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Routers in space: Defense to launch (literally) space-based Internet: The Defense Dept. plans to put a router in space by 2009 to allow troops to access voice, data and video over IP, the BBC reports. Eventually DoDs Iris project could allow satellites to send data directly between each other, instead of sending it via ground stations. "Iris...; Tags: Government technology, Defense; Blog posts 2007-04-13
Internet: The next generation (or 'Routers in Space'): Back in the 1960s, it was a US Defense Department agency, DARPA, that created the network that has become the Internet. Now, the DOD has approved and funded a new project, Iris, that might wind up jump-starting a new chapter in Internet history - the wired cosmos. The...; Tags: Defense, Government technology; Blog posts 2007-04-13
OpenMaster for Telecom Case Studies: Lockheed Martin Global Telecommunications: Lockheed Martin Global Telecommunications LMGT, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corporation, is a premier global provider of network services and advanced technology solutions to enterprise, commercial and government customers. The challenge faced was to improve the management of its time division multiple access TDMA networks, which are used by...; Tags: Groupe Bull, Lockheed Martin Corp., Evidian, Intelsat Ltd., Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Networking; Case studies
Intelsat Case Study: VSAT-Based Rural Telephony: Nearly three billion people living in rural areas today are still without basic telephone service. Satellite-based networks are often the simplest and most economical solution for quickly implementing communication infrastructures to link these areas to the rest of the world. Today's low-cost Very Small Aperture Terminal VSAT technologies can make...; Tags: Network, Intelsat Ltd., VSAT, Telephony, VOIP, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Networking; Case studies
Intelsat Provides First Internet Access to Grand Santi, French Guiana: Outremer Telecom of Martinique, a leading telecommunications service provider that covers France's overseas territories, wanted to set up a telecommunications network that would make access to the Internet, distance learning and other information technologies possible and affordable for the population of Grand Santi, one of the communities in the west...; Tags: Internet Access, Intelsat Ltd., Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Internet, Networking; Case studies

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WT hosts online forum on Networx: From Washington Technology: Join former Federal Technology Service Commissioner Robert Woods and former FTS Deputy Commissioner John Okay for an online forum from noon to 1 p.m., Oct. 13. They will take questions about Networx and what it means to GSA and to...; Tags: telecommunications, Telecommunications Strategy; Blog posts 2005-10-10
Deadline coming up for biggest federal telecom deal: Contrary to appearances, the federal government is intent on building state-of-the-art, next-generation telecommunications systems. And, the Washington Post reports, any contractors wanting a piece of that action will need to be on the General Services Administration's $20 billion Networx contract. The winners will be chosen over the next few...; Tags: Networx, telecommunications, U.S. General Services Administration; Blog posts 2005-10-10
AT&T urges FCC to set telecom mandates: It looks like industry is starting to understand what's required in creating a disaster-proof telecommunications system. And it may be industry that leads and the government that follows. Hossein Eslambolchi, AT&T Corp.'s CIO, called on the FCC to require every communications provider to adopt crisis management plans, Computerworld reports....; Tags: telecommunications, satellite; Blog posts 2005-09-13