It looks as if even the most vociferous naysayers can no longer write off new undersea cables to the African continent as all talk and no show. Within the last few weeks, it has been reported that the construction of no less than three undersea cables along the east coast of Africa has commenced or nearly so.

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazahkstan, January 28, 2008.-- At 0:18 a.m. GMT, the Russian telecommunication satellite Express-AM33 was successfully launched at the Baikonur Space Center. The satellite was placed at its orbital location at 96.5 degrees East.

Stockholm, Sweden, January 23,2008-- SWE-DISH has received an order from its Eastern European partner ADISAM Telecom S.A., Romania's largest private satellite operator, for a number of IPT-i Suitcase satellite terminals. SWE-DISH and ADISAM have partnered to deliver mobile broadband satellite terminals to ADISAM's government and broadcast customers.

A new study by Research and Markets  called "2007 European Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Overviews" report of the expansion and integration of the telecom market in Europe. This annual report presents the latest statistical and analytical overview of Telecoms in Europe, including the twelve new European Union (EU) access countries, together with Russia, Belarus, Moldova, and the Ukraine. The report provides important data on telecoms expansion and integration within the region, encompassing established and vital developing markets.

While in-car navigation will remain the most important application of GPS technology, the use of GPS in many other consumer, business, and industrial environments such as telematics and asset tracking will continue to grow. The GPS modernization project and the arrival of additional Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) such as GLONASS, Galileo, and Beidou/Compass will increase the availability, reliability, and precision of satellite positioning and stimulate the location ecosystem, expanding the market to more than 900 million units by 2013.

SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS, France, January 17, 2008 – Wireless IP broadcast solutions provider UDcast has appointed Simon Gazikian as vice president of sales. Gazikian will oversee global sales and will be based in the company’s headquarters in Sophia-Antipolis.

NEW YORK, NY, December 7, 2007 – News Corporation announced that James R. Murdoch has been appointed Chairman and Chief Executive, Europe and Asia. He will also become a member of the Company’s Office of the Chairman and the Board of Directors.