2003: A Satellite Industry Odyssey
By Roger Rusch Planning for 2003 requires an assessment of what the future holds. While prognostication is an inexact science, we can extrapolate certain trends. Present conditions and “external forces”...
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Spotlight: Boeing Showcases Real-time Flight Information
Boeing’s [BA] Air Traffic Management (ATM) and Connexion by Boeing units last week successfully demonstrated a number of enhancements to the U.S. National Airspace System (NAS). The enhancements are intended...
Cable vs. DBS Battle Affects Growth
The U.S. direct broadcast satellite (DBS) industry has had a marked advantage over cable since it was launched in 1994. The DBS providers emerged to deliver better pictures at a...
News Corp, Not SBC, Is Likely Buyer Of DirecTV
Any bid Bell giant SBC Communications [SBC] may be exploring to buy U.S. satellite TV provider DirecTV most likely will not reach fruition, Wall Street analysts predicted. Lehman Brothers and...
Raytheon Wins Italian Navy Order
Raytheon [RTN] will provide an integrated electronics suite (IES) for the Italian Navy’s multi-purpose vessel program under a foreign military award of $31.8 million equipping the Italian government with the...
GS Provides Mozambique Teleport
African satellite services provider GS Telecom has installed a high-rise teleport in Maputo, the capital of Mozambique, to provide telecommunications services throughout the country. GS Telecom is installing a ViaSat...
Diebold Uses Satellites For ATMs
Diebold [DBD] has contracted with Spacenet, the U.S. subsidiary of Israel’s Gilat Satellite Networks [GILTF], to become an authorized channel partner of Spacenet’s Connexstar business-grade satellite broadband service. As a...
KVH Offers Marine Communications
KVH Industries [KVHI] is launching a satellite communications system designed for maritime use – the Tracphone F55. The Tracphone F55 uses Inmarsat’s satellites to offer leisure and small commercial vessels...
New Skies' 2002 Results Slip
The fourth-quarter and full-year 2002 financial performances for satellite operator New Skies Satellites [NSK] were off compared to 2001, due to a difficult economy, adoption of a new accounting rule...
Spanish DTH Merger Moves A Step Closer
The merger between the two Spanish direct-to-home (DTH) satellite platforms, Sogecable’s Canal Satelite Digital and Telefonica’s Via Digital, moved a step closer when Telefonica and Sogecable agreed to comply with...