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Hughes announced an agreement to develop software that will power...

Hughes announced an agreement to develop software that will power the satellite capability in SkyTerra’s and TerreStar Network’s device chipsets. The software will enable the GMR1-3G satellite air interface standard to run side-by-side with cellular standards in a commercially…

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available, software-defined radio chipset being developed for SkyTerra and TerreStar Networks by Infineon Technologies, they said. With the software being developed by Hughes, a single SDR chip solution can be readily programmed to operate on a variety of cellular standards, while providing satellite connectivity via the global GMR1-3G standard. SkyTerra and TerreStar both are developing integrated satellite- terrestrial communications networks and services.