EchoStar says their new internet spotbeam satellite, EchoStarXVII (Jupiter), has arrived at the launch facility in French Guiana (pdf). Built by SpaceSystems/Loral, it’s scheduled to launch next month. The HughesNet Gen4 satellite service, starting in summer 2012, will deliver better performance, faster speeds and superior download capacity to customers throughout the United States. It could [...]
LightSquared filed for bankruptcy today after its plan to deliver high-speed wireless to as many as 260 million people ran afoul of U.S. regulators, reports Bloomberg. LightSquared had until 5 p.m. ET today to work out a deal with lenders that would keep it from being forced into bankruptcy, but reports said the company drew [...]
Apple is dropping Google Maps, and will debut a new in-house 3D ‘Maps’ with IOS-6, says 9-5 Mac. The new maps application is said to be fairly similar to the current Google Maps program on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, but it is described as a much cleaner, faster, and more reliable. While Apple [...]
While the big international telecommunicatios show is the Mobile World Congress, held in Barcelona every February, the big annual telecom show in the United States is the CTIA Telecommunications show, being held in New Orleans this week. CTIA 2012 features a 300,000 square feet exhibit floor with more than 1,000 exhibitor companies showcasing everything that’s [...]
The Pew Internet Project says that 20% of US adult population does not use the Internet for a range of reasons and that the PC-based Internet adoption in the US has reached something of a plateau with 60-66% broadband penetration. Here’s a summary of earnings reports from cable and satellite TV companies for the first [...]
The Space Shuttle Discovery made its final landing today at Virginia’s Dulles International Airport in preparation for its transfer to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. As it approached the nation’s capital, Discovery flew 1,500 feet above various parts of the Washington, D.C. before landing at Dulles around 11am. The shuttle, which returned from [...]
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