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  IN PICTURES: Inside the Optus Satellite Earth Station in Belrose
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  SLIDESHOW: The strangest sights in Google Earth

• More NBN access for remote schools

  By AAP | 25 May, 2012 10:00

  More remote schools, health clinics and local government facilities will be able to access the National Broadband Network (NBN) through an established interim satellite service, the government says.

• Optus wins $15 million satellite contract with NSW education department

  By Spandas Lui | 17 May, 2012 09:45

  Optus has nabbed a five-year contract with the NSW Department of Education and Communities for satellite services to improve remote students’ distance learning.

• NewSat signs yet another contract for Jabiru Satellite Capacity

  By Hafizah Osman | 27 April, 2012 16:26

  NewSat signs yet another contract for Jabiru Satellite Capacity

• LightSquared wins two-year reprieve for spectrum payments to Inmarsat

  By Peter Sayer | 21 April, 2012 01:32

  LightSquared has a further two years in which to seek regulatory approval for its LTE mobile network in the U.S. before it must begin making payments to its radio spectrum supplier Inmarsat, the companies announced Friday.

• Honeywell and Inmarsat to improve in-flight connectivity

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 18 April, 2012 23:35

  Honeywell and Inmarsat have signed a deal to cooperate on next-generation in-flight connectivity systems that will increase the maximum bandwidth to 50M bps (bits per second), they said on Wednesday.

• NBN satellites on the right trajectory to launch: United Nations communications agency

  By Patrick Budmar | 18 April, 2012 14:25

  NBN Co. can now rest easy knowing that its plans to launch two satellites are following the correct approvals process of the world satellite body, the United Nations communications agency.

• NewSat acquires an additional $7.5 million from investors

  By Patrick Budmar | 17 April, 2012 09:57

  NewSat, the company behind the upcoming Jabiru-1 satellite, has secured another $7.5 million of funds for the project.

• LightSquared question is in FCC's hands now

  By Stephen Lawson | 03 April, 2012 11:29

  With the end of the public comment and response periods on LightSquared's plan to operate a 4G LTE service near GPS frequencies, it's now the FCC's turn to decide how to proceed.

• Earth to satellite: When will you hit?

  By AAP | 22 September, 2011 09:13

  NASA scientists are doing their best to tell us where a plummeting six-ton satellite will fall later this week. It's just that if they're off a little bit, it could mean the difference between hitting Florida or landing on New York. Or, say, Iran or India.

• SLIDESHOW: The strangest sights in Google Earth

  By Tom Spring | 12 July, 2010 16:29

  In the olden days, the ancients recognized Seven Wonders of the World; but thanks to Google Earth, you can now spot thousands of "I wonder what it is" head scratchers.