With the global economy poised for a rebound, satellite modem manufacturers are responding with new products and services, capable of supporting a wide array of business and government applications. Among today’s fastest growing sectors is the commercial machine-to-machine (M2M) asset tracking and data communications market.  Transmitting short bursts of data to satellites, companies can monitor…

[Satellite News 10-27-09] With the global economy poised for a rebound, satellite modem manufacturers are responding with new products and services, capable of supporting a wide array of business and government applications. Among today’s fastest growing sectors is the commercial machine-to-machine (M2M) asset tracking and data communications market.  Transmitting short bursts of data to satellites,…

By Honey Berman With the global economy poised for a rebound, satellite modem manufacturers are responding with new products and services, capable of supporting a wide array of business and government applications. Among today’s fastest growing sectors is the commercial machine-to-machine (M2M) asset tracking and data communications market.  Transmitting short bursts of data to satellites,…

The bandwidth needs of the U.S. State Department, the U.S. Department of Defense and its coalition forces have increased to the point where the U.S. government now relies on commercial satellite providers for 80 percent of its total capacity to meet mission requirements, according to Bill Schmidt, vice president of government marketing for Xtar.     …