March 2012
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High speed internet coming soon to a third of... →
It’s a multi-billion dollar lottery as to which Australian communities get high speed internet first. Large regional cities get a guernsey while small communities miss out.NBN Co, the organisation managing the project, says the rollout of fibre optic cables will be underway or completed in a third of the country over the next three years. Brendan Trembath reports.
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Satellite Dreams Get Bigger
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After several years in the business, a satellite communications specialist is looking at launching its very own satellite. By Noel Dyson AMM
By mid-2012 NewSat could become the first Australian non-government entity to have its own satellite in space.
NewSat could become the first Australian non-government entity to have its own satellite in space.
The company started...
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Satellite TV has endured and expanded despite...
Raymond Snoddy on cable television and its ability to fulfil its potential but is yet to serve a “knock-out” blow to satellite and the latest piracy allegations from the UK and Australia levelled at News Corp.
Do you remember the time when satellites were expected to turn into the second or even third best option for the future of television delivery in Europe? When cable was...
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New Intelsat spacecraft will serve Australian,...
An Intelsat satellite on the way to an orbit over the Indian Ocean will link Europe, Africa and Asia with video and voice services and relay UHF communications for U.S. and Australian defense forces deployed in Afghanistan.
Equipped with 48 C-band and 24 Ku-band transponders, the Intelsat 22 satellite will boost Intelsat’s coverage for government, media and network customers. The...
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Boeing 702 Medium Power Sends Initial Signals from...
Boeing has received the first on-orbit signals from Intelsat 22, the first of a series of 702MP (medium power) satellites it is delivering for Intelsat. The signals indicate that Intelsat 22 is healthy and ready to begin orbit raising maneuvers to geostationary orbit followed by operational testing.
Intelsat 22 launched on an International Launch Services Proton M / Breeze M vehicle, manufactured...
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ViaSat says NBN Co injunction possible
Loral, the satellite company that NBN Co has chosen to enable its satellite-broadband service, is embroiled in a patent lawsuit with ViaSat. ViaSat CEO Mark Dankberg told Space News that it is possible that ViaSat could seek an injunction against NBN Co’s satellite deal until the lawsuit is settled. However, NBN Co told Commsday that the satellites that NBN Co is buying don’t use the...
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NewSat seals $32.4m Middle East contract →
Australian-listed satellite company, NewSat, has signed a five year contract with the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf company for the purchase of $US32.4 million of Jabiru satellite transmission capacity.
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Join the Australasia Satellite Forum 2012
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16 April 2012
The Heritage Room Westin Hotel, Sydney
The annual Australasia Satellite Forum will once again draw satellite leaders from the Australasian region to Sydney for the one-day satellite forum. The forum will promote dialogue between world and domestic leaders in the satellite industry and encourage players in the industry to address, discuss and debate issues, latest...
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iiNet announces NBN satellite plans
Internet service provider, iiNet, has announced plans for a National Broadband Network (NBN) satellite service to be released in March this year with prices starting at $39.95 a month.
iiNet and Westnet customers living in NBN satellite coverage areas will have a choice of two plans; satellite bundled with phone or satellite. The satellite plan costs $39.95 per month when bundled with the phone...
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Ka-band at CABSAT 2012
At the recently concluded CABSAT 2012, Ka-Band capacity was one of the anticipated topics and discussions. Drawing over 750 companies from over 55 countries, the event in Dubai was a great opportunity for Australia’s leading satellite specialist provider to discuss their latest project.
NewSat’s Jabiru-1 satellite, which is part of an expansive Jabiru Satellite Program, was the main...
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Intelsat Struggles To Sell UHF Capacity on IS-27...
WASHINGTON — Satellite fleet operator Intelsat has been unable to lease a UHF-frequency payload to the U.S. Defense Department despite nearly two years of effort, and whether it will ultimately secure a U.S. military customer in today’s budget climate is in question, industry officials said.
Perhaps more than any other company, Intelsat has made so-called hosted payloads the showcase example of...
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Communications Alliance to push Aussie satellite...
The Communications Alliance has established a satellite services working group as it seeks to advance the interests of Australia’s growing satellite-based network and facilities services sector.
The CEO of Communications Alliance, Australia’s primary telecommunications industry body, John Stanton, said the formation of the group reflected, in part the important satellite component of the National...
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Victor and Goolwa join NBN list
REGION - Homes and businesses in and around Victor Harbor and Goolwa are likely to be able to connect to the National Broadband Network (NBN) within 18 months.
The Fleurieu towns and their surrounding suburbs have been added to the 12-month fibre rollout schedule, first released last October, which already includes Yankalilla, Port Elliot and Strathalbyn.
Sellicks Beach has also been added to...
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Telstra to help James Cameron boldly go where no...
Telstra is to play a key role in a plan by film director James Cameron (he of Titanic & Avatar fame) to pilot a submersible to the deepest part of the world’s oceans, film what he finds and produce a documentary.
Cameron’s Deepsea Challenge expedition is a joint scientific project by Cameron, the National Geographic Society and Rolex to conduct deep-ocean research and exploration...
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Australian Satellite Communications (ASC) Deploys...
HERNDON, VA., MARCH 13, 2012 - VT iDirect, Inc. (iDirect), a company of VT Systems, Inc. (VT Systems), today announced that Australian Satellite Communications Pty Ltd. (ASC) has selected a new Series 15100 Universal Satellite Hub to support a partnership with Daltron, Papua New Guinea’s leading ICT solutions provider. The satellite solution will enable Daltron to capitalize on the...
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Dish closes on 2 purchases key to broadband plans
Satellite TV provider Dish Network Corp. has completed its purchase of two satellite operators whose wireless licenses it hopes to use to offer broadband access that can help it compete better with cable TV and phone companies.
Cable and phone companies are able to offer customers packaged plans that include TV channels and Internet access services. Satellite companies cannot do so as well...
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Satellite imaging employed in facial recognition...
A WEST Australian researcher is among the first to introduce cameras previously only used in satellites to face recognition technology, with the aim of increasing the amount of information obtained from images and the accuracy of identification.
UWA Associate Professor Ajmal Mian says satellite cameras improve upon the ordinary cameras used in applications such as granting access to high...
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NewSat secures rights to eighth orbital slot →
Satellite operator NewSat (ASX:NWT) has enhanced its capacity to roll out new craft, with the purchase of an eighth orbital slot. The company has signed a deal with Cyprus-based AP Kypros Satellite Limited to acquire a new orbital slot, and expanded frequencies on its existing seven slots.NewSat CEO Adrian Ballintine said the expanded agreement with AP Kypros would allow the company to extend its...
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NBN marathon talks end with landmark deal
Twenty-seven months of negotiations between Telstra and NBN Co ended today when the two parties finalised a definitive agreement.
The deal with change the landscape of Australia’s telecommunications sector and open the door for NBN Co to use Telstra’s existing infrastructure.
Telstra has said since the beginning it was guided by ‘‘the best interest of shareholders’’ within the legislation of the...
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NBN returns fire on satellites
THE national broadband network is counting on signing up about 200,000 households to its new satellite internet service across regional Australia at a cost of almost $10,000 a customer.
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Should Australia consider satellite broadband?
I think the government should really look at all viable options. Why don’t they try getting satellite broadband as well. It may be costly now but in the long-run, satellite service providers could be a great option. Australia’s defense and mining sector relies heavily on satellite communications so the infrastructure is already in place to deliver broadband services in remote areas....
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IPSTAR, iiNet heat up satellite price competition
The primary satellite operator behind the National Broadband Network interim satellite service has begun heavily marketing retail plans for rural residents on the network for the first time.
IPSTAR, which provides satellite capacity to the NBN, has revealed retail plans ranging from $51.95 a month for 10 GB total data quota, to a $97.95 per month “moonlight plan” with 75 GB of quota...
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iiNet announces NBN satellite plans
Australia’s second largest DSL Internet provider, iiNet has announced it will launch its first National Broadband Network satellite services in the latter part of March and has provided details of its pricing plans, which start at $49.95 per month.
The iiNet NBN satellite plan offers speeds up to six times faster than current satellite plans provide. The plan with 20 GB of data will be...
February 2012
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Could Hosted Payload Be Better for NBN →
The heavily funded multi-billion national broadband development project of Australia includes building national satellite capacity to bring wireless Internet to hard-to-reach areas. NBN contracted Space Systems/Loral to develop two $620-million modern satellites to serve all regions in the country. However, some critics argue that NBN should have considered hosted payloads rather than build...
