Satellite Communications

The quest to reduce capital expenditures is also leading operators to invest in platforms that can run several services simultaneously, reducing validation and deployment time, and enabling earlier market introduction and quicker revenue streams. One solution helping to meet these goals is RingTone from Tetco Technologies. This innovative service gives subscribers the ability to decide what a caller will hear during interconnection. This paper describes the features and benefits of RingTone Technology. tech news

A new generation of application needs, higher throughput requirements, and communication demands are changing the way satellite systems are designed, implemented and operated. New architectures and system networking concepts are being implemented to make satellite systems capable of addressing these new market demands. The progressive idea of making satellite systems that are optimized for highly in demand services opens entire new market opportunities that go far beyond the traditional viewpoint of selling services only into markets that where satellite services excel. tech news

This document describes the structure of a multiple-cluster configuration of Cisco CallManager 3.0, how Cisco Unity integrates with Cisco CallManager 3.0, and the integration features that are available in this environment. tech news

Its not E.T. phoning home - its the shuttle astronauts of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). And this call is private, two-way, and digital, more like the telephone call placed from a public phone booth on the Space Station of 2001: A Space Odyssey. Life imitates art via a Cisco SoftPhone loaded onto an IBM ThinkPad 760XD so that eventually, astronauts can keep in touch with their loved ones during long voyages aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The ability to make private telephone calls is very welcome to astronauts who will spend up to half a year at a time aboard the ISS. tech news

This paper covers the discussion of Forum on RFI Issues in Space Operations. The Forum consisted of seven sessions. The opening session and keynote address was followed by five sessions, each with multiple presentations. Each session featured a panel discussion by all the presenters in that session. The issues raised in discussions following each presentation and during the panels were recorded and became the basis for summary discussions held in the closing session. tech news