Latin Operators In Limbo
Latin America’s satellite and network services sector is reeling from a worldwide economic downturn, and no one expects much improvement anytime soon. Many companies in the region receive revenues in...
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Canada Mulls Lifting Foreign Ownership Limits
Canada’s parliament is holding hearings this month to review whether to ease its foreign ownership restrictions in the telecommunications sector. Canadian law requires telecom companies — wireline, wireless and satellite...
Spotlight: British Airways Tests In-flight Broadband
British Airways is trying out the new Connexion by Boeing’s in-flight satellite broadband service onboard one of its daily transatlantic flight between London and New York. The service is designed...
Canadian DBS: The Northern Duopoly
Canada has almost 32 million people and roughly 2.1 million of the country’s 11 million-plus TV households (TVHHs) receive their direct broadcast satellite (DBS) signals either from Star Choice or...
MTN Prospects For Oil And Gas Customers
Maritime Telecommunications Network (MTN), a Miramar, Fla.-based provider of ship-to-shore satellite communications, is aggressively exploring its opportunities to serve customers who operate offshore oil and gas rigs. MTN traditionally has...
Loral Backs Reverse Stock Split
Loral Space & Communications [LOR] wants shareholder approval to implement a reverse stock split at its annual meeting on May 29 to comply with New York Stock Exchange share price...
Space Imaging In Bangkok
Space Imaging Southeast Asia, an affiliate of Denver, Colo.-based Space Imaging, has begun direct tasking and data collection of high-resolution imagery from the IKONOS satellite. The operations as well as...
Raytheon Reaches Milestone
Raytheon [RTN] has completed contractor acceptance and inspection for the Federal Aviation Administration’s Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS), a component in the agency’s next-generation space-based aircraft navigation and landing system....
GlobeCast Expands Presence
Satellite broadcast provider GlobeCast, a France Telecom [FTE] subsidiary, is expanding its Asian operations to include Japan and Korea through the opening of a liaison office in Tokyo. The Tokyo...
Intelsat Launches Asian Service
Intelsat and Television Broadcasts (TVB) will set up a joint venture, Galaxy Satellite Broadcasting, offering pay-TV service for Hong Kong. Intelsat will own a 51 percent stake in the venture,...