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| 03.01.2010 |
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New Efforts to Mitigate Satellite Interference
The success enjoyed by the commercial satellite sector over recent decades comes as no surprise to the engineers, technicians and managers who have been contributing to its remarkable growth by providing customers with accurate and reliable services around...
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| 03.01.2010 |
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Teleport Operators Find Ways to Trim Costs
Teleports often are characterized as the ground-based infrastructure of a satellite network, but the term means different things to different people. There is a surprising amount of diversification in the field, and the term teleport covers a wide range of...
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| 03.01.2010 |
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Capacity Extremes Could Impact MENA
Belief that demand for capacity serving the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) soon will skyrocket has been building for more than a year, spurred by a combination of increasing demand for satellite-based services and government deregulation that is...
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| 02.01.2010 |
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Satellite Executive of the year 2009: The nominees are...
Khalid Balkheyour, CEO, Arabsat Arabsat is expected to post double-digit percentage increases in revenues and profits, as operational revenues jumped from $157 million in 2008 to $192 million in 2009, and EBIDTA improved 68 percent in the same period. But the...
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| 02.01.2010 |
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Teleport Operations: New Technologies Help Cut Cost
There are a few primary areas which have the biggest impact on a teleport operator’s bottom line and/or the ability to improve service delivery. These broad areas include: space segment, network management systems, electricity consumption and network...
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| 01.01.2010 |
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Slump or Growth for Satellite Service Providers in Latin America
According to Andrea Maleter, technical director, Futron, “There is a fair amount of private equity money still going into (Latin America’s) satellite business. Latin American telecoms, in general, has seen a fair amount of consolidation...
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| 01.01.2010 |
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WiMax Relationship with Satellite Sector Evolving
The WiMax sector’s overall efforts were rebuffed at the 2007 World Radiocommunication Conference, but with some governments around the globe continuing to support WiMax and international mobile telecommunications (IMT) players and use of the spectrum...
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| 12.01.2009 |
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Companies Take Different Approaches in Distribution Chain
There is more to marketing a product than simple sales strategy. Marketing is a defining trait of a company, and one that often makes it stand out from its competitors. Examples of this abound in all industries. In the telecoms sector, a company such as...
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| 12.01.2009 |
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Satellite Communications Find Use for Expanded Monitoring Applications
Although the monitoring market is a good one, it is not homogeneous. Monitoring covers a broad range of applications which often are lumped under a single, generic moniker. In reality, the monitoring market is stratified with different solutions, each with...
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| 11.01.2009 |
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HD Production: Technology More Accessible
For years, high-definition TV (HDTV) was known as “tomorrow’s” technology within broadcasting circles. While standards mostly were set by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) in the late 1980s and its technical feasibility was...
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| 11.01.2009 |
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Next-Gen Users: Driving Video Transformation
The Internet and wireless communications have had a major impact on the consumption of video content. TV operators no longer can think of just offering services via a single device at a set time and now have to think about whether to extend into mobile and...
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| 10.01.2009 |
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HD: Customer Demand Fueling Operator Ambitions
While HD is the future, the spread of the service has varied around the globe. Has HD entertainment lived up to industry expectations or been somewhat of a disappointment to date? HDTV continues to be seen as a major growth driver for satellite operators...
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| 10.01.2009 |
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Broadband Stimulus: Process Stumbles Out of Blocks
The timing of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act’s passage in February could not have been better for the satellite industry. After months of panicked discussion among analysts and executives over a devastated economy and which financial...
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| 09.01.2009 |
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Minimizing Latency in Satellite Networks
Latency always stands at the forefront whenever satellite communications is discussed. Forget quality of service, bit error rate, availability, reliability, circuit speeds, geographic coverage or...
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| 09.01.2009 |
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ESPN Official Outlines International Ambitions
ESPN Official Outlines International Ambitions ESPN is a household name in North America and now is intent on becoming more of a force on the international landscape. This was underlined in June, when ESPN...
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| 09.01.2009 |
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Go East! New Markets Emerging in Europe
The digitalization of TV networks is driving a buoyant Eastern European satellite market despite uncertain economic conditions. The financial crisis that triggered a global recession over the past 12 months...
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| 08.01.2009 |
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Government Series – Part II: Satellite Players Helping the Public Through Civil Programs
The market for satellite technology has remained strong over the last few years, shrugging off the financial woes experienced in consumer markets. Although sales curves are at a notably lower pitch than two years prior, the satellite market is still...
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| 08.01.2009 |
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Middle Path to Space
Big remains beautiful in the satellite business, but launch vehicle operators are preparing new offerings to meet expected demand from commercial and government customers for small- and medium-class rockets that can deliver smaller payloads more...
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| 07.01.2009 |
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Government Series – Part I: Satellite Players Assisting the Public Through Civil Programs
The government often is both the largest employer and consumer of goods and services in a country, and in many countries a better description for the government would be a collection of entities with multiple interests and demands. For instance, citizens of...
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| 07.01.2009 |
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Services Drive Satellite Performance in 2008
Demand for communications and other services helped drive a strong 2008 performance for the satellite sector. Via Satellite takes a closer look at developments that shaped the business and how some of those factors, such as long-term contracts and increased...
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