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XM Satellite and Sirius Completes Merger

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:53:27 -0400

XM Satellite and Sirius Satellite Radio have completed their merger. The merged company will change its name to Sirius XM Radio Inc. Their stock will continue to be traded on the Nasdaq under the symbol SIRI. The company now has more than 18.5 million subscribers and expects to save about $400 million in costs in 2009.

How is satellite phone different from a cellular phone?

Sun, 06 Jan 2008 08:29:50 -0500

Satellite and cellular phones are wireless devices.They almost look alike but the way they work is totally different.A cellular phone functions on the basis of cells,and hence are called cell phones.The whole network area is divided into small areas and an antenna is installed in each area.These are also called towers.When a cellular phone is mvoing,it enters from one cell to another.When it crosses the border of one cell,the phone sends a signal to the MTSO(Mobile Telephone Switching Office).With the help of control channel the database of the MTSO relocates the phone in a new cell or area.Satellite phones use Low Earth Orbiting(LEO) satellites.When a person makes a call from the handset,a signal goes to the nearest orbiting satellite.The satellite connects to the gateway or ground station.Then the gateway takes the call to the destination.

Home from IKONOS

Sun, 30 Jul 2006 23:35:51 -0400

Hi there, my name Muhammad Ihsan, Indonesian, 34 yo, married, 2 boys, live in Samarinda - Kalimantan Timur (East Borneo), near from north bank of Mahakam River.

And this is my home as seen from IKONOS Satellite Image (www.Spaceimaging.com), hope that maybe you will hop in someday ;-)

Regards,
Muhammad Ihsan
http://tien

HAVE YOU WATCHED CCTV? DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS?

Tue, 28 Mar 2006 22:43:22 -0500

The Chinese news station, CCTV has done more to educate me in the new China than anything I could have possibly seen or read. I'm not sure where I have been since Tiananmen Square but I wasn't aware how much China has blossomed. Back in 1989, I remember the Chinese as rather mono-appareled people who rode bicycles and pretty much kept to themselves.

China was like the teenager who at thirteen had a small face and big nose. She has definitely grown into the nose and the face is stunnigly beautiful. Her appreciation of the arts is paralleled by none. She's made hugh strides in practically every field. She is a modern day culture bursting at the seams.