In fact, analysts believed the two companies would join forces on business communications as early as Sept. 2009.

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Skynet 4E, which will be used for worldwide strategic and tactical communications for Britain's armed forces, also separated from the rocket.

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Britain's armed forces are increasingly reliant on information and communications technology.

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E-communications provide some hope of keeping at bay all the forces which threaten the existence of diasporas, especially small ones: assimilation (seen in the decline of once-mighty tongues like Yiddish and Latino) and the danger of irrelevance as the world moves on.

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Together with the complementary technology forces of social, mobile, the cloud, and unified communications, big data brings countless new opportunities for learning about customers and their wants and needs.

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The role of space is a paramount national security area for communications, control, and intelligence and as a force- multiplier for terrestrial forces.

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