Author: Mark Holmes

The ability to access funding for business plans has become a lot tougher than it was just 12 months ago, casting a huge shadow not just over the satellite sector...

SATELLITE 2009 opens following a busy 12 months. The sector has seen the emergence of new players, new business models and new opportunities — all coming against the backdrop of...

[Satellite News 03-20-09] Inmarsat posted better-than-expected results in 2008, with pre-tax profits increasing by more than 50 percent over 2007 to $193.8 million. Inmarsat also recorded total revenues of $996.7...

[Satellite News 03-19-09] While there will be plenty of launch opportunities within India, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) also hopes to make inroads internationally in the next five years,...

[Satellite News 03-13-09] Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) hopes to launch its ABS-2 satellite in 2011, and CEO Tom Choi expects that within the next 12 months, the operator will have...

[Satellite News 03-11-08] Mediascape has launched a satellite pay-TV platform, Cignal Digital TV, in the Philippines, targeting the 2 million households not served by cable.     “We are trying to...

Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) hopes to launch its ABS-2 satellite in 2011, and CEO Tom Choi expects that within the next 12 months, the operator will have made an announcement...

[Satellite News 03-06-09] Al Yah Satellite Communications Co. (Yahsat) has one of the most ambitious business plans of any new satellite operator around the globe. The company signed deals in...

The search for the potentially lucrative Ka-band broadband market has several key industry players focusing on specific regions of the globe. The United States, France and the United Kingdom –...

Avanti Communications Group, the U.K.-based fixed satellite services operator, is preparing for the launch of its HylasOne satellite, which is designed to serve the satellite broadband markets of Europe.    ...