Focus: Telecom

by Michael R.Flynn In our last article, we discussed the positive implications of the recent entry by private equity firms into the satellite operator sector. The financial discipline, strategic focus...

Question and Answer Ken Cohen November 09, 2004 What are the top three business advantages satellite technology brings to the restaurant marketplace? The quick service restaurant industry faces several challenges...

When competing in a niche market, every little bit helps. While the national home improvement stores seem to dominate the marketplace, a second tier of hardware chains exists, and the...

In today’s complex business environment, companies are fusing their communications network infrastructure with their marketing strategies to aggressively stay ahead of the competition. Because of this, executives’ focus has shifted...

Glen Hubbel was there from the beginning. As the distance learning coordinator at the National Center for Employee Development (NCED), a national training facility in Norman, OK, he helped launch...

by Nick Mitsis As the global commercial satellite industry enters the final months of 2004, business executives are examining which of the undertaken ventures worked and what strategic objectives they...

By Peter J. Brown The problem of global satellite signal theft looms large. The parties engaged are everywhere and they are highly sophisticated and eager to make money, lots of...

By Mark Holmes Recently, experts from the investment bank community warned that the operators, who have been acquired by Private Equity (PE) firms, could be under much tougher constraints when...

by Nick Mitsis It was not too long ago that satellite industry executives were nearly shouting for the financial industry’s attention. Plagued by a weak economy, eclipsed by multibillion dollar...

By Peter J. Brown Hats off to India for taking a very ambitious step forward in the early 21st century with its decision to launch Edusat, which, at least at...