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Space: The final frontier for cell phones? (AP)

Space: The final frontier for cell phones?

Technology / Telecom

created Apr 09, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(AP) -- The vast, thinly populated expanses of the country that still lack cell phone coverage could be getting an interesting option next year: ordinary-looking cell phones that connect to a satellite when ...





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AT&T to sell satellite phone from TerreStar

AT&T to sell satellite phone from TerreStar

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

(AP) -- AT&T Inc. plans to sell a satellite phone from TerreStar Corp. that can place calls even in the deep wilderness or at sea, the carrier said Wednesday.


Researchers and students to develop small CubeSat satellites

Researchers and students to develop small CubeSat satellites

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 01, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

A satellite about the size of a loaf of bread will be designed and built at the University of Michigan and deployed to study space weather, thanks to a new grant from the National Science Foundation.


Wireless Communication Future

Wireless technologies used today based on decades of work at Virginia Tech

Technology / Telecom

created Sep 05, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Technologies used today by companies, such as Direct TV, Iridium Satellite, Bluetooth, and Globalstar, are based on satellite communications efforts started at Virginia Tech four decades ago in its Bradley ...


Wireless World: Never lost at sea

Technology / Telecom

created May 19, 2006 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Your wireless Internet connection -- dear workaholic -- will never be lost at sea. Whether you are sailing the Caribbean, the Mediterranean or the open ocean, your wireless broadband will continually be connected to the office, ...


Up- and down-link antennas. Credits: Wired Ocean Ltd

Low cost Internet access at sea

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created Apr 19, 2006 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Through a project supported by the European Space Agency, the UK-based company Wired Ocean Ltd can now provide enhanced Internet access for ships at sea at a much lower cost than was previously possible. Although ...


Use Your Personal Mobile During Flight in 2006

Use Your Personal Mobile During Flight in 2006

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created Sep 16, 2004 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Airbus has successfully completed the first in-flight trial of GSM personal mobile- telephones aboard an airliner, paving the way for their future widespread use. The trial, which took place aboard an Airbus ...



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