http://www.satellitetoday.com Satellite Today en-us 2010 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 7:18:19 EDT Network neutrality is a hot topic in the United States that is generally viewed to apply to Internet services and IP networks. Although this topic arose in the United States and is being debated at the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Europe already has adopted rules that provide for neutrality... http://www.satellitetoday.com/via/globalreg/33387.html Mon, 1 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST A committee of the United Nations dedicated to the peaceful use of outer space has proposed the creation of a U.N. space policy. Would this be a good thing? Is anybody paying attention to this proposal? The Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) is a U.N. body created in 1959 that meets about... http://www.satellitetoday.com/via/globalreg/33160.html Mon, 1 Feb 2010 0:00:00 EST Two important changes to the European legal landscape occurred in November with implications that will spill forward into the satellite field for years to come. First, steps to ratify the European Treaty of Lisbon were completed. The treaty, signed in Lisbon in December 2007,was ratified when the Czech... http://www.satellitetoday.com/via/globalreg/32995.html Fri, 1 Jan 2010 0:00:00 EST The European Commission sponsored a two-day conference in October in Brussels to discuss “The Ambitions of Europe in Space.” European big guns Jose Barroso, newly reappointed president of the European Commission; Rainer Wieland, vice president of the European Parliament; and Philippe Maystadt... http://www.satellitetoday.com/via/globalreg/32909.html Tue, 1 Dec 2009 0:00:00 EST Conflicting signals are coming from Europe on the role of satellite infrastructure in future broadband networks. The satellite industry is, of course, insisting to European policymakers that satellite has a crucial role to play. But a brace of European Commission papers on next-generation access networks and... http://www.satellitetoday.com/via/globalreg/32663.html Sun, 1 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EDT The U.K. government initiated two consultations this summer that will have an impact on the satellite industry as a whole. Both are initiatives of the newly-renamed Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) — previously the Department of Trade and Industry and roughly the equivalent of the... http://www.satellitetoday.com/via/globalreg/32166.html Thu, 1 Oct 2009 0:00:00 EDT The U.K. regulator Ofcom contributed to "Understanding the Environmental Impact of Communications Systems" when it released a study by that name in July. The report, part of Ofcom’s technology... http://www.satellitetoday.com/via/globalreg/31807.html Tue, 1 Sep 2009 0:00:00 EDT On both sides of the Atlantic, policymakers are devising programs to ensure that citizens have access to broadband services. For its part, the European Union (EU) has included funding for Internet broadband connectivity in the European Economic Recovery Package — with the appealing acronym of EERP... http://www.satellitetoday.com/via/globalreg/31683.html Sat, 1 Aug 2009 0:00:00 EDT The Radiocommunication Bureau (BR) of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) apparently is following a new "get tough" approach with member states that do not follow the rules on putting communications satellites into use on time. The BR issued a letter May 1 to all member states (Circular... http://www.satellitetoday.com/via/globalreg/31298.html Wed, 1 Jul 2009 0:00:00 EDT The European Space Policy Institute (ESPI) has been especially active recently, and in early April released its latest report, "Space-based services in Europe." The report’s goal is to investigate challenges to the development of such services and to suggest actions that European... http://www.satellitetoday.com/via/globalreg/30984.html Mon, 1 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT