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COVER STORY
Greg Berlocher
Satellite technology has played a key role in the globalization of sports and entertainment, as formerly regional events have been elevated to global status. Now with consumers demanding more and more services while attending these events, the people behind...
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FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK
Jason Bates
A gathering of the main players in the mobile satellite services (MSS) market featured more realism than the same event a year ago, but the switch from the unbridled optimism of the previous year actually was a refreshing change. The Mobile Satellite Users...
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VIEW FROM THE TOP
Jason Bates
After a very active tenure in the satellite industry, Joseph Wright resigned as chairman and director of Intelsat Ltd. and has moved on to a different business, but his impact will be felt in the satellite field for years to come. “I spent 12 years with...
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INDUSTRY NEWS
TECHNOLOGY Telespazio, Thales Demonstrate Satellite System For Emergency Responders Telespazio and Thales...
TECHNOLOGY Navsync Introduces New Fully Integrated GPS Module Navsync launched its new CW46 GPS sensor. The...
TECHNOLOGY SpaceDev To Develop Seals For NASA SpaceDev Inc. has been awarded a contract to develop...
Glowlink Upgrades Interference Detection System Satellite spectrum monitoring and interference...
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MEDIA KIT / EDITORIAL CALENDAR
FEATURES
Jason Bates and Mark Holmes
The importance of the launch sector to the growth of the global satellite communications industry was highlighted in 2007, as two of the three major providers suffered failures, forcing some operators to adjust their launch plans or delay some key business...
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Richard Kusiolek
America’s commercial space industry holds a dominant position in the global market, but due to a number of factors, other countries are beginning to gain more market share. Many small suppliers maintain that the primary problem is the International...
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Richard T Kusiolek
When terrestrial communications equipment has either been destroyed or rendered unavailable, satellite-based emergency systems receive praise for picking up the slack. But memories fade after the debris is cleaned up, and emergency communications providers...
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COLUMNS
Europe and the ITU
Gerry Oberst
The European Commission has acted as an observer at committees and conferences of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) since 1988. Now a proposal is on the table for Europe to give the Commission a “negotiating mandate” for some ITU...
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Global Foreign Investment And The Space Sector
Owen Kurtin
While this column has examined the impact on the satellite industry of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) regime, the April decision by Canadian Industry Minister Jim Prentice to block the $1.3 billion acquisition of Canadian...
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Satellite Broadband And Politics In Burma
Peter J. Brown
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...
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Point-To-Many Points Remains Satellite’s Greatest Strength
Max Engel
I have discussed the basic business models for direct-to-home (DTH) broadcasting (wholesale and retail) and the implications of these models for the structure of the organization that provides them. I also have noted that in order to provide DTH directly to...
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