ESA Telecom of the European Space Agency have set up a resource of background information and news on current activities to describe how space-based technologies can help bridge 'the digital divide'.

Winning in two areas, the awards confirm the United Kingdom based company's reputation as the number one Schools' Content Provider in Britain.

Espresso wins European Broadband Award for creative use of archive content

Espresso wins EMMA Education Award

November 2003 saw the publication of thirteen project pages on the ESA Telecom website covering a wide variety of satcom activities.

On 8 January 2004, a presentation will be given on the results of the study mandated by ESA Telecom and carried out by Octalis on 'Next Generation Conditional Access Systems for Satellite Broadcasting'.

To make the role of ESA clearer to industry and to raise awareness among the user community on issues related to IP security, ESA Telecom has added a highlights page to User Segment.

Running applications on the web has become easier. A new software project which aims to help ESA Telecom users to reserve and monitor their required bandwidth via web has entered its validation phase. The project, called SAGAN, made its first appearance on September 23 at the ESA Telecom Applications Workshop.

The Greek company ATTISAT has just begun a new project funded by ESA Telecom, making this the first project begun by a Greek company. In October, the design review took place and specifications for the project are being reviewed.

Presentations from the just completed IP Networking over Satellite Workshop are now available on-line. Each of the fourteen presentations given can be downloaded for your reference.