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Iridium Announces First Development Partners For NEXT
Bethesda MD (SPX) Aug 08, 2007 Iridium Satellite has contracted with seven key partners in the beginning phase of designing and developing its "Iridium NEXT" satellite constellation. These first partners -- Avaliant, Boeing, General Dynamics, KinetX, MicroSat Systems, Inc. (MSI) and Trident Sensors -- will work with Iridium on systems engineering, requirements definition and architecture development. "We are excited by the amount of enthusiasm we've seen building around NEXT from our partners and potential associates," said Matt Desch, chairman and CEO, Iridium. "These companies represent some of the most innovative and experienced in the industry. We look forward to working with them and many others as we design, build and launch our next-generation constellation." Iridium launched the NEXT initiative earlier this year and, when deployed, NEXT will offer significantly enhanced services to the company's current and new customers. Iridium will deploy NEXT on a schedule supporting a smooth transition from the current constellation. While laying the foundation for the future, Iridium continues to introduce important enhancements to its current constellation with initiatives to offer higher-speed services, as well as new opportunities for data services and embedded systems. In addition to network equipment sustainment and system upgrades, Iridium has been investing in new infrastructure to add features and to build in redundancy, including new ground stations in Fairbanks, Alaska and Svalbard, Norway. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Iridium Satellite The latest information about the Commercial Satellite Industry
BSkyB Buys Amstrad For 125 Million Pounds
London (AFP) July 31, 2007British satellite broadcaster BSkyB on Tuesday said it had agreed to buy British consumer electronics group Amstrad, which is headed by entrepreneur and founder Sir Alan Sugar. BSkyB, which buys around one third of its set-top boxes from Amstrad, said it has agreed to pay about 125 million pounds (185 million euros, 253 million dollars) for the group. Amstrad designs, develops and sells standard and high definition set-top boxes to BSkyB, whose customers use to watch and record pay-TV. |
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