During the 1960s and 70s, the space industry attracted America’s best and brightest. But look around at nearly any conference and many of the attendees can be best described by...
The demand for mobile services continues to grow, along with the number of companies offering solutions. The only common feature among companies within the mobile satellite service (MSS) segment is...
The insatiable hunger for bandwidth is not limited to the ground, as demand for connectivity now extends well into the stratosphere. A variety of end users are clamoring for more...
[10-22-07 – Satellite News] The high seas used to be the exclusive domain of Inmarsat, but the development of stabilized VSAT platforms, which keep satellite antennas oriented when a ship...
Satellite manufacturers suffered a dearth of orders from 2001 to 2003, but the famine has ended and contracts for new satellites are rolling in at a steady rate. While good...
Twenty years ago, a telecommunications executive said the company’s ultimate goal was to reduce the operational staff for its global network to one man and one dog. The man’s job...
Car radios used to be simple, as listeners searched for AM broadcasts by twisting a knob until they found the right frequency. High-end radios featured buttons you could preset to...
It is no secret that the satellite market in Latin America has been depressed for a number of years. Struggling economies, currency devaluations and a strict regulatory climate have kept...
Keeping a global company’s information technology infrastructure efficient, up to date and secure while adhering to a fixed budget is a constant struggle. Simply maintaining the status quo is not...