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Satellite's September Spectrum Search

By Jimmy Schaeffler September typically is a busy time of year for the U.S. direct broadcast satellite (DBS) business. Executives return from summer vacations and there is less daylight (and...

Business-like WRC Could Offer Model for Future

The International Telecommuni- cation Union’s World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) 2003 produced positive results for the satellite industry, but no spectacular wins or losses. Rather, it was an unusually pragmatic meeting...

The Satellite News Financial Ticker

Week of Sept. 19 – 25, 2003 Percentage Change Symbol Sept. 25 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 2.27 (5.4) (16.2)...

Inmarsat Heads Toward Altar

London-based Inmarsat Ventures appears on the verge of gaining new owners after an independent committee of the company’s board accepted a takeover offer of slightly more than $1.4 billion from...

Operators Eye Universal Broadband

Large satellite operators increasingly are looking to play a key role in the deployment of universal broadband services. With certain governments calling for universal broadband access within five years, satellite...

Spotlight: China Gains Two-way Satellite Broadband

Chinese satellite services operator ChinaCast is introducing two-way broadband service by teaming with Germantown, Md.-based Hughes Network Systems. Both companies will jointly market the two-way networking services in China as...