http://www.satellitetoday.com Satellite Today en-us 2010 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:52:42 EDT [Satellite News 03-15-10] Talia has been preparing for the launch of its VSAT, consumer-focused Internet and telephone communications service for nearly 12 months, and the time now is right to bring it to market, COO Travis Mooney said.    Talia Home, intended for subscribers in the Middle East... http://www.satellitetoday.com/broadband/internet/33621.html Mon, 15 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT Michel de Rosen took over the role of CEO of Eutelsat Communications from Giuliano Berretta in November. For most of the previous decade, he served as chairman and CEO of ViroPharma, a U.S. pharmarceutical company and since 2008 as chairman and CEO of SGD, a glass bottle manufacturer based in France. Now de... http://www.satellitetoday.com/broadband/internet/33386.html Mon, 1 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST [Satellite News 02-22-10] U.S. Broadband stimulus funds of $100 million for satellite projects, specifically set aside in a U.S. Rural Utilities Services (RUS) and U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) notice of funds available issued in January, fell short of the... http://www.satellitetoday.com/broadband/internet/33442.html Mon, 22 Feb 2010 0:00:00 EST David Gelerman did not set out to serve the satellite sector when he founded Advantech in 1988, but more than 20 years later, he has positioned the Canadian company as one of the leading suppliers of communications network components and solutions for broadband connectivity, broadcast solutions and backhaul... http://www.satellitetoday.com/broadband/internet/33159.html Mon, 1 Feb 2010 0:00:00 EST The December closing of ViaSat’s $568 million cash and stock acquisition of Ka-band satellite broadband provider WildBlue, following November’s $75 million cash investment by SES into Google-backed startup O3b, which plans to provide high speed Internet access to the “other 3 billion”... http://www.satellitetoday.com/broadband/internet/33172.html Mon, 1 Feb 2010 0:00:00 EST Fred Pope comes from an economics background and says he entered the satellite sector “by accident.” But as CEO of Satcom Resources, a business that relies in large part on an interactive Web site launched in 2000, he helps customers understand and acquire the solutions they need to set up... http://www.satellitetoday.com/broadband/internet/32994.html Fri, 1 Jan 2010 0:00:00 EST What is broadband? Don’t be so quick to answer. After all, we use the term regularly without ever stopping to think about its precise meaning. Is broadband high-speed Internet, advanced telecommunications services or just speeds higher than 200 kilobits per second (kbps)? Realizing the confusion, the... http://www.satellitetoday.com/broadband/internet/32996.html Fri, 1 Jan 2010 0:00:00 EST [Satellite News 12-21-09] Despite the U.S. government shutting down Dec. 21 due to inclement weather, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) held hearings to address broadband issues as it approaches its Feb. 17 deadline to submit a national connectivity plan to President Obama.    ... http://www.satellitetoday.com/broadband/internet/33077.html Mon, 21 Dec 2009 0:00:00 EST At the beginning of October it was announced that ViaSat was buying WildBlue. What made this a good idea for ViaSat? What made it worth paying the $568 million needed to acquire WildBlue? Primarily, ViaSat needed a retail marketing arm for the broadband business it is trying to create. I previously have... http://www.satellitetoday.com/broadband/internet/32911.html Tue, 1 Dec 2009 0:00:00 EST [Satellite News 11-16-09] SES CEO Romain Bausch admitted it was not beyond the realms of possibility that SES could become a majority shareholder in O3B Networks in the future. Now, that possibility has turned to reality following a $75 million investment, announced Nov. 16, into a company that aims to bring... http://www.satellitetoday.com/broadband/internet/32863.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EST