Author: Gerry Oberst

European policy makers are seeking a more coordinated strategy for using satellite resources for their national security and defense, but these efforts could be stymied by a key legal development in 2008. In

Europe funds a substantial number of space-related research projects, with the vast bulk of money in recent years directed to the Galileo navigation satellite system and to the Global Monitoring...

The European Commission has acted as an observer at committees and conferences of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) since 1988. Now a proposal is on the table for Europe to...

Reform of the overall electronic communications regulatory framework remains the main regulatory topic in Europe this year. Twin themes of technology and service neutrality are part of the European Commission’s...

Is the satellite industry green? The issue of the environmental impact of satellites was raised by Eutelsat CEO Giuliano Berretta at the SATELLITE 2008 conference in February. “It’s the only...

Europe took a closer step toward creating a common space policy in December when it adopted amendments in the Treaty of Lisbon to permit the European Union to participate in...

Europe, as well as the rest of the world, is gearing up for the switchover from analog to digital television, and since digital TV will use radio spectrum more efficiently,...

The contrast between U.S. and European spectrum allocation responsibilities reveals a central difference in management. The European structure, however, may change in the next couple of years, with possibly a...

The big topic on the regulatory front in Europe for 2008 will be the proposals the European Commission released in mid-November to amend the electronic communications regulatory framework. The package...

The satellite industry must seek to persuade policy makers at the highest international level as well as at the national and regional level of the need to protect existing satellite...