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UK cable outfit NTL’s attempts to sell its wireless towers and satellite uplink business for up to GBP1.5 billion ($2 billion) has hit problems. Reports suggest that NTL’s favoured bidder...

by James Careless These are tough times not only for the satellite industry, but the global economy in general. But don’t throw in the towel, yet. There are still ways...

by Gerry Oberst The satellite industry needs to be more aggressive in describing how it can contribute to broadband services, certainly in Europe. That is the implicit, although unintended, message...

by Theresa Foley The year 2001 turned out to be one of the more chaotic years on record for the satellite industry, even though the business seemed tranquil compared to...

by Richard DalBello Everyone is worrying about the digital divide. About the information “haves” and “have-nots,” and about a great raging river called “broadband” that could widen the gap between...

by Theresa Foley For the broadband satellite sector, “it is unlikely that 2002 will experience the same level of negative trends faced in 2001,” says consultant Christopher Baugh. “The market...

by Peter J. Brown Fortunately, as the Internet started to take off, a number of companies began immediately to devise solutions that enhanced the performance of Internet traffic flowing over...

by Armand Musey It is time for investors to revisit the Fixed Satellite Services (FSS) industry. We realize that satellite and telecom infrastructure plays are currently far from vogue. However,...

Al Majd (Glory) was scheduled to begin transmissions at the beginning of Ramadan (16 November). Al Majd is a private-venture enterprise and says it will focus on a variety of...

The ministers of the European Space Agency (ESA) members are meeting to discuss the funding and implementation of the 30-satellite European navigation project called Galileo. Europeans are currently working very...