An Interview With Romain Bausch By Cynthia Boeke For many years, Intelsat, and more recently Panamsat, has enjoyed top billing as the”world’s largest satellite operator.” Last year, however, another company...

by James Careless Rural telecommunications: It’s not just about voice service anymore. Instead, it’s about voice and data. You can blame this change on the Internet. The human desire to...

by Theresa Foley The year 2001 turned out to be one of the more chaotic years on record for the satellite industry, even though the business seemed tranquil compared to...

by James Careless From formidable to fine: that’s the news in the one-way data satellite market, depending on whom you talk to. So who’s saying what? Here’s a rundown of...

Nick Mitsis Don’t believe for a minute they are merely capacity brokers, and whatever you do, be sure to refuse the notion that global satellite operators are past their prime,...

By Robert N. Wold In its 15 member nations, the European Union (EU) has 375 million people, some 51 percent of Europe’s total, making EU-country the world’s largest economic superpower....

By Theresa Foley What is the world’s most valuable orbital slot? DirecTV’s 101 degrees W appears to be at the top of the list, bringing in more than $4 billion...

by Gerry Oberst Recent press reports started a furor about rumors of possible International Telecommunication Union (ITU) efforts to limit the length of time that a satellite company can occupy...

by Gerry Oberst A few years ago, I described plans in Europe to develop a more efficient licensing structure for satellite networks and services. Called the “one stop shop” (OSS),...

Asia’s economies continue to thunder back to life after the devastating recession that had obstructed the region’s growth in the late 1990s. In fact, as commerce in the area re-establishes...