Archive for March, 2010
Duluth Turns to ID Insight for Cutting-Edge Broadband Data in Bid to Bid Google Ultra-High-Speed Internet
ID Insight knows the carriers, speed and usage details of the national broadband landscape, and now, so does Duluth. In a bid to position Duluth as a trial location for Google Fiber, a new ultra-high-speed broadband network, the northern Minnesota community is partnering with ID Insight and will receive access to its BroadBand Scout database.
According to Duluth mayor Don Ness, the information will help Duluth paint an accurate and objective picture of the area’s broadband make-up. “We’re thrilled that ID Insight is providing Duluth with this extremely valuable information,” Ness informed. “By allowing Duluth to give Google a granular look at our community’s current broadband make-up, consumption and actual speeds, ID Insight is really helping us stand out from the competition.”
Since it launched in December, BroadBand Scout has been providing similar connectivity, speed and carrier data to communities and broadband carriers applying for funding from the $7.2 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act broadband stimulus program. BroadBand Scout uses an extraordinary analytical survey process of accessing millions of records in ID Insight’s proprietary databases that were initially assembled to track Internet usage activity.
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Has Reached $3.1 Million Agreement for High-Power Amplifiers for Medical Application
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (Nasdaq:CMTL) informed that its New York-based subsidiary, Comtech PST Corp., has received a follow-on contract award valued at $3.1 million for solid-state, high-power RF amplifiers from a major domestic medical instrumentation provider.
These amplifiers are used by the world’s largest supplier of image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) and image-guided intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) medical equipment delivering state-of-the-art solutions for the treatment of cancer. These advanced forms of treatment deliver versatile complex doses of radiation at greater speed and accuracy thereby minimizing damage to surrounding healthy tissue.
Fred Kornberg, President and Chief Executive Officer of Comtech Telecommunications Corp., informed, “This significant order demonstrates Comtech’s technical strength in delivering solid-state, high-power RF amplifiers for medical systems. We believe the medical market for our amplifiers is growing and we look forward to continuing to develop innovative products to address this important market.”
Comtech PST Corp. (www.comtechpst.com) is a leading independent supplier of broadband, high-power, high performance RF microwave amplifiers for use in a broad spectrum of applications including defense, medical, satellite communications systems and instrumentation.
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. designs, develops, produces and markets innovative products, systems and services for advanced communications solutions. The Company believes many of its solutions play a vital role in providing or enhancing communication capabilities when terrestrial communications infrastructure is unavailable, inefficient or too expensive. The Company conducts business through three complementary segments: telecommunications transmission, mobile data communications and RF microwave amplifiers. The Company sells products to a diverse consumer base in the global commercial and government communications markets. The Company believes it is a market leader in the market segments that it serves.
Certain information in this press release contains statements that are forward-looking in nature and involve certain significant risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from such forward-looking information. The Company’s Securities and Exchange Commission filings identify many such risks and uncertainties. Any forward-looking information in this press release is qualified in its entirety by the risks and uncertainties described in such Securities and Exchange Commission filings.
Eutelsat Welcomes Launch Of UK Space Agency And Government Recognition Of Satellite Broadband For Bridging The Digital Divide
Eutelsat Communications welcomes the launch of the UK Space Agency and the Government’s recognition of the role satellite broadband could play in bridging the digital divide for UK rural areas.
Michel de Rosen, Eutelsat’s Chief Executive Officer commented on the new agency: “The UK has played a significant role in the international space industry, and we welcome this new impetus, which continues a longstanding British tradition of fostering an environment of innovation and pushing back the boundaries of technical possibilities. The UK was an early adopter of satellite-based communications and it was the British space industry that drove the construction of Europe’s first telecommunications satellites, operated by Eutelsat from the 1980s. Recently, satellites have transformed the television experience and are poised to make an essential and we believe still underestimated contribution towards achieving a digitally-inclusive broadband society across the UK.”
Publishing the Government Response to the UK Space Innovation and Growth Strategy, Lord Drayson recommended developing Space-enabled services as a complementary infrastructure to fibre-optic and wireless superfast broadband. The Government has recommended funding a study, jointly resourced with industry, to set out how Space-enabled services could help deliver Next Generation Broadband to rural communities.
“Eutelsat’s satellite broadband service Tooway™ has been providing a 3.6 Mbps Internet connection to UK rural consumers for almost a year and we would be delighted to share our experiences as part of the study,” informed Michel de Rosen “The UK has also been integral in the development of our revolutionary broadband satellite, which will be launched in the coming months and offer up to 10 Mbps services to the UK.”
Eutelsat last week informed the successful completion of the UK-built communications module for its ground-breaking high-speed broadband communications satellite, KA-SAT. The communications module – the heart of the satellite, designed to receive and transmit broadband services to and from Internet users – has now been transferred from Astrium’s high-tech manufacturing facilities in Portsmouth to Toulouse, France, and integrated with the satellite’s service module for testing before its scheduled launch at the end of 2010. The completion of this module brings the prospect of high-speed 10Mbps broadband access one step closer for the UK’s rural communities.
Today, Tooway™ is already serving customers in more than 25 European countries including Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Ireland and Greece, with other countries across Europe rolling out over the coming months. Eutelsat is a leading European satellite operator with 26 satellites providing a footprint of more than 150 countries, and reaching 90% of the global population.
About Eutelsat Communications
Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL, ISIN code: FR0010221234) is the holding company of Eutelsat S.A.. With capacity commercialised on 26 satellites that deliver coverage over the entire European continent, as well as the Middle East, Africa, India and significant parts of Asia and the Americas, Eutelsat is one of the world’s three leading satellite operators in terms of revenues. At 31 December 2009, Eutelsat’s satellites were broadcasting more than 3,400 television channels and close to 1,100 radio stations. More than 1,000 channels broadcast via its HOT BIRD™ video neighbourhood at 13 degrees East which serves over 123 million cable and satellite homes in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. The Group’s satellites also serve a wide range of fixed and mobile telecommunications services, TV contribution markets, corporate networks, and broadband markets for Internet Service Providers and for transport, maritime and in-flight markets. Eutelsat’s broadband subsidiary, Skylogic, markets and operates services through teleports in France and Italy that serve enterprises, local communities, government agencies and aid organisations in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas. Headquartered in Paris, Eutelsat and its subsidiaries employ 635 employees from 27 countries.