Satellite system cuts costs

A low-cost internet-based satellite e-mail system called Sat.400 has been introduced by Station 12 which is said to cut communication costs by up to 30 per cent. The system selects whether to transmit at five bits per character, when using the telex alphabet, or eight bit for non-Latin scripts like ...

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