mobile TV Standard

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 14th, 2008

Curly: Do you know what the secret of life is? [holds up one finger]
Mitch: Your finger?
Curly: One thing. Just one thing. You stick to that and the rest don’t mean shit.
- City Slicker

LG and Samsung have joined forces to develop a single standard for mobile digital television using broadcaster’s DTV signals. The two companies [...]

ICO G-1 In Space

Posted by Sam Churchill on April 14th, 2008

The heaviest payload ever launched by an Atlas rocket, Craig McCaw’s ICO G-1 (pdf), achieved successful separation today (video), one of the biggest gambles yet for the telecom entrepreneur, as Telephony Online reports. Ground controllers have acquired the first signals from the ICO G1 spacecraft and delivered the ICO G1 within one nautical mile of [...]

What’s Dish Network Planning?

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 24th, 2008

What is DISH Networks going to do with their 6 MHz block, won in the FCC’s recent 700 MHz auction?
According to Unstrung, Frontier Wireless, the wholly owned subsidiary of Dish, bid about $711.8 million to snap up 168 licenses in the E-block during the recent 700 MHz auction. Their 8-K document filed Friday (March [...]

AirCell Powers American & Virgin Airlines

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 11th, 2008

Several US carriers have committed to fleet trials of in-flight video, texting or WiFi in their domestic operations.
They include Alaska Airlines (Row 44, single-aircraft trial), American Airlines (AirCell, 15-aircraft trial), Continental (LiveTV, 737 and 757 fleet fits), JetBlue (LiveTV, single-aircraft trial), Southwest (Row 44, four-aircraft trial) and Virgin America (AirCell).
The website for [...]

Satphones: Merger Ahead?

Posted by Sam Churchill on February 20th, 2008

I’m a space cowboy
Bet you weren’t ready for that
I’m a space cowboy
I’m sure you know where it’s at
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
– Dubya

That spy satellite shot — or anti-satellite test — has apparently been delayed due to bad weather.

Bad weather in the north Pacific makes it unlikely that a Navy ship will launch a missile [...]

Emergency Communications Applications

Posted by Sam Churchill on February 13th, 2008

Tech enthusiasts from HumaniNet, N-TEN, NetSquared.org and One Laptop Per Child News are gathering in Portland, Oregon, today to explore options for emergency communications as well as conversation, technology, and fun. HumaniNet, a non-profit organization that researches and implements telecommunications solutions for NGOs, is sponsoring the free get together.

Wayan Vota of One Laptop Per Child [...]

Alaska Race Satellite Tracked

Posted by Sam Churchill on February 8th, 2008

Competitors in the grueling Tesoro Iron Dog snowmobile race will not be out of sight at any time during their nearly 2,000-mile competition across the Alaskan wilderness, thanks to an Iridium-enabled tracking system developed by World Communication Center (WCC).
Billed as the “World’s Longest, Toughest Snowmobile Race,” the Tesoro Iron Dog competition covers 1,971 miles from [...]

AWS Lights Up Texas

Posted by Sam Churchill on February 8th, 2008

Stelera Wireless, an Oklahoma City-based rural broadband service provider has launched Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) in Floresville and Poth, Texas, notes Om Malik.
Stelera is a wireless startup that is focused on delivering broadband services in rural communities. It owns 42 AWS licenses across the United States covering almost 6 million people. It is the [...]

HumaniNet: Free Emergency Communications Event

Posted by Sam Churchill on February 7th, 2008

Tech enthusiasts from HumaniNet, N-TEN, and One Laptop Per Child News are gathering in Portland, Oregon, next week to explore options for emergency communications as well as conversation, technology, and fun.
According to Gregg Swanson, Executive Director of HumaniNet, “HumaniNet is exploring ways to create a virtual team for managing critical information in emergencies, whether [...]

CNN’s News Bureau in a Bus

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 5th, 2008

The CNN Election Express puts a news bureau in a bus, for CNN’s 2008 presidential campaign coverage, reports Broadcast Engineering.
The mobile unit combines the capabilities of a studio, editing room and production facility with those of a live satellite truck.
The Election Express got its first real road test during the network’s July YouTube debate in [...]