Jun 16, 2011, post by Artur Nowak
ViaSat Inc. (Nasdaq:VSAT) has been named the winner in the Telecommunications category for the American Technology Awards, which bestows the only “Best Of” awards recognizing all technology products and services for the technology industry. ViaSat won the award for the innovative design of its high-capacity satellite system, featuring the ViaSat-1 satellite. Nominations were vetted by industry experts and technology companies. Known as “The Termans,” these awards are named after Frederick Terman, who is widely credited as being the father of Silicon Valley.
“We’d like to thank the panel of experts for recognizing the true potential of our new satellite architecture to transform the performance of satellite communications and lift our industry to a more competitive position in telecommunications,” said Mark Dankberg, chairman and CEO of ViaSat. “I’d also like to congratulate our CTO Mark Miller, the chief architect of the system, and all the ViaSat employees who’ve contributed to its development.”
The winners were announced on June 15 at TechAmerica Foundation’s ninth annual Technology and Government Dinner, which gathered hundreds of industry, congressional, and government leaders to celebrate the partnership between industry and government.
“We had a lot of nominations for these prestigious awards, and we congratulate ViaSat for its winning achievement, as it continues to influence technology development throughout the world,” said Senator Bob Bennett, chairman for TechAmerica Foundation.
The American Technology Awards were presented for each of following segments of the technology industry: Aerospace and Defense; Clean Tech/Green Tech/Smart Grid; Cloud Computing/Software as a Service; Computers and Peripherals; Consumer Electronics; Cyber Security and Authentication; Electronic Components; Internet Services; Measurement and Control Instruments; Medical Devices; Server & Storage Technology; Software; Technology Consulting; Technology Services; and Telecommunications. Additional award categories include: Breakthrough Technology; Corporate Leadership; and Government Technology Executive of the Year.
For more information, please visit www.techamericafoundation.org/thetermans.
Source: ViaSat
Jun 06, 2011, post by Artur Nowak
A party-list lawmaker yesterday aired grave concern over China’s possible access to the country’s first and only communications satellite following its continued military aggression in the disputed Spratly group of islands.
Even without firing a shot, Ang Kasangga party-list Rep. Teodorico Haresco said, the People’s Republic of China can cripple the country as it does not only depend on China’s consumer goods but also on security-laden services, including the Philippines’ telecommunications system.
Haresco called on the government to start looking for options with the seeming security threats in the use of Agila 2, the country’s lone communications satellite.
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Jun 01, 2011, post by admin
With the agreement the offer range can be extended with highly advanced Inmarsat satellite communications technologies. Access to global know-how makes it possible to continuously improve qualifications and competence of employees in the demanding and dynamically changing telecommunications market. Acquiring partnership certificate of leading satellite phone operator proves high position of TS2 in the local market.
At present, TS2 offers in Poland the following Inmarsat products:
BGAN – portable satellite terminals providing Internet access almost everywhere in the world.
IsatPhone Pro – The lowest cost satellite phone offering global coverage.
SwiftBroadband
- telecommunications services for aviation industry. These solutions are used in over 8,000 aircrafts all over the world.
FleetPhone – low-cost satellite phone for smaller vessels and boats.
Inmarsat C / mini-C, Inmarsat M / mini-M, LandPhone – previous voice communication and data transfer systems.
TS2 and Inmarsat work together also to develop the following telecommunications solutions: restoring communications in emergency situations, data and voice encryption, communication at sea, radio communication, telemetry, vessel monitoring and tracking, video-conferences, enterprise networks and other services of satellite data and voice transfer.
TS2 services were, and still are, successfully used by troops in
Iraq and
Afghanistan. In these locations, reliable and independent satellite communications systems support military operations, guaranteeing their efficient execution. In addition, satellite communications systems also increase the level of security of persons taking part in military operations.
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