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Unregulated but regulated. Which is it? This is the uncertainty that has arisen since the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) imposed regulations on Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), while declaring...

In the commercial satellite world the idea of hybrid networks has become increasingly important. Hughes Network Systems, for example, now sees itself as a network management firm and offers not...

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...

There are very few satellite executives that have worked as intimately with the U.S. military and government sectors as Intelsat General President Kay Sears, who has spent the past several...

The U.S. government’s plans to distribute $7.2 billion in broadband stimulus funding became clearer when the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Service (RUS) and the U.S. National Telecommunications and...

The market for satellite technology has remained strong over the last few years, shrugging off the financial woes experienced in consumer markets. Although sales curves are at a notably lower...

TECHNOLOGY C-Com Unveils Inclined Orbit Satellite Tracking C-Com Satellite Systems has developed a proprietary inclined orbit satellite-tracking algorithm intended to provide customers with the ability to use inclined orbit satellites...

In the past two years, the development of new satellite communications-on-the-move products and service offerings has been heating up. Whether live news video streaming from moving vehicles, rear-seat entertainment for...

Big remains beautiful in the satellite business, but launch vehicle operators are preparing new offerings to meet expected demand from commercial and government customers for small- and medium-class rockets that...

Innovative businesses offering new services to the public — and whose growth is measured in subscribers — are confronted with tricky math and public and investor relations tied to a...