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News In-flight connectivity is delivered via onboard picocell technology, with a satellite link connecting the aircraft to mobile networks on the ground. Global Positioning System (GPS) is a US satellite... [11 Aug 2009]
Voice, video, data: £1bn gov't telecoms contract up for grabs
News The systems under the framework will handle voice, video and data and include telecoms equipment and network infrastructure, call centre systems, unified communications, fixed to mobile communications, radio equipment, videoconferencing... [10 Jul 2009]
Trio of research hubs to poke digital benefits
News That's only going to be achieved if we are able to capitalise on some of the developments which we have made recently around, for example, satellite technology," Drayson said. The universities of Aberdeen, Newcastle and... [29 Apr 2009]
Photos: Tech ahoy in round the world yacht race
Photo Stuart Bannatyne, captain of Ericsson 4, is pictured here talking on the satellite phone on leg one of the race. The two teams use satellite phones to call home or headquarters. They are also able to... [16 Apr 2009]
Photos: Future tech with an Orange hue
Photo The box, which has a 160GB hard drive, and is compatible with ADSL, HD terrestrial and satellite TV channels. Business tech was also given an airing at La Collection. First up is a system for live TV... [08 Apr 2009]
iPhone 3.0, Windows 7, robots and the office of the future
Photo The Central Data Unit or Onboard Sledge Computer, seen here amid other tech kit, is ruggedised, custom-built equipment, which couples a computer to a multi-modem data uplink system that connects to the Iridium... [07 Apr 2009]
Photos: F1 tech races into the real world
Photo The Hinode (Solar-B) satellite uses composite materials pioneered in F1 in its three-metre telescope to save weight and withstand the intense conditions found in space. In F1, a tyre with incorrect pressure could hamper... [30 Mar 2009]
Photos: Tech cracks the Arctic frontier
Photo The Central Data Unit or Onboard Sledge Computer, seen here amid other tech kit, is ruggedised, custom-built equipment, which couples a computer to a multi-modem data uplink system that connects to the Iridium... [16 Mar 2009]
Human robots, Android Magic and classic radar tech
Photo It also lets users travel back in time to see earlier versions of the service's aerial and satellite photography. Unlock more pictures of the latest mobile tech here. The classic radar... [02 Mar 2009]
Dongle power users will be booted off 3G first
News S is for Satellite Steinberg added that operators who follow the 3GPP standards track may be more likely to drag their feet when it comes to upgrading to LTE than those using 3GPP2 specifications - a... [06 Feb 2009]
Broadband Britain: Where's our revolution?
Comment S is for Satellite phones Yesterday the comms minister, Lord Carter, unveiled a draft strategy which the government hopes will ensure the UK keeps pace with tech change and grows its digital economy over... [30 Jan 2009]
Photos: Computers usher in pilots' vision 2.0
Photo Indian technology giant HCL recently revealed its suite of visual processing tech, including this satellite image processing technology, used to clean up images of the earth from orbit and bring them... [16 Jan 2009]
Battlefield tech busts budget by £141m
News According to the report, released today, over the last year five projects have suffered "significant" difficulties in keeping to their budgets and schedule: the Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile, the Nimrod Maritime Reconnaissance... [17 Dec 2008]
Lunar satellite mission inches closer to blast off
News A UK-led mission to put a satellite in orbit around the Moon which could one day enable lunar colonists to use mobile phones to communicate with each other has inched a step closer to blast off. The plan for the mission... [05 Dec 2008]
Photos: Windows 7, supercomputers, Google Labs, iPill
Photo Practically the only contact with the outside world skipper of BT, Sebastien Josse, will have is through satellite communications provided by BT. Business editor Julian Goldsmith went to check out the... [27 Nov 2008]
