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thisistheverge: Tweet my fridge: the insane home appliances of CES Just because you can do something doesn’t mean you should View high resolution

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Tweet my fridge: the insane home appliances of CES

Just because you can do something doesn’t mean you should

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nasdaq: Left the house without turning the lights off?  No problem.  WeMo’s new WiFi light switch allows you to turn off as many lights as you want straight from your Android Smartphone, wherever you may be. And you don’t even have to be logged onto the WiFi network to do it.  More here! View high resolution

nasdaq:

Left the house without turning the lights off?  No problem.  WeMo’s new WiFi light switch allows you to turn off as many lights as you want straight from your Android Smartphone, wherever you may be. And you don’t even have to be logged onto the WiFi network to do it.  More here!

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Pactel provides SATCOM network for Australian immigration facilities at Nauru

Pactel International wasted no time in setting up a satellite communications infrastructure for Nauru refugees in Australian immigration facilities. On behalf of CenpacNet Inc., Nauru’s local telecom provider, Pactel designed and debuted a SATCOM network to provide the first group of asylum seekers with Internet and VoIP access.

Record breaking sales of iPhone 5 according to Telstra

Within hours of the release of the iPhone 5 Telstra, the leading phone and broadband provider in Australia, sold out the mobile device. Pre-orders for the newest version following the 4S started last Friday at 5:30 pm and in less than a day - 18 hours to be exact - all units were sold. In just two working days, Telstra announced that the thousands of pre-registrants purchased the iPhone 5, with a spokesperson from SmartHouse commenting the “demand” for the latest Apple smartphone “exceeded expectations.”

Read more on how Aussie’s are craving for more iPhone 5’s

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Eutelsat snags carrier license in Australia

Eutelsat, a satellite operator based in France, announced that it had secured a carrier license from the Australian Communications and Media Authority, and revealed plans of entering the Australian market with the launch of a new satellite to cover the land down under. 

Eutelsat 70B is one of six new satellites under construction for the company’s fleet expansion, expected to provide coverage in Asia, Europe, Africa and Australia, while slated for a launch by the end of the year. The vessel will be equipped with four regional beams to 48 Ku band transponders, and will provide high frequency re-use. 

The satellite fleet expansion has a launch period from 2012 to 2015. The French satellite operator is looking into tapping in the increased demand for satellite broadband access, GSM backhauling, fixed and mobile telecommunications services across the globe.

(Source: theregister.co.uk)

Features of Satellite Broadband

Bandwidth pertains to the amount of data that is sent and received by ISPSs and satellite broadband companies. This amount is measured in terms of megabits per second, or roughly one million bits per second.

There are approximately 300 satellites located on a fixed geostationary orbit, just above Earth’s equator, with 2-3 degrees distance in between. These satellites move withthe world at the same speed. Ground stations can locate geostationary satellites at a fixed location relative to the globe’s equator.

Three things should be carefully considered when evaluating the capacity of satellite carriers: downlink EIRP power (dBW), transponder bandwidth (MHz), uplink G/T (dBK) and sensitivity (dBW/^m2), which is bought by ISPs and satellite operators.

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(Source: satellitebroadbandcommunicationaustralia.yolasite.com)