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By Jeff Hill In an effort to refocus the satellite sector’s approach to managing and prevent RF interference (RFI) and establish the carrier ID concept, SES is adopting training services from Global VSAT Forum (GVF) and engage other operators on a series of specific initiatives. In its basic form, the carrier ID aims to embed...

The launch services marketplace always has been a tough place to earn a living. These days, there is a combination of strong demand and heavy backload, high barriers to entry, consolidated supply but with new market entrants and former players threatening increased competition, as well as thin margins under renewed pressure from customers. Launch services...

[Satellite News 01-25-10] U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), chair of the U.S. Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee, is pushing back against President Obama’s proposed 2010 fiscal year NASA budget due to its provision of $200 million in funding to outsource manned space exploration missions to commercial companies, the congresswoman’s office released Jan. 22.    The White...

[Satellite News 12-22-09] The global recession may have dominated global business plans and future outlooks in 2009, but the satellite industry finds itself standing at the end of one of its most active years in recent history. Acquisitions, bankruptcies and record-breaking profits seemed to happen on a daily basis and there were plenty of instances...

[Satellite News 12-09-09] Arianespace is on schedule to introduce its new medium-lift launch service in 2010, according to CEO Jean-Yves Le Gall, who celebrated the company’s 30th anniversary at its U.S. headquarters in Washington D.C.     Le Gall told Satellite News that the company is eager to premiere the Soyuz in French Guiana, where the...

On Nov. 14 2008, it was announced that the Eurozone (European Union Member States) had gone into recession, and on Nov. 27, the European (EU) unveiled the EU Recovery Plan which aimed to pump billions of euros into the market to boost economies throughout Europe. On Dec. 1, the National Bureau of Economic Research said...

SpeedCast, a subsidiary of AsiaSat, is a multi-faceted service provider in Asia specializing in delivering to land or sea communications solutions ranging from broadband Internet to managed bandwidth to triple-play networks.     The company has made some significant moves in the maritime sector, launching earlier this year a new SeaCast service designed for yachts, fishing...

With Offshore Communications 2009 in the rear-view mirror, its time to look ahead to 2010 and try to figure out what role satellite will play in the maritime, shipping and oil and gas enterprise sector in the new year.     I think we can all agree that business conversations were dominated by the economic crisis...

Richard Deasington, director of vertical markets for iDirect, says the market for VSAT communications is expanding rapidly as vessels require a growing number of business applications. “Traditionally, deploying VSAT required large antenna systems and costly installations. Today, that’s no longer the norm, especially with the introduction of smaller Ku-band systems that are making VSAT affordable...

Inmarsat achieved growth in all of its mobile satellite services markets in the 2009 third quarter, which generated an 8.7 percent revenue increase over 2008 at $176.7 million, the company announced in its financial results, released Nov. 9.      The company’s EBITDA grew 18.4 percent to $133 million and profits after tax improved 33.5 percent...