Focus: Telecom

By Owen D. Kurtin According to several published reports, satellite insurance premiums are approaching 25 percent of satellite procurement costs. As is widely known in the industry, launch/post-separation and in-orbit...

Throughout our issues of Satellite Business Solutions, we have profiled success stories of medium and large corporations effectively using a satellite-enabled network to advance business plans and grow revenue. From...

Corporate Executives at Major League Baseball (MLB) were faced with a significant dilemma: they needed to increase viewership and widen the access of the games, expanding the brand beyond the...

New York-based Wendy’s of Rochester Inc., a franchisee of Wendy’s International Inc., is comprised of more than 100 Wendy’s restaurants spread throughout the New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Southwest...

By Gerry Oberst Spectrum and regulation for mobile satellite service in Europe is a highly charged topic. A lot of the work on this controversy occurs at particular levels within...

By Owen D. Kurtin, Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner LLP* In a two-article series last year, this column examined the potential positive and negative influences on the satellite industry...

Organizations that depend on the Internet must go beyond firewalls and intrusion detection systems to anticipate and protect against potential threats. V-ONE Corp. has been designing, developing and marketing next-generation...

By Gerry Oberst Africa has long been seen as a good market for satellite delivered services due to its vast distances, rural and sparsely located communities, state of economic development...

By Peter J. Brown Every twelve months, this columnist is handed an opportunity to either wrap-up last year’s loose ends or plunge headlong into the open door of the coming...

By James Careless Historically, it has been a challenge for satellite executives to profitably expand their business in Africa, despite the fact that satellite footprints blanket the continent. Add Africa’s...