By Clayton Mowry So much has been written in this magazine and other trade publications regarding the impact of U.S. export control laws on the satellite industry that you’d think...
By Gerry Oberst It used to be that law enforcement officials had a relatively obvious way to ensure legal access to satellite communications–get a court order to wire tap a...
By James Careless Satellites continue to represent a critical component of any TV broadcasters’ business. For instance, it’s satellites that truly make ABC-TV a network. That’s because “we distribute all...
By Marc Crossman and Aileen Chen For investors of companies that provide direct-to-home (DTH) broadcasting, net subscriber additions during a period are commonly used as an indicator of the health...
By Theresa Foley Europe, the home of the third and fourth largest satellite operators in the world, continues to grow in demand and attract new players to its satellite services...
It won’t be long before the question of how effective regional geostationary satellites will be in competition with the Big LEO satellite telephony provider is answered. P.T. Pasifik Satelit Nusantara...
Gilat-To-Home Inc., the satellite-based, broadband Internet service provider, has named David Trachtenberg as its president and chief marketing officer. Trachtenberg, who recently joined Gilat-To-Home, was president and chief operating officer...
Costa Rica-based Satellite Communications Central America (SCCA) has placed an initial order for 1,000 VisTrac satellite-based fleet monitoring systems from Golden, Colo.-based American Millenium Corp. Inc. [AMCI]. The VisTrac systems...
Globalstar USA [VOD], the U.S.-based provider of Globalstar L.P. [GSTRF] satellite telephony services, announced international roaming service in Australia, just in time for the 2000 Summer Olympic Games scheduled to...
WildBlue Inc. of Denver, formerly iSky, said it has invested in a semiconductor design company, U.S. Monolithics LLC, that will play a key role in Wild Blue’s construction of a...