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by Theresa Foley Latin America remains one of the world’s hottest satellite markets despite economic problems in two of the largest nations, Brazil and Argentina, that have put the brakes...

by Gerald E. Oberst Jr. A vast number of regulatory decisions have affected the satellite industry since its inception. Many of these regulations were made in the past ten years....

by Theresa Foley Before year’s end, several satellite service providers will be carrying one Gbps worth of Internet traffic each as the demand for satellite delivery of Internet services continues....

by Theresa Foley Russia enters the new millennium planning to launch several new, modern satellites that should improve the transponder shortage of the late 1990s. However, Russia’s enormous problems in...

by Amanda L. Kazdoy Satellite industry experts tend to agree that Africa is in dire need of basic telecommunications services, particularly in rural communities. As developing regions are becoming more...

by James Careless This year has been better than 1998 for the Asia-Pacific satellite community, but not by much. On the technical side, it’s been a mixed bag: Asiasat 3S...

by Robustiano Fernandez Europe is a study in contrasts. To many overseas observers, it presents an increasingly unified and sophisticated front, and in many respects Europe is a united, if...

by Scott Chase Ask Arthur C. Clarke, entrepreneur, inventor, adventurer and, for many, the "father" of communications via satellite, what futures he sees for mankind in the new century, and...

By Cynthia Boeke The past year has been an eventful one, notable for what happened, as well as for what failed to materialize. In the latter category, two multibillion-dollar mobile...

by James Careless There’s likely no satellite region more complex and challenging to comprehend than the Middle East. At the heart of the situation is, of course, the ongoing Israeli/Arab...