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| 07.01.2008 |
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Mobile Players Bring More Realistic Views To The Table
A gathering of the main players in the mobile satellite services (MSS) market featured more realism than the same event a year ago, but the switch from the unbridled optimism of the previous year actually was a refreshing change. The Mobile Satellite Users...
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| 06.01.2008 |
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Do Satellite Operators Want To Serve Africa?
I stepped off an airplane in Washington a few weeks ago in a little bit of a haze. Some of that could be attributed to landing at 6 a.m. following an 18-hour flight from South Africa. But the majority of my confusion stemmed from the events that took place...
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| 05.01.2008 |
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Impact of Launch Failures Felt Far And Wide
When a Proton Breeze M rocket suffered a second launch failure in six months, it provided yet another reminder of how difficult placing a satellite in orbit can be and how much of an impact a failure can have across the industry. The Proton vehicle’s...
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| 04.01.2008 |
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Satellite Players, NAB Have Reasons To Join Forces
With SATELLITE 2008 behind us, many satellite companies turn their attention to the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) show. But the move from Washington, D.C. to Las Vegas does not come as naturally for satellite companies today as it may have in the...
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| 03.01.2008 |
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Winning Satellite Executive Award Requires Global Effort
Selecting the Satellite Executive of the Year always is a time-consuming process, but the 2007 award added an extra layer of difficulty. In the middle of weighing the merits of many traditional nominees we received suggestions that a worthy winner would be...
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| 02.01.2008 |
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Stay Ahead Of The Curve At SATELLITE 2008
After the normal holiday break, the satellite industry jumped into 2008 with little hesitation, and a number of announcements made in the first several weeks of January will give the industry plenty to talk about on the SATELLITE 2008 exhibition floor as well...
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| 01.01.2008 |
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Enjoy C-Band Win But Prepare For More Battles In The Future
The satellite industry scored a victory at the World Radiocommunication Conference 2007 (WRC-07), as delegates rejected requests from terrestrial interests to gain more access to C-band spectrum. WiMax and international mobile telecommunications (IMT) players...
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| 12.01.2007 |
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Satellite Communications Demand To Remain Strong
The demand for satellite-based communications is not fading anytime soon, according to a pair of studies released in early November. The fixed satellite services industry recorded an 8 percent growth in revenues and a 5 percent growth in transponder capacity...
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| 11.01.2007 |
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Contribute To SATELLITE 2008, Satellite Executive of the Year Nomination
It may sound cliché, but it’s hard to believe that November already has arrived and 2007 is nearly over. For the Via Satellite team that means that preparations for SATELLITE 2008 are well underway. SATELLITE 2008: The Sixth Decade will take...
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| 10.01.2007 |
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Content Growth Brings Good News, Bad News
The amount of content being demanded by consumers around the globe is flourishing as customers want more specialized entertainment options. At the same time, the types and number of platforms available for delivering this content are expanding, with...
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| 09.01.2007 |
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While Not Perfect, Compromise May Be Best Option On C-band
Satellite players and terrestrial interests have drawn sharp lines in their debate over the access to C-band spectrum, but there are some areas where the two sides have reached at least some level of agreement. At issue is the desire by major terrestrial...
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| 08.01.2007 |
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Your Source Of Information About The C-Band Debate
After what seemed to be a quiet start, the “battle” for C-band spectrum — or at least awareness that there is a battle — is picking up. C-band was the first frequency band allocated for commercial satellite communications, and the...
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| 07.01.2007 |
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Can ATC Companies Live Up To Their Own Hype?
The mobile satellite industry, brimming with optimism, gathered in late May in Baltimore, the first time in five years that the industry had met under the umbrella of the Mobile Satellite Users Association. A large share of this optimism is being generated by...
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| 06.01.2007 |
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Industry Trying To Determine Full Reach Of Globalstar Issue
Problems with Globalstar’s constellation of satellites led the company to warn in February that customers could begin to suffer from service loss as early as 2008. Many of the company’s 40 satellites are suffering from degraded performance in their S-band...
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| 05.01.2007 |
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No Quick Relief In Sight For Transponder Prices In Africa
High transponders prices continue to be the biggest concern for many in Africa and jumped to the forefront of discussions at Satcom Africa 2007. During the opening sessions of the March conference, an audience member launched a question-and-answer session...
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| 04.01.2007 |
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XM-Sirius Fight Old-Fashioned Idea Of Market Competition
The proposed merger of Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio may make perfect business sense to the two companies, but if they hope to convince federal regulators that the combination should be allowed to take place, XM and Sirius may first have to...
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| 03.01.2007 |
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Sea Launch Disaster Raises Many Questions
It is, quite simply, a spectacular 18 seconds of video. The explosion that destroyed Sea Launch’s Zenit-3SL rocket and SES New Skies’ NSS-8 satellite, creating a fireball that engulfed the Odyssey Launch platform, are a stark reminder that...
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| 02.01.2007 |
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Selecting The Executive Of The Year
At the beginning of each year, the satellite industry looks forward to seeing who will be honored as Via Satellite’s Satellite Executive of the Year. For many years, I was among those waiting to see which executive would capture the award. But after...
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| 01.01.2007 |
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Time To Invest To Capitalize On HD
The consumer love affair with high definition (HD) shows no signs of slowing, and even looks to be picking up heading into 2007. With the price of HD-capable TV sets dropping, industry analysts predict the number of households demanding HD service will...
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| 12.01.2006 |
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Advertising Could Become
Bigger Part Of Satellite Radio
The profiles and subscriber numbers of Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio are growing as the companies continue to garner attention for their efforts to attract subscribers, which include their battles for exclusive content deals and to make their...
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