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by Clayton Mowry The 18th century author of The Wealth of Nations probably never thought about space or satellites in orbit. Yet Adam Smith’s notion of the invisible hand of...

Delivering Content To The Edge Of The Net According to Japan’s Telecommunications White Paper 2000, Internet end-users in Japan reached 27 million at the end of 1999 and end-user subscriber...

An Interview With Giuliano Berretta After years of dominance by U.S. companies and the international consortium, Intelsat, in the field of global satellite operations, it may come as a surprise...

by Jimmy Schaeffler When viewing the basic data that underlies the growth of today’s U.S. Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) industry, the numbers are impressive, no matter where your bias lies....

by Peter J. Brown Bandwidth trading appears to be hot topic, although the satellite industry has mixed feelings about the feasibility of this new way of doing business. The London...

by James Careless Wedged between the United States and the rest of the world, Canada is a country caught in the middle. On one hand, it has unparalleled access to...

A New Challenge For Satellites Of course, dear comrades, you remember HAL from Arthur C. Clarke’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. And, of course, you realize we’re now in 2001. So...

by Gerry Oberst The U.S. space industry should benefit from the conclusions of a recent panel set up to assess the U.S. national security space management and organizational structure. In...

by Armand Musey Late last year, we downgraded the DBS stocks over concerns of near-term deterioration in their business model. Throughout 2000, we have noticed that DBS subscriber acquisition costs...

Swiss commercial broadcaster Tele 24 has received a licence to launch a financial news channel. Money 24 will be Switzerland’s first domestic channel concentrating on financial news and information and...