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	<title>PR NEWS &#187; SAT in Iraq and Afghanistan</title>
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		<title>New Satellite Services for US Military in Afghanistan and Iraq</title>
		<link>http://www.satprnews.com/2010/01/12/new-satellite-services-for-us-military-in-afghanistan-and-iraq/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:21:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Satellite News</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TS2 Satellite Technologies company is introducing new broadband services on Eutelsat EB4 &#038; W6 satellites to the MENA Region. These types of telecommunication products are mainly used by the companies that execute contracts in the Near East and Asia, as well as by the soldiers that are stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan. Purchased bands gives [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Satellite iDirect Evolution Services for Soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan</title>
		<link>http://www.satprnews.com/2010/01/07/new-satellite-idirect-evolution-services-for-soldiers-in-iraq-and-afghanistan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 11:08:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Satellite News</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TS2 Satellite Technologies was among the first telecommunications operators in the satellite technology field on the territory of Iraq and Afghanistan, and as such we have enjoyed a successful cooperation with the US Department of Defense and individual soldiers from several years.
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The Internet connection can be shared with other soldiers via wireless or wired network. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The French Ministry of Defence renews its satellite telecommunications services</title>
		<link>http://www.satprnews.com/2009/12/29/the-french-ministry-of-defence-renews-its-satellite-telecommunications-services/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:25:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Satellite News</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The French Ministry of Defence’s telecommunications operator, DIRISI, awarded the entire ASTEL-S contract to Astrium Services at the end of 2009. Astrium has now become the ministry’s sole supplier in the private sector of fixed satellite services. Eric Béranger, CEO Astrium Services said: “This success confirms the French Ministry of Defence’s keen interest in our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Satellite HUB at Camp As Sayliyah, Qatar</title>
		<link>http://www.satprnews.com/2009/12/28/satellite-hub-at-camp-as-sayliyah-qatar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:14:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sgt. Jeffrey Yauch, from Plover, Wis., adheres to the old Army conviction: leave it better than you found it. During a one-year deployment, the 1st Cavalry Division soldier wrote detailed technical standard operation procedures for tactical satellite hubs employing the military&#8217;s latest communications technology.
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Yauch&#8217;s painstaking labors led to an unprecedented 99-percent satellite reliability rate, according [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Troops in Afghanistan and Iraq Connect with Families via Hughes-Delivered Service</title>
		<link>http://www.satprnews.com/2009/12/11/troops-in-afghanistan-and-iraq-connect-with-families-via-hughes-delivered-service/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:37:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Satellite News</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Available at U.S. military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan, the broadband Internet service is being delivered via the company&#8217;s new operations hub in Dubai, enabling troops to stay in touch with family and friends at home, including sending photos and videos, connecting over social networking sites and making VoIP telephone calls.
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Major Nancy Bodick, stationed with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iridium satellite phones for use by U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan</title>
		<link>http://www.satprnews.com/2009/12/09/iridium-satellite-phones-for-use-by-u-s-forces-in-iraq-and-afghanistan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:57:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ITT Corporation has reportedly received a contract from the U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Dahlgren Division to supply 1,450 Iridium-based handheld tactical satellite communication devices for use by U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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According to ITT officials, as per the fixed-price contract, valued at $9.7 million, the company will manufacture and deliver the Distributed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ORS-1 satellite for military leaders overseeing the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan</title>
		<link>http://www.satprnews.com/2009/12/09/ors-1-satellite-for-military-leaders-overseeing-the-wars-in-iraq-and-afghanistan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:41:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Goodrich and ATK are beginning to manufacture a one-of-a-kind reconnaissance satellite that will be launched by the end of next year to support urgent needs from military leaders overseeing the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Called Operationally Responsive Space-1 (ORS-1), the spacecraft is needed to provide a new layer of electro-optical and infrared reconnaissance to airborne [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New satellite connection between Afghanistan and the USA</title>
		<link>http://www.satprnews.com/2009/12/09/new-satellite-connection-between-afghanistan-and-the-usa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:37:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Afghanistan Satellite is a new Afghanistan to USA communications service offered by Hawaii Pacific Teleport. The service is provided on the JCSAT 3A satellite at orbital position 128E operated by Sky Perfect JSAT corporation of Japan. The satellite footprint covers all of Afghanistan and adjoining countries including Pakistan and supports two way communications service in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Satellite Will Connect Troops in Afghanistan</title>
		<link>http://www.satprnews.com/2009/12/09/ses-americom-new-skies-satellite-will-connect-troops-in-afghanistan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:28:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leveraging its global satellite fleet to meet growing requirement for connectivity everywhere, SES AMERICOM-NEW SKIES, a division of SES S.A. (Paris:SESG)(LUxX:SESG), informed at the CommunicAsia conference that IoGlobal has signed a multiyear agreement to create a new DVB IP platform on the NSS-11 satellite to keep NATO troops in Afghanistan connected with friends and family [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Satellite iDirect in Iraq</title>
		<link>http://www.satprnews.com/2009/12/08/satellite-idirect-in-iraq/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:38:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[iDirect has supplied over $8 million of equipment to fifteen satellite commercial service providers in Iraq using it’s hub technology and offering broadband IP services. Together these providers run around 1,000 iDirect remote-site VSAT routers in Iraq. While many of these providers began serving the Department of Defense or reconstruction projects an increasingly large number [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HughesNet in Iraq</title>
		<link>http://www.satprnews.com/2009/12/08/hughesnet-in-iraq/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:29:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Artur Ślesik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HughesNet® satellite service delivers convenient Internet access, video, voice over IP, and more to military personnel in Iraq. With two Network Operation Centers (NOCs) and more than 1,000 dishes already in the region, HughesNet satellite Internet broadband offers an inexpensive, high-speed and reliable alternative to other satellite solutions and the DoD&#8217;s Non-Secure Internet Protocol Router [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraq to impose controls on satellite Internet</title>
		<link>http://www.satprnews.com/2009/12/08/iraq-to-impose-controls-on-satellite-internet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:27:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Artur Ślesik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Iraqi government has decided to crack down on satellite Internet service providers and ban sites that incite violence or carry pornography, officials said Tuesday, a move that has been strongly criticized by freedom of speech advocates as a dangerous first step toward political censorship.
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The plan to strengthen government control of content and usage will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Satellite Soldiers Keep Red Bulls Connected in COB Basra</title>
		<link>http://www.satprnews.com/2009/12/08/satellite-soldiers-keep-red-bulls-connected/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Soldiers of the Network Support Co. know. It&#8217;s their job to provide secured and unsecured Internet as well as phone service for the 34th &#8220;Red Bull&#8221; Inf. Div. deployed at COB Basra.
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Equal parts mechanics, network operators, and carpenters, these Soldiers work around the clock to ensure that Soldiers and their commanders can communicate effectively [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Satellite Internet Access for U.S. Troops in Iraq and Afghanistan</title>
		<link>http://www.satprnews.com/2009/12/07/satellite-internet-access-for-u-s-troops-in-iraq-and-afghanistan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:15:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES) announced that it has expanded provision of high-speed satellite Internet access for U.S. troops deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan. Available at U.S. military bases, the broadband Internet service is being delivered via the company&#8217;s new operations hub in Dubai, enabling troops to stay in touch with family and friends at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Satellite Internet Cafes in Iraq and Afghanistan</title>
		<link>http://www.satprnews.com/2009/12/07/satellite-internet-cafes-in-iraq-and-afghanistan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:08:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Satellite News</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By 2004, most battalions had set up an &#8220;Internet Cafes,&#8221; usually with enough laptops and Internet connections to allow each soldier or marine at least one session a week. To make this possible, some units run their cafes 24/7. Actually, this is often necessary because many combat units operate 24/7, running day and night operations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Army boosts satellite communications in Afghanistan and Iraq</title>
		<link>http://www.satprnews.com/2009/12/01/army-boosts-satellite-communications-in-afghanistan-and-iraq-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:57:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Satellite News</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Army is providing mobile satellite communication systems featuring WANscaler accelerator technology from Citrix Systems to soldiers in the field to optimize communications between combat teams in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Army project manager for the Warfighter Information Network-Tactical Commercial Satellite Terminal Program is funding the system through the Army&#8217;s $5 billion World-Wide Satellite Systems [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Satellite services lets soldiers participate in births</title>
		<link>http://www.satprnews.com/2009/12/01/satellite-services-lets-soldiers-participate-in-births/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:55:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite not making it back to the states for the birth of his first child, Taylor soldier Nicholas Jevahirian did everything but cut the cord during his wife’s labor and delivery Monday – just by satellite. The 20-year-old Marine stationed in Al Asad, Iraq, coached his wife, Chelsey, 19, for the birth of Brayden Allen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Black Knights Keep Communications Going in Iraq</title>
		<link>http://www.satprnews.com/2009/12/01/black-knights-keep-communications-going-in-iraq/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:51:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Satellite News</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever stopped to think about what happens when you pick up a phone and make a call or when you pull up Internet Explorer and do a Google search for something specific during a deployment? You may not have, but the Soldiers of B Co., 3rd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 3rd &#8220;Greywolf&#8221; Heavy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>70 Mbps of satellite broadband services for Troops in Afghanistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SES AMERICOM-NEW SKIES has announced that IoGlobal has signed a multiyear agreement to create a new DVB IP platform on the NSS-11 satellite to keep NATO troops in Afghanistan connected with friends and family back home. New Asia 9 platform on the China beam of SES AMERICOM-NEW SKIES&#8217; NSS-11 satellite provides more than 70 Mbps [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Broadband Services for Greek Army in Afghanistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:48:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cyprus based Planetsky Ltd, in collaboration with their Greek business partner Epikinonia, is selected by the Greek government to provide Afghanistan based troops with broadband data and voice services.
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Under the agreement, Planetsky has rolled out an iDirect shared service platform for 2-way satellite services, bringing high end communications capability to Greek army bases and personnel [...]]]></description>
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