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Building a successful business in the satellite broadband arena is no easy task. While it’s easy to talk about the size of markets not covered by DSL and cable, it’s...

Week of Sept. 3 – 9, 2004 Percentage Change Symbol Sept. 9 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 1.54 8.5 4.1...

Iridium Satellite LLC, a privately held mobile satellite communications company based in Bethesda, Md., is showing signs of taking an aggressive approach to growing its business under the leadership of...

Global, in-flight broadband connectivity is one service that must use satellites. Unlike multi-channel video, voice services and radio, there is no alternative technology that can offer broadband connectivity across the...

Australian giant Telstra [TLS], like other phone companies around the world, is struggling with declining payphone revenues due to increased use of cellphones. As such, it is running a trial...

The global satellite industry has been working for more than a year to develop guidelines to present to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) for passage next month in Geneva. If...

With News Corp’s [NWS] entrance into the U.S. pay-TV market through DirecTV, competition in the interactive arena is likely to heat up. One of the likely beneficiaries of the move...

Australian telco Optus is expecting its new broadband satellite product to usher in a new dawn for satellite communications in Australia. The operator launched its Optus Broadband Satellite product last...

The U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) is moving forward on its inaugural industry event, the GEOINT 2004 Symposium, slated for Oct. 12-14 in New Orleans. The Va.- based non-profit foundation,...

Week of August 20-26, 2004 Percentage Change Symbol Aug. 26 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 1.41 1.4 (6.6) (20.8) (40.8)...