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| 12.01.2009 |
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Combating Piracy Plague Creates Opportunities
Piracy is a plague that has an impact on pay-TV operators worldwide, and the problem has become even more acute in a distressed economic environment. The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) estimates that in 2008, piracy cost...
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Message from the Editor
The Asian satellite landscape is a melting pot of opportunity and frustration. The opportunities are many, as the potential for satellite TV and communication services in markets such as India, China, Indonesia are huge. For example, in India, DTH platforms...
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ABS CEO Does Not Rule Out ProtoStar Asset Bid
Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) is one of the new breed of dynamic players on the Asian satellite landscape. Interestingly though, the operator generates less than 10 percent of its overall revenues within the Asia-Pacific region. The most recent deal for ABS...
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Backhaul Market Remains Strong
Forecasts for the wireless backhaul market in Asia remains strong, as demand in the region remains strong and new technology will help the market meet that demand. An April release from ABI Research forecasts that despite a slow economy around the...
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Word From Our Sponsors
Glowlink Communications Technology Inc. Glowlink is a premier provider of COTS satellite spectrum monitoring, interference detection and geolocation systems for government and military markets. Its Model 1000 product is globally recognized as the best...
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| 09.01.2009 |
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Military News
Boeing, Iridium Complete U.S. Navy GPS System Upgrades Iridium Satellite and Boeing achieved two milestones in coordinated efforts to develop and demonstrate capability enhancements to a high-integrity GPS program for the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory. For...
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U.S. Military Officials Discuss Military Space Agenda
The United States remains the global leader in space-based military capabilities. However, with more nations than ever looking to develop these capabilities, the United States wants to foster greater cooperation when using these assets. In separate...
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Commercial Bus Rides: Fast Ticket to Space
A U.S. Air Force technology program is scheduled to get new sensing technology in orbit within just two years instead of the typical seven. Separately, Australian Defense Force (ADF) officials estimate that taxpayers will save more than $100 million on its...
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Future Military Communications: What Happens After TSAT?
In July, at the Seattle World Affairs Council, U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus, leader of U.S. Central Command, discussed how broadband IP network technology won the 2008 battle of Sadr City, Iraq, as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and warfighters using...
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Military Supplement: Letter From The Editor
The military satellite communications landscape has seen some significant events in 2009, none bigger than the formal cancellation of the Transformational Satellite Communications System program. The program was intended to provide thousands of military users...
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| 04.01.2009 |
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Military Satellite Market To Remain Strong Around Globe
With a backdrop of a new U.S. presidential administration, the beginning of a shift in troop strength from Iraq to Afghanistan and a global economic recession, 2009 likely will be anything but dull in terms of military satellite communications. While the...
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| 04.01.2009 |
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Government Contract Vehicles: Life Line or Fault Line
The ultimate goal of the U.S. Department of Defense’s space mission is to place capabilities in space in support of national defense and the warfighter. The U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), which procures communications services for the...
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| 04.01.2009 |
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Letter From The Editor
2009 started with quite a bang. First, the dramatic freefall of economies around the globe and then the collision of a pair of satellites in orbit. However, amid the doom and general gloom, the inauguration of U.S. President Barack Obama has fuelled optimism...
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Higginbotham: Satellite Collision Shows Need For More International Coordination
Integral Systems CEO John Higginbotham believes the Feb. 11 collision of an Iridium satellite with a defunct Russian military satellite will test global diplomacy, legal and unilateral military and commercial space issues for years to come. Higginbotham says...
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Military News
Outerlink To Provide Satellite Tracking To Homeland Security Department Outerlink Corp. has partnered with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to provide satellite-tracking data from all commercial satellite tracking systems in domestic use today...
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Reducing the Digital Divide
Satellite broadband initiatives are plentiful in Asia, with companies such as Thaicom, Optus and BB Sat looking to use the latest satellite technology to reduce the digital divide in countries throughout the region. Asia and Pacific — Broadband and...
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Mobile TV Via Satellite Struggling in Asia
Mobile TV is one of the hottest topics in the video arena globally, but in 2008 it seems as though the role of satellites and satellite technology in this area has come under sharper focus than ever before. In Europe, competitors SES Astra and Eutelsat formed...
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Focus on Asia: Editor's Note
There is little doubt that Asia represents one of the most exciting regions for satellite communications and broadcast services in the world. Markets such as China, India and Indonesia, have a combined population of around 2.5 billion people. With all three...
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A Word From Our Sponsors
Many satellite companies provide equipment and services optimized to the stringent requirements of the military sector. The following briefs highlight a few such companies and services. ATCi ATCi designs, develops and manufactures a wide variety of advanced...
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Gen. Chilton: Greater Cooperation In Space Will Boost All Nations
The United States sets the standard for military satellite operations, but as nations around the globe enhance their capabilities and new nations enter the space arena, U.S. Air Force Gen. Kevin Chilton, commander, U.S. Strategic Command, sees the...
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