Industry at Large
People Kingston inmedia Names Chairman Kingston inmedia appointed Richard Vos as chairman of the board. Vos was formerly chairman of Inmarsat, which he led following privatization in 1999 through a...
Month: July 2004
Connectivity
Inmarsat and the ORBIT Act's IPO Requirement
By John Quale, Brian Weimer, and John Beahn Inmarsat and the ORBIT Act. The International Maritime Satellite Organization (Inmarsat) was established in 1976 as an intergovernmental organization (IGO) for the...
XM To Air Willie Nelson's Fourth Of July Concert
XM Satellite Radio [XMSR] officials said the satellite radio service provider will broadcast Willie Nelson’s 4th of July Picnic concert in Fort Worth, Tex., live from noon to midnight.
Sirius Soft-Launches Orbiter Plug And Play Receiver At RadioShack Stores
Officials from Sirius Satellite Radio [SIRI] and RadioShack Corp. [RSH] said the Orbiter Model SR4000 plug and play satellite radio receiver is being shipped to RadioShack stores nationwide. Orbiter will...
SiriComm Taps ViaSat For VSAT Services
ViaSat Inc. [VSAT] officials said the company is supplying a LinkStar broadband satellite communications network to SiriComm Inc. that will provide wide area networking for SiriComm fleet applications and Internet...
Connectivity
Regulatory Review: European Licensing--Trendy Terms For Online Processing
by Gerry Oberst Our last column described a project team within the European Conference of Posts and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT) that focuses on satellite regulatory issues. Continuing with that theme,...
NSAB Strengthens Baltic Position
Nordic Satellite AB (NSAB) has strengthened its position in the Lithuanian market by entering into a co-operation agreement with TV1. TV1 is a popular Lithuanian channel, and the deal represents...