Jeffrey Hill

[Satellite News 01-25-10] U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), chair of the U.S. Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee, is pushing back against President Obama’s proposed 2010 fiscal year NASA budget due to […]

[Satellite News 01-11-10] TerreStar has cleared a foreign ownership regulatory hurdle with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and expects to receive its Ancillary Terrestrial Component (ATC) authorization in the […]

[Satellite News 01-06-10] ESPN has revealed plans to launch ESPN 3D, a dedicated 3-D HD network, which will showcase a minimum of 85 live sporting events during its first year, […]

[Satellite News 01-06-10] Verizon Chairman and CEO Ivan Seidenberg told investors at a New York conference that its rumored acquisition of DirecTV was not considered a priority for the company […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-11-10] Thales Alenia Space has signed a contract with French and Italian space agencies CNES and ASI, to develop, construct, test and deliver in orbit a broadband civil […]

[Satellite News 12-29-09] Analysts made a wide range of predictions this year as the satellite industry adjusted to rapidly developing technology and emerging markets in a slow-moving global economy.     […]

[Satellite News 12-22-09] The global recession may have dominated global business plans and future outlooks in 2009, but the satellite industry finds itself standing at the end of one of […]

[Satellite News 12-21-09] Despite the U.S. government shutting down Dec. 21 due to inclement weather, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) held hearings to address broadband issues as it approaches […]

[Satellite News 12-15-09] Commercial satellite industry representatives, developers, vendors and U.S. military bandwidth providers, along with U.S. Defense Information Systems (DISA) PEO and Satellite Director Bruce Bennett, will come together […]

[Satellite News 12-15-09] In the wake of New Orleans’ near destruction by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, U.S. federal agencies and their communications infrastructures came under public scrutiny. Deficiencies in the […]

[Satellite News 12-09-09] Arianespace is on schedule to introduce its new medium-lift launch service in 2010, according to CEO Jean-Yves Le Gall, who celebrated the company’s 30th anniversary at its […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-04-09] The lack of a comprehensive U.S. national space launch strategy and unified oversight council is obstructing the domestic commercial launch industry’s ability to grow and compete,  according […]

[Satellite News 12-04-09] The lack of a comprehensive U.S. national space launch strategy and unified oversight council is obstructing the domestic commercial launch industry’s ability to grow and compete, according […]

[Satellite News 12-01-09] As U.S. President Barack Obama announces his strategy to increase U.S. military presence in Afghanistan while focusing on optimized battlefield intelligence networks, the commercial satellite imagery sector, […]

[Satellite News 11-24-09] Aerospace Industry Association (AIA) Vice President of Space Systems J.P. Stevens warned members of a U.S. congressional science and technology committee that U.S. space programs need “stable […]

[Satellite News 11-16-09] Since taking the position as Globecomm‘s COO in August, Keith Hall, a veteran of the company’s service division, has been working to apply his successful service-based growth […]

With Offshore Communications 2009 in the rear-view mirror, its time to look ahead to 2010 and try to figure out what role satellite will play in the maritime, shipping and […]

For both commercial satellite providers and their potential U.S. military customers, the process of meeting the needs of the modern warfighter through commercial networks has produced a long, frustrating and […]

Intelsat General has been proactive in opening a line of communication with the military to better understand their needs in order to efficiently deliver solutions. Rarely has the company missed […]

[Satellite News 11-11-09] EMS Technologies CEO and board member Paul Domorski has resigned from the company, effective immediately, the company announced Nov. 11.      Domorski produced earnings growth for EMS […]

[Satellite News 11-09-09] The global economic recession seemed to have little effect on major satellite companies in the third quarter of 2009, as the industry reported especially strong growth across […]

As the convention comes to a close, Offshore Communications 2009 has left a profound impression on me that maritime, shipping and oil and gas end-users are just as, if not […]

[Satellite News 11-06-09] Telecommunications experts and executives from offshore exploration and energy companies were highly critical of the affordability and performance satellite-based solutions during the Offshore Communications trade show opening […]

I was surprised to hear critical sentiments against satellite connectivity solutions from panelists at the opening session of the Offshore Communications show, especially since the panelists reached consensus that the […]

The mass-consumer cellular markets may be familiar with industry products such as the Apple iPhone and the BlackBerry, but AT&T, one of the largest cellular services in the United States, […]

The formula for keeping oil and gas industry employees happy is similar to the strategy that U.S. military is using to boost troop morale in Afghanistan. Both employ a focus […]

[Satellite News 10-28-09] The U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the U.S. Rural Utilities Service (RUS) are considering reducing the number of broadband stimulus funding rounds from three […]

[Satellite News 10-22-09] Military satellite communications manufacturers used Milcom 2009 as a forum to demonstrate a variety of next-generation solutions and address the challenges of a budget-conscious and bandwidth-hungry Pentagon. […]

[Satellite News 10-20-09] Deutsche Telekom will not seek to acquire Sprint — a move that would have given the German company a considerable share of the U.S. wireless market. The […]

[Satellite News 10-19-09] U.S. military officials are asking commercial satellite companies for more bandwidth and next-generation technology to assist them in creating a Global Information Grid (GIG) that is easily […]