Focus: Telecom
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AngloGold Ashanti Ltd: Eliminating The Digital Divide And Reducing Overhead Costs With Satellite
When a corporation has production information that must be transmitted from remote sites in the field to its headquarters in an area lacking a traditional communications infrastructure, IT network managers […]
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Report: Satellite Broadband May Have Turned Corner In 2005
After years of false starts and disappointments, 2005 may have been the year that broadband satellite services "turned a corner and began to deliver on a number of long-held promises," […]
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BBC Uses BGAN To File
The BBC filed news reports on the mudslide in the Philippines using Inmarsat’s Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN), the first news reports filed using the mobile satellite service, Stratos Global […]
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Ouranos CEO Plans To Use Aramiska Assets To Make Satellite Broadband Successful In Europe
Ouranos Networks, which has taken over Aramiska’s assets and brand name, aims to target new markets and have a better cost structure in place based on lessons learned from where […]
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Orbiting Wall Street
SIRI, XMSR With the Howard Stern sales blitz history and the companies reporting their 2005 performance, Wall Street is offering projections for the stock performance of Sirius Satellite Radio and […]
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Piracy Robbing From Satellite Broadcasting Revenues
One of the biggest threats that satellite pay-TV operators face is the threat of piracy. People accessing content through an illegal smart card and not paying the operator for the […]
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Orbiting Wall Street
Sirius Reports Record Revenue, Subscriber Growth In 2005 Sirius Satellite Radio recorded revenue of $242.2 million in 2005, compared to revenue of $66.9 million in 2004, the company reported Feb. […]
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Bellsouth Extends Marketing Agreement With DirecTV
Bellsouth extended its marketing alliance with DirecTV Inc. but also has made moves toward expanding its Internet protocol (IP) TV services going forward. As part of its longstanding deal with […]
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BSkyB Moving Beyond Satellite Roots In Effort To Extend Brand Name
Direct-to-home (DTH) operators must continue to look away from their satellite roots as they strive for business expansion and increased revenues. With new platforms such as Internet protocol (IP) TV […]
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Around-The-World Adventure Relies On Satellite To Provide Communications During Flight
Satellite communications continue to be a requirement for a group of people attracted to attempting record-breaking treks around the globe. Steve Fossett, who recently set a record for the longest […]
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Synergy Between Cost And Implementation Is Needed
If money were no object, Africa would be among the world’s hottest satellite services markets. With the exception of some major cities, the continent’s terrestrial communications infrastructure is not as […]
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Satellite Access In Africa
It now is widely recognized that access to information and knowledge through affordable communications provides a significant opportunity for social and economic development, regional cooperation and integration, and increased participation […]
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Proven Solutions: African Services Grow With Satellite
For government operations, satellite technology has empowered local and multinational African organizations to establish a significant foothold in today’s communication’s arena. Moving forward, expanding applications will predominantly drive Africa’s satellite-enabled […]
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VSAT Systems: Implementing The Right System For Business Growth
Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) communications systems are cost-saving additions to most enterprise businesses. Throughout recent years, communication systems via satellite have come down in price. But size of network […]
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Financial Experts Bullish On Satellite Industry’s Prospects
It looks as if the telecom/dot.com depression that weighed down the satellite industry is over, and 2006 is looking good for attracting additional private equity (PE) and public market investment. […]
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Dawning Of IPTV Age Brings Opportunity For Satellite Industry
The advent of Internet protocol (IP) TV promises more choices for consumers in terms of both content and convenience and more business for satellite operators, industry officials said. The advent […]
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Military To Rely On Satellite Communications First During Crises
The U.S. Defense Department has made commercial satellites as its number one option for military in-theater communications. "In the past, [military satellite communications] was our first-in choice," U.S. Air Force […]
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Satellites Support Businesses Working For Sustainable Development
The European Space Agency (ESA) has begun working with several large multinational businesses to integrate satellite data into the companies’ corporate sustainable development (CSD) efforts, ESA announced. The practice of […]
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Regional Operators Remain Aggressive In Search For New Business
Impending consolidations will create massive global Fixed Satellite Service operators that will dwarf their regional competitors. But sheer size alone will not bring the largest operators competitive advantages, and the […]
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Terrestrial Competition Shuts Down Satellite Broadband Operator
The beginning of the end of broadband satellite provider Aramiska can be traced back more than a year, as the company was unable to compete against aggressive terrestrial broadband providers, […]
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Italian Vineyard Mixes Satellite, Aerial Imagery To Monitor Harvest
Part of Frascati’s Controlled Origin Denomination — "Denominazione d’Origine Controllata" or DOC in Italian, a wine’s legally demarcated home region — was surveyed before and after the October harvest using […]
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Top U.S. Space Companies Record Strong 2005 Financial Performances
The four largest U.S.-based space companies, Boeing Co., Lockheed Martin Corp., Northrop Grumman Corp. and Raytheon Co., generally posted strong performances in 2005 thanks to continued strong government work and […]
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Telesat To Use ViaSat Broadband System For Education In Colombia
ViaSat (www.viasat.com) said it is supplying its Surfbeam broadband satellite network to Telesat (www.telesat.ca), enabling Telesat customers in Colombia to provide Internet access to schools and other projects. Telesat customers […]
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AngloGold Ashanti Ltd: Eliminating The Digital Divide And Reducing Overhead Costs With Satellite
When a corporation has production information that must be transmitted from remote sites in the field to its headquarters in an area lacking a traditional communications infrastructure, IT network managers […]
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EMS Satcom To Deliver Search And Rescue System To Venezuela
EMS Satcom (www.emssatcom.com), a division of EMS Technologies Inc., said that Venezuela’s Insituto National de Aviacion Civil awarded EMS Satcom a $2.9 million contract for the company’s search and rescue […]
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Broadcasters And Satellites: Meeting The On-Demand Challenge
By Peter J. Brown Consumers want more control over their time and their content. Broadcasters are responding by making their content available on demand using a variety of distribution channels […]
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Satellite Imagery: Saving Time And Money For Corporate Applications
Satellite imagery, long the domain of governments and militaries around the globe, is finding its way into the commercial marketplace. Commercial satellite operators had hoped that the launch of several […]
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Great Circle Shipping Equips Fleet With Iridium Communications System
Great Circle Shipping (www.preciousshipping.com), a Bangkok-based ship management company, is fitting 34 of its bulk cargo carriers with Thrane & Thrane’s maritime Iridium terminals under a service contract with Singapore […]
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In Review: Measuring the State of the IPOs
By Nick Mitsis and Mark Holmes The year 2005 certainly was a busy year for investors with five satellite operators – Panamsat, New Skies, Inmarsat, Worldspace and Eutelsat – launching […]
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Training: What Tomorrow’s Trainers Will Be Using
In today’s highly competitive business arena, executive trainers not only are seeking technology that can streamline their training and corporate communications but also advanced network platforms that will enable them […]