http://satellitetoday.com Satellite Today en-us 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:11:01 EST Satellite broadband initiatives are plentiful in Asia, with companies such as Thaicom, Optus and BB Sat looking to use the latest satellite technology to reduce the digital divide in countries throughout the region. Asia and Pacific — Broadband and Growing With 39 percent of the world’s broadband... http://satellitetoday.com/broadband/voice/25769.html Mon, 1 Dec 2008 0:00:00 EST [Satellite News 10-31-08] Al Yah Satellite Communications Co. (Yahsat) is the latest satellite operator to believe there potentially is strong demand for satellite broadband services in the consumer market as well as the enterprise and government market.     Yahsat announced Oct. 18 that it... http://satellitetoday.com/broadband/voice/25201.html Fri, 31 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT [Satellite News 09-25-08] Two important moves have happened recently in the realm of satellite cellular communications – TerreStar Corp. sold its remaining shares in SkyTerra Communications to private equity firm Harbinger Capital Management and other parties on Sept. 19 and Mobile Satellite Ventures... http://satellitetoday.com/broadband/voice/24760.html Fri, 26 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT The impact of widespread satellite broadband deployments on previously unserved and underserved regions of the world has been substantial and represents a real win-win for the user and service provider alike. But in the case of certain satellite broadband services in Burma there is a dark cloud overhead. The... http://satellitetoday.com/broadband/voice/23233.html Sun, 1 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT [Satellite News – 5-6-08] Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) posted a 6 percent increase in revenues for the first quarter of 2008 and has made significant progress in implementing the cooperation agreement signed with Inmarsat plc in December, the company announced May 6.     The... http://satellitetoday.com/broadband/voice/22954.html Tue, 6 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT [Satellite News – 4-16-08] Former Near Earth LLC President J. Armand Musey has reached base camp on Mount Everest and is preparing to ascend to Camp 1, 19,600 ft. above sea level.     Musey, who left Wall Street in 2007, is climbing Mount Everest, the highest mountain on Earth, as both a... http://satellitetoday.com/broadband/voice/22730.html Wed, 16 Apr 2008 0:00:00 EDT [Satellite News – 4-7-08] SpeedCast CEO Pierre-Jean Beylier believes the company will have 100 ships installed with its new global maritime broadband service in the first year of operation. SpeedCast, a subsidiary of Asian satellite operator AsiaSat, has jointly launched the service with Eutelsat in a... http://satellitetoday.com/broadband/voice/22641.html Mon, 7 Apr 2008 0:00:00 EDT [Satellite News – 3-13-08] Inmarsat had a “monumental” year in 2007, posting a 40 percent increase in profits before tax, a 15 percent gain in revenues and launching six new services.     With the rollout of the new offerings, Inmarsat hopes to position itself as one of the... http://satellitetoday.com/broadband/voice/22413.html Thu, 13 Mar 2008 0:00:00 EDT [Satellite News - 2-19-08] From satellite broadband to consolidation within the FSS industry, there are many hot topics within the satellite industry. The Satellite 2008 Show Daily spoke to Andrea Maleter, technical director, Futron Corp, Christopher Baugh, CEO, NSR (formerly Northern Sky Research), Hoyt... http://satellitetoday.com/broadband/voice/22218.html Tue, 19 Feb 2008 0:00:00 EST [Satellite News – 1-4-08] The Regional African Satellite Communications Organization (Rascom) is facing the prospect that its Rascom-QAF1 satellite will have a much shorter commercial lifetime than expected,     The satellite, placed into orbit in December, is suffering a helium leak and... http://satellitetoday.com/broadband/voice/21833.html Fri, 4 Jan 2008 0:00:00 EST