Export Missteps Spur Reforms
Hughes Electronics [GMH] and Boeing Satellite Systems, formerly Hughes Space and Communication (HSC), have agreed to jointly pay a $32 million penalty to the U.S. Department of State to resolve...
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Satellite Firms Can Improve Security Through ECM
By Michelle Dickey The U.S. government’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently released a study indicating that software errors cost the U.S. economy $59.5 billion yearly. These findings...
Spotlight: M2sat and Thuraya Go Mobile
M2sat Ltd. and Thuraya Satellite Telecommunication Co. are teaming up to offer mobile broadband services at speeds of 192 Kbps to the international broadcasting industry and other high capacity users...
The Satellite News Financial Ticker
Week of Feb. 21 – 27, 2003 Percentage Change Symbol Feb. 27 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 1.57 (0.6) (10.3)...
Industry Mergers Are On Hold
WASHINGTON, D.C. -Large satellite operators looking for merger partners are unlikely to forge deals anytime soon. For example, Eutelsat’s shareholders appear content to wait until valuations rise before considering the...
Operators Plan To Gain Latin Lift
WASHINGTON, D.C. -The troubled economy in Latin America has not deterred a number of satellite operators in that marketplace from making strategic plans to invest heavily to grow their services...
Tips To Help CEOs Survive A Crisis
By Marc A. De Simone Satellite industry executives likely remember the increased demand on their services and the strain on their employees immediately after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11,...
Spotlight: NASA Satellite Data Approaches Milestone
Redmond, Wash.-based Advanced Digital Information Corp. [ADIC], a provider of storage management software, is helping the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS)...
Ka-Band's Outlook For Future Deployment
By W.L. Pritchard & Co. Commercial satellite operators plan significant expansion of Ka-band satellite capacity during the next three years, with some 20 satellites under construction. The first steps in...
Eutelsat, Intelsat Differ In Stock Offering Strategies
Paris-based satellite operator Eutelsat is planning to seek permission from the European Commission to forego an initial public stock offering (IPO) that the company otherwise would need to complete by...