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Hazardous freight transportation to be controlled using GLONASS

March 2, 2017

M2M Telematics, the leading Russian vehicle telematics solution provider, announced last week it has developed a distant control and surveillance system for hazardous freight transportation using GLONASS, the Russian satellite navigation system. The hazardous transportation solution, which had been ordered by the Federal Transport Supervision Service (FTSS) of the Ministry of Transport, was developed in …

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GlobeCast Hot Bird 8 satellite to broadcast CTC-International

February 20, 2012

CTC Media, a leading Russian media company listed on the NASDAQ, announced last week an agreement with GlobeCast to broadcast the international Russian-language version of CTC, “CTC-International,” via GlobeCast’s Hot Bird 8 satellite. A subsidiary of France Telecom, GlobeCast is a global provider of content management and worldwide transmission services for professional broadcast delivery. Hot …

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Domestic sales of GPS+GLONASS road navigation devices could reach $3 billion by 2015, say Russian experts

February 1, 2012

As many as 270,000 GPS+GLONASS road navigation devices were sold in Russia last year, an almost three-fold increase from 2010, said Alexander Gurko, General Manager of NIS GLONASS, the Russian national provider of satellite navigation services, in an exchange with news agency RIA Novosti earlier this week. These figures could double in 2012, representing sales …

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Glonass completing global coverage, Russian government to invest $11 billion in the system by 2020

December 15, 2011

Launched 35 years ago as an alternative to the American GPS and other international navigation systems, Russia’s national radio-based satellite navigation system Glonass is now completing its satellite constellation, bumping the number of operational satellites up to 24 in order to offer continuous coverage anywhere in the world, officials from the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) …

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GlobeCast adds satellite capacity in Russia and the CIS countries with Yamal-201

December 1, 2011

Paris, December 1st, 2011 – GlobeCast announces today the expansion of its satellite capacity overRussia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) with a new Ku-band platform on the Yamal-201 satellite. Offering significant opportunities to penetrate the cable market throughout the CIS, GlobeCast’s capacity provides full coverage of this area to regional and international channels.

Nokia to integrate GLONASS satellite based location system

November 21, 2011

NIS GLONASS, the Russian national provider of satellite navigation services, announced on Friday it had signed a memorandum of understanding with Nokia. According to the agreement – which follows announcements made in August of this year – the Finnish company is to adapt GLONASS technology to its mobile platforms and devices. The Russian technology may also …

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Russian telematics company RNT eyes buying Eastern European partner, seeks US partner

November 4, 2011

Russian Navigation Technologies (RNT), a leading manufacturer and integrator of fleet management solutions and other telematics systems, is continuing its international expansion. The company is holding buyout talks with several Eastern European firms to enter the regional market, RNT General Manager Ivan Nechaev told CNews.ru, a resource covering the IT and telecom markets.

iPhone 4S combines GPS and GLONASS satellite location systems

October 21, 2011

The iPhone 4S, Apple’s newest smartphone, supports both GPS and GLONASS satellite based location systems, according to the tech specs page devoted to the phone updated yesterday on the Apple website. According to ifixit.com, whose authors have taken the smartphone apart, this dual capacity is provided by the Qualcomm MDM6610 baseband chip. Qualcomm has declined …

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First Russian low power Glonass+GPS chipsets to appear in early 2012

October 12, 2011

Geostar Navigation, a Moscow-based producer of navigation receivers for telematic services, will start mass production of a new GLONASS+GPS chipset as early as next spring. The announcement, reported by news agency RIA Novosti, was made at a press conference on Monday by NIS GLONASS General Manager Alexander Gurko. The low power chipset, named GeoC-3, will …

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NIS GLONASS to invest $100 million in acquisitions in Russia and abroad

October 11, 2011

NIS GLONASS General Manager Alexander Gurko announced at a press conference yesterday that his company could invest as much as $100 million dollars in acquisitions of Russian and foreign companies during this year and the next. These acquisitions will help develop new satellite-based navigation services for both the domestic and Indian consumer markets.

SES and Intelsat satellites repositioned to better cover Russian territory

September 22, 2011

Global satellite operator SES and Russian satellite operator Gazprom Space Systems (GSS) announced the formation of a strategic partnership last week to provide additional satellite capacity to serve the Russian market. Under the agreement, SES has repositioned its ASTRA 1F satellite from 51 degrees East to 55 degrees East, reported Telesputnik, a Russian publication covering …

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