A Chinese rocket sucessfully launched Nigeria’s first satellite, according to BBC News. The satellite will reach its final position in orbit later this year and remain in operation for a decade and half.

Guyana’s telephone company is using satellite as backup after the Americas II cable was cut off 15 kilometers off shore. It could take as many as 21 days to fully restore the cable, but thanks to satellite service, voice and data communications will be maintained, albeit at lower capacity.

Different forms of unwired Internet access are going head-to-head in Florida. Satellite-based Wild Blue recently launched its service in the state, with pricing ranging from $49.95 a month to $79.95 a month. Wild Blue’s service requires the installation of a small satellite dish to receive and transmit the signal. Other unwired services, usually referred to [...]

WildBlue Communications, Inc. entered the satellite Internet broadband market last year and has been busy raising capital to expand its coverage. WileBlue is now hooking up with AT&T to offer satellite Internet to rural customers in 13 U.S. states under the AT&T brand name. AT&T is already using WiMax and other vendors to provide customers [...]

Audiovox, KVH and RaySat are each debuting new technologies that will allow users to surf the internet from their cars.
RaySat is showing the new SpeedRay 3000, a low profile, 5.7-inch satellite TV system that can also provide two-way high-speed Internet access via satellite. It then uses Wi-Fi to stream the Internet signal into the vehicle [...]

Denver-based satellite Internet provider WildBlue Communications Inc. announced yesterday that it has secured $200 million to launch its second satellite.
Here’s a happy WildBlue customer
Earlier posts on WildBlue:
WildBlue is “Top Notch”
WildBlue to Enter Satellite Internet Market

Starting July 1st, the re-tooled WildBlue satellite Internet service will relaunch in the contiguous 48 states, and apparently it’s the real deal. Beta testers have said that they’re browsing the Internet at speeds like 1.5 Mbps, making WildBlue as fast as cable or DSL. It’s a great improvement from sluggish satellite Internet services like Direcway, [...]

Internet service provider Earthlink and Covad, a leading provider of broadband voice and data communication, announced the start of a new Voice over IP joint market trial. This allows Earthlink to offer customers a low-cost combination of phone and high-speed internet services. Customers can sign up for this service using existing phone lines, [...]

Satellite internet provider StarBand teamed up with C-COM to offer internet access wherever you may travel, from sandy beaches to snowy peaks. The StarBand Flyer offers the high-speed internet connection of StarBand through C-COM’s auto-pointing iNetVu™ 750 antenna system. The fully automated system deploys an antenna to allow you to connect to satellite internet in [...]

Globalstar announced yesterday the release of their new Express Data service, a subscription-based service that allows users to send e-mail, transfer files, and browse the Internet more efficiently over the Globalstar network, anywhere a Globalstar connection is available. The service is compatible with a variety of e-mail systems including POP3, SMTP, Yahoo, and Outlook, and [...]